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The Legal Intelligencer

Public Interest Calendar of Events

In the September/October public interest calendar, check out annual events and celebrations, and the head down to AC for the 2024 Bench Bar & Annual Conference at the Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa.
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Daily Report Online

Atlanta-Based Fearless Fund Ends Black-Only Entrepreneurial Grant Contest After Settling Civil Rights Lawsuit

"Race-exclusive programs like the one the Fearless Fund promoted are divisive and illegal," the American Alliance for Equal Rights stated. "Opening grant programs to all applicants, regardless of their race, is enshrined in our nation's civil rights laws and supported by significant majorities of all Americans."
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New York Law Journal

Politics From the Pulpit: Can a Church Really Say That?

"Religious organizations and leaders are faced with the same legal limitations as their secular tax-exempt counterparts," write Barry Black, Christopher Byrnes and Hillary Byrnes.
11 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Trailblazer at International Monetary Fund Handing Over Legal Reins After 27 Years With Agency

Liberian native Rhoda Weeks-Brown said she had lived her dream "of working for an organization with a mission that could change the world for the better."
4 minute read

National Law Journal

DC Judge Compels EPA Administrative Record in Toxic Substances Disclosure Lawsuit

U.S. District Judge Loren L. AliKhan ruled in favor of five environmental organizations represented by Earthjustice, granting their motion to compel the administrative record and denying the EPA's motion for judgment on the pleadings.
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New York Law Journal

Legal Aid Society Attorney-in-Chief and CEO Looks Back on Second Year at the Helm

When she arrived at Legal Aid two years ago, Twyla Carter made it her goal to remind the public why the legal service provider matters, and to reclaim its position as critical stakeholders with a constitutional and legal mandate to exist, and integral toward furthering public safety. Going into her third year leading the organization, Carter takes stock of its recent victories.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Steve Bannon Trial for Defrauding 'We Build The Wall' Donors Set for December

Acting Manhattan Supreme Court Justice April Newbauer on Tuesday scheduled jury selection in the case to begin on Dec. 9.
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New York Law Journal

Financing Property of Not-For-Profit and Religious Corporations

The world of nonprofits represents a wide range of causes and there are different requirements that must be satisfied in connection with such real estate transactions, depending on an organization's purpose and the specifics of the deal. In their Real Estate Financing column, the Jeff Steiner, Scott Weinberg and Tim Swearingen discuss the requirements.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Nonprofit Mergers and Acquisitions: Pros and Cons for This Increasing Trend

There is an important, growing trend among nonprofit organizations to merge in order to conserve resources such as board members, grant funding and donors. Conservation of these resources will help to sustain the programs and services provided by nonprofit organizations for future generations.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts' Partnership With Temple Law Students Provides Insight Into Bail Reform 

With the expansion of the early bail review (EBR) program in March 2021, the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office, the Philadelphia Department of Prisons, the First Judicial District, and the Defender Association of Philadelphia has attempted to improve bail policy and offer a second chance at pretrial release for select defendants.
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