Practice Areas

The firm is very experienced and qualified in the broad range of legal issues affecting nonprofit organizations. The primary areas of practice within the nonprofit legal arena include the following, among others:

• Tax and Federal Tax Exemption
• Corporate Governance and State Nonprofit Corporation Statutes
• Copyrights, Trademarks, and Trade Secrets
• Meeting, Vendor, and Other Contracts
• Fundraising Regulation and Cause-Related Marketing
• Charitable Gift Agreements, Endowments, and Gift Restrictions
• Foundation and Other Grants
• Employment Law, CEO Employment and Severance Agreements, and Executive Compensation
• Social Media and Other Online Activity
• Privacy and Data Security
• International Operations
• Antitrust
• Certification, Accreditation, and Standard-Setting
• Codes of Ethics and Codes of Conduct
• Mergers, Acquisitions, Affiliations, and Joint Ventures
• Chapters, Subsidiaries, and Affiliates
• Lobbying and Political Activity Regulation
• Americans with Disabilities Act Compliance
• Raffles, Sweepstakes, and Other Games of Chance
• Insurance
• Amicus Curiae Briefs
• Federal and state regulatory compliance
• Board of directors legal training

In areas such as litigation, real estate transactions, employee benefits, employee handbooks, government grants and contracts, federal and international trademark registrations, complex privacy law, gaming law, and international regulation – where nuanced, specialized expertise is required – Tenenbaum Law Group has established relationships with other attorneys and firms that share the same practice approach – firms with whom TLG has negotiated discounted billing rates, with TLG set up as the client of these firms (for seamless billing for our clients), and to whom TLG regularly refers our clients with confidence. And when our clients need foreign legal counsel, TLG has longstanding relationships with a wide network of overseas nonprofit attorneys to whom we refer our clients. These arrangements allow TLG to be a one-stop shop for all our clients’ legal needs.