By NEO Law Group
In National Rifle Association of America v. Vullo, 602 U.S. 175 (2024), the United States Supreme Court unanimously held that “he NRA plausibly alleged that respondent violated the First Amendment by coercing regulated entities to terminate their business relationships with the NRA in order to punish or suppress gun-promotion advocacy.”...
On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed H.R. 1 – the One Big Beautiful Bill Act – into law. We’ve seen and many have written about prior iterations of the bill as it worked its way through the House, then the Senate, and then back to the House. If...
Earlier this month, Independent Sector, the Council on Foundations, and United Philanthropy Forum presented a webinar – The Proposed 1% Floor on Corporate Charitable Giving: What to Know and What Comes Next. Some highlights of the webinar follow. As with all of our posts capturing highlights of events, my...
As readers of this blog may be aware, I’m a big fan of the governance model known as Purpose-Driven Board Leadership (PDBL). If you’re not familiar with PDBL, it follows four basic principles: PDBL in Context It’s important to understand that PDBL does not fully inform the roles and...
Charities – If the status quo is harming your ability to advance your mission consistent with your values, what can you do? What should you do? The first question is a little easier to answer from a legal perspective. But I’ll try to provide a tiny amount of personal...
In an impromptu news conference in the Oval Office, Mr. Trump confirmed that he was potentially seeking to pull Harvard’s tax-exempt status, in an apparent act of retaliation for the university’s refusal to bow to a long list of demands. And he said there “could be” others, suggesting that...
I recently joined fellow Nonprofit Radio contributor Amy Sample Ward (CEO, NTEN) in conversation with host Tony Martignetti about the political and legal developments affecting nonprofits since the 2025 changes in power. This discussion follows up on our earlier one – Looking To 2025: Is It Paranoia Or Prudence?...
In a post published on November 19, 2024, we described H.R. 9495, the Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act that passed the U.S. House of Representatives mostly along party lines on November 21. HR 9495, labeled by some as the ‘Nonprofit Killer Bill’ because it would...
In 2024, the Supreme Court of the United States (Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo) overruled the principle of Chevron deference and held that courts may not defer to a government administrative agency interpretation of the law (including as set forth in a regulation) simply because a statute is ambiguous and must instead...
In 2024, the Presidential Election shaped national discourse, the Supreme Court issued rulings with far-reaching implications, and nonprofits faced new challenges and opportunities in the areas of governance, diversity, and technology. Here is a list of our 10 significant news events of 2024 affecting the nonprofit sector in the...