Publications
ELEVENTH CIRCUIT: NO DUTY TO PROTECT MEMBERS FROM CRIMINAL ACTS OF THIRD PARTIES
Tim Burke, Manley Burke, tburke@manleyburke.com Richard Wilder attended a party at the Theta Chapter of Sigma Nu in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Toward the end of the evening, two individuals who were not members of the Chapter, nor invited to attend the...
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IRS DENIES EXEMPTION TO LOCAL FOUNDATION
Sean Callan & John Christopher, Dinsmore & Shohl Ever since 1956, Greek organizations have understood that a tax-exempt IRC § 501(c)(3) educational fraternity foundation could award scholarships to members of its related fraternity without jeopardizing its tax-exempt status as an...
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AUTOMATIC REVOCATION OF TAX-EXEMPT STATUS FOR FAILURE TO FILE IRS FORM 990
Dianne Chipps Bailey, Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson The Pension Protection Act of 2006 requires the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) to revoke the tax-exempt status of organizations that fail for three consecutive years to file required Forms 990. These revocations will...
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EDITOR’S NOTE
Tim Burke, Manley Burke, tburke@manleyburke.com Tim Burke, who recently directed a webinar on CLS v. Martinez for the Center for Excellence and Higher Education Law and Policy at Stetson University College of Law, offers these comments: Among other reasons the...
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U.S. SUPREME COURT LIMITS FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION
James Harvey Freedom of association, as applied to student organizations, took a significant step back as a result of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Christian Legal Society vs. Martinez.1 The case may or may not have far-ranging implications, but...
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