Guidance for churches, dioceses, synagogues, mosques, and other faith communities to avoid exposure to common legal liabilities.
Faith communities face many legal challenges common to for-profit businesses, along with a...more
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On July 9, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit sitting en banc overturned a split panel decision in the case, Sandor Demkovich v. St. Andrew the Apostle Parish et al., and issued a 6-3 opinion holding that...more
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The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals found the tax-free housing allowance that ministers receive from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to be constitutional....more