Implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is in full swing. The law requires non-exempt religious organizations with fewer than 50 full-time employees to determine whether they are a large...more
4/8/2013
/ Affordable Care Act ,
Closely Held Businesses ,
Collective Bargaining ,
Contraceptive Coverage Mandate ,
Establishment Clause ,
Free Exercise Clause ,
Full-Time Employees ,
Healthcare ,
Part-Time Employees ,
Religious Institutions ,
TRO
In this Issue:
- Key Cases
- Court Upholds Permitting, Licensing and Zoning Regulation of Spiritual Counselors
- Non-Liturgical Navy Chaplains Denied Injunctive Relief for Statistical Imbalance in...more
3/21/2013
/ Affordable Care Act ,
Catholic Church ,
Contraceptive Coverage Mandate ,
Establishment Clause ,
IRS ,
Licenses ,
Local Ordinance ,
Permits ,
Religious Institutions ,
Religious Schools ,
Tax Exemptions ,
Unjust Enrichment
Last February, at the request of Senate Finance Committee member Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), the Commission on Accountability and Policy for Religious Organizations was formed to address tax-related policy questions of import...more
2/8/2013
/ Board of Education ,
Child Abuse ,
Closely Held Businesses ,
Contraceptive Coverage Mandate ,
Equal Protection ,
Establishment Clause ,
Federal Funding ,
First Amendment ,
Fourteenth Amendment ,
Free Exercise Clause ,
Free Speech ,
Human Trafficking ,
Local Ordinance ,
Mandatory Reporting Laws ,
Parental Consent ,
Rehabilitation Act ,
Religious Institutions ,
RLUIPA
In 2000, Congress enacted the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, 42 U.S.C. §2000cc et seq. (RLUIPA), in recognition that "new, small, or unfamiliar churches in particular, are frequently discriminated...more
1/4/2013
/ Boy Scouts ,
Churches ,
Contraceptive Coverage Mandate ,
Discrimination ,
Divorce ,
Equal Protection ,
Establishment Clause ,
Exemptions ,
Permits ,
Religion ,
Religious Discrimination ,
Religious Institutions ,
RLUIPA ,
Trademarks
On November 16, 2102, in Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. v. Sebelius, No. 12-1635 (D. D.C. Nov. 16, 2012), the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted a preliminary injunction to a closely held, for-profit...more
Most secular and religious corporations have adopted electronic communication policies which state that employees have no privacy interest in their emails and Internet usage. Typically, the policies indicate that the...more
Just when most churches have made criminal background screening standard to avoid harm to children, the elderly, and other vulnerable persons and liability, the federal government has issued guidance reminding employers that,...more
For many years, Florida resisted the trend toward national hospital privatization, but there is a new sheriff in town. By Dec. 31, 2012, all governing boards of Florida public hospitals must have commenced a five-month...more
9/12/2012
A corporation is an artificial or fictional person, ordinarily distinct from both its individual members or shareholders and its subsidiaries and affiliates, even when owned by just one person. A key reason many organizations...more
Florida boasts the most stringent pharmaceutical distribution regulations in the United States. When they do business in Florida, some of the most sophisticated drug companies in the world discover the hard way that their...more
In the 1990s, plaintiffs brought clergy malpractice and professional negligence claims against ministers, churches and denominations. The claims required allegations that a clergy member failed to exercise the standard of...more