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Opposing the Medicaid Work Requirement: An Elevator Pitch
“The House has now passed what must surely be the worst piece of legislation in modern U.S. history,” wrote Dr. Paul Krugman, Nobel-Prize-winning economist, this morning. This “Budget of Abominations” is “… surpassingly cruel, utterly irresponsible….”
In the past…
A Nonprofit Lawyer isn’t a Luxury—It’s a Leadership Essential
By May Harris
When I think back to how I got here—to founding a law firm that serves nonprofits full-time—it all traces back to a simple flyer.
It came home, tucked into my son’s lunchbox. The innovative charter school he attended was looking…
Medicaid Work Requirement: The Latest Developments
On Monday evening, a news show played a clip of House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) answering press questions about the progress of the “big, beautiful bill” that is pending in the House of Representatives. With a big smile, he made…
Why Now Is the Perfect Time for Nonprofits to Get Their Financial House in Order
By May Harris
May 15th just passed — and if you’re a nonprofit with a calendar year-end, that date probably meant one thing: your tax (form 990) deadline.
Well… sort of.
If we’re keeping it real (and we always do), you probably filed…
Call To Action for Nonprofits Re: Tax Bill Markup Today
There is critical activity right now in the U.S. House of Representatives on the GOP’s major tax bill. If it passes Congress, it will be the culmination of a long-held wish list to (1) extend the deep tax cuts enacted…
Preview of Upcoming Nationwide-Injunction Oral Argument
By the middle of March 2025, President Donald Trump and his administration couldn’t help but notice the steady stream of preliminary-injunction rulings – many nationwide in scope – that were gumming up the progress of more than a few of…
More Thoughts on NCN Litigation and Nationwide Injunctions
“The First One Hundred Days of the current Trump administration have been a 24/7 rollercoaster of developments, large and small,” we wrote in Update on National Council of Nonprofits Litigation (April 26, 2025) FPLG Blog.
“A deliberate effort by the…
Update on National Council of Nonprofits Litigation
The First One Hundred Days of the current Trump administration have been a 24/7 rollercoaster of developments, large and small.
We had been warned during the campaign and transition that the opening weeks would be a reprise-on-steroids of the 2017…
The Charitable Community Steps Up
“History teaches,” wrote the authors of Project 2025, “that a President’s power to implement an agenda is at its apex during the Administration’s opening days. To execute [it] requires a well-conceived, coordinated, unified plan and a trained and committed…