Pro Bono Partnership Summer 2011 Newsletter

Newsletter

Summer 2011

The Pro Bono Partnership provides pro bono business legal services to nonprofit organizations in Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York. This newsletter offers information on recent developments in federal and state law.

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Federal Laws, Regulations, and Decisions

IRS Releases Automatic Revocation of Exemption List; Announces Special Reinstatement Procedure for Smaller Nonprofits
IRS Increasing Scrutiny of Charities on Payment of Employment Taxes
President Obama Signs Repeal of Expanded Form 1099 Reporting Requirements
Change in Rules on Accounting for the Business Use of Cell Phones
IRS Announces Mileage Rates for 2011
EEOC Issues Final Revised ADA Regulations
DOL Issues Additional Materials Regarding Nursing Breaks for New Mothers
Final Regulations Issued for Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act
U.S. Social Security Administration Resumes Sending No-Match Letters to Employers

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Connecticut Laws, Regulations, and Decisions

Connecticut Requires Certain Employers to Provide Paid Sick Leave for Service Workers

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New Jersey Laws, Regulations, and Decisions

New Jersey Now Permits For-Profit General Public Benefit Corporations
New Jersey Raises Charities' Audit Threshold to $500,000
New Jersey Revises Rules for Disqualifying Employees from Receiving Unemployment Benefits
New Jersey Bars Help Wanted Ads that State Applicants Must Be Currently Employed
New Law Authorizes Use of Public Land by Nonprofits for Gardening and Urban Farming

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New York Laws, Regulations, and Decisions

New York Enacts Wage Theft Prevention Act
New York Enacts New Law Regarding the Spending of Endowed Funds
New York Employers Who Provide Funeral or Bereavement Leave to Married Employees Must Extend the Same Benefit to Employees in Same-Sex Relationships

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The Pro Bono Partnership provides business and transactional legal services to nonprofit organizations serving the disadvantaged and enhancing the quality of life in neighborhoods in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. Each year we mobilize and support hundreds of lawyers from leading corporations and law firms who volunteer their legal expertise on behalf of our clients, enabling them to more effectively feed the hungry, house the homeless, promote the arts, protect the environment and provide essential programs to children, the elderly, immigrants, the disabled and the unemployed.