Charity and Telemarketing Calls Cannot be Combined to Avoid Telemarketing Laws
The United States Tax Court in Giving Hearts, Inc. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue,TC. Memo 2019-949, decided the issue of whether a commercial entity can make combined telemarketing and charity calls to avoid the restrictions of the Do-Not-Call registry list. This case centered around the Do-Not-Call Implementation Act, passed in 2003, and allowed individuals to join a national registry opting out of receiving telemarketing calls. …
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Nauman Smith Yellow Phase Notice
As of May 29, Dauphin County, where our offices are located, moved from red to yellow status per Governor Wolf’s directives for COVID-19 mitigation. Even in the yellow phase, those businesses/individuals which are able to work remotely are still advised to do so. As you are aware, the attorneys and staff of Nauman Smith have been working remotely since March 19…
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Diversity in the Workplace
On September 30, 2019, a federal judge made a critical decision regarding Harvard’s race-conscious admissions program.[1] A lawsuit brought against Harvard by the Students for Fair Admissions accused Harvard of considering race in their admissions, and therefore, discriminating against Asian American applicants. To ensure diversity, Harvard relied on race-conscious admission criteria. It used a tip or plus factor when looking at race as one factor among many that it used. …
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