Church Law & Tax Report

Can arbitration procedures be enforced?

What are the reporting requirements?

Can confessions of child abuse be privileged conversations?

Can a reporter be sued if the abuse did not actually occur?

Churches' membership decisions are protected by the First Amendment.

Can a church avoid the inspection of its records by placing them in a "secret archive"?

An Illinois appeals court decision provides some guidance.

A court recently made a significant ruling.

The clergy-penitent privilege applies only in situations of spiritual counsel.

After a minister disclaims a counseling relationship, further communications are not privileged.

This act extends the copyright term of some works.

Is a denomination liable for the misconduct of its missionaries?

A Washington court recently ruled on this matter.

Churches are exempted from a Missouri ban on this type of discrimination.

A court ruled that the directors of a charitable trust could be sued for breach of fiduciary duties.

A woman sued a church after slipping and falling on their icy parking lot.

He was injured while repairing the church's sound system.

Court refused to issue an order prohibiting the church from conducting a meeting to dismiss the 75 members for suing the church.