A Break Down of the SCOTUS Oral Argument on First Amendment Right to Privacy in Association
On July 1, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 6-3 decision, holding that California’s blanket demand for charities to disclose donor information to the state Attorney General (AG) is facially unconstitutional.2 In addition...more
On July 1, 2021, the Supreme Court struck down a California donor-disclosure law as facially unconstitutional in its decision in Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Bonta. The law required nonprofits operating or...more
On July 1, the Supreme Court issued a major decision concerning nonprofit donor disclosure laws and the First Amendment. In Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Bonta, No. 19-251, the Court held that a California law...more
A three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently upheld the position of the California Attorney General (AG) that charities located or doing business in California must provide a copy of their unredacted...more
On August 29, 2016, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed in its entirety a complaint against the New York Attorney General filed by Citizens United and Citizens United Foundation,...more
On December 12, 2012, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced new proposed disclosure rules for New York-registered nonprofits designed to bring more transparency to electioneering activities by tax-exempt,...more