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Nonprofit Law by Kathryn Vanden Berk
Kathryn Vanden Berk owns the Law Offices of Kathryn M. Vanden Berk LLC in Chicago. She was previously president of two residential treatment centers for children. She can be reached at 312-558-1690 or kvandenberk@nonprofitlawchicago.com.  (Linked articles are highlighted.)

• Early Planning Will Prevent Problems or Delays
  Summer 2008
   
• Steps to Solve the Retirement Blues
  Spring 2008
   
• Explain All Executive Benefits … Or Else
  Winter 2008
  Extras:
         Sample mobile phone policies
         Fall 2002 article on intermediate sanctions
         Rebuttable presumption of reasonableness
   
• Are Your Volunteers Actually Employees?
  Fall 2007
   
• Good News and Bad News
  Summer 2007
   
• Protect Tax-Exempt Status with Sound Practices
  Spring 2007
   
• IRS Changes Rules for Vehicle Gift Acknowledgement
  Winter 2006
   
• Adopting the Best Policies: Sarbanes-Oxley Includes Nonprofit Legal Accountability
  Summer 2006
   
• Mixing Politics With Nonprofits
  Spring 2006
   
• Single Member LLCs
  Fall 2005
   
• Nonprofit Law: Avoiding Age Discrimination
  Summer 2005
   
• Protecting Self-Critical Information
  Spring 2005
   
• HIPAA Compliance is Attainable Goal
  Winter 2004
   
• Many Ways to Achieve Joint Ventures: But Be Aware of Tax and Exemption Issues
  also: New Overtime Rule to Take Effect
  Summer 2004
   
• How to Protect Your Agency and Your Employees: Misuse of Technology Courts Disaster
  Fall 2004
   
• Risk Management for Nonprofit Organizations
  Winter 2003
   
• Become a Savvy Policyholder
  Spring 2003
   
• Employee or Independent Contractor? Not Knowing the Difference is Expensive
  Summer 2003
   
• The Legal Side of Mergers and Acquisitions
  What You Don’t Know Can Be Costly
  Fall 2003

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