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Welcome
May 14, 2013
Welcome to the main page of the news section of Lawyers Alliance's website. Please use the buttons to the left to view a collection of our "news and legal alerts" relating to business law issues for nonprofits, as well as recent newsletters and press releases.
 
Lawyers Alliance Supports Nonprofit Revitalization Bill
May 14, 2013
Lawyers Alliance announced its support of the Nonprofit Revitalization Act and Executive Compensation Act, proposed today by Attorney General Schneiderman, Senators Michael Ranzenhofer and Carl Marcellino, and Assembly members Jim Brennan and Steve Englebright. Read our press release.
 
Lawyers Alliance Publishes Advising Nonprofits, Fifth Edition
April 16, 2013
This 531-page publication provides the most comprehensive road map available for identifying legal issues encountered by New York nonprofit staff, board members, and the attorneys who advise them. Read the press release or visit the publications page to order.
 
2013 Business Law & Leadership Gala
March 27, 2013
Please join us on May 15 for Lawyers Alliance's 2013 Business Law & Leadership Gala. This year's honorees are Neil Radey, Credit Suisse; Kenneth Adams, Empire State Development Corporation; and Joi Gordon, Dress for Success Worldwide. Visit the Gala page for more information.
 
Lawyers Alliance Included in Press Release from Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City
March 27, 2013
Lawyers Alliance's work with nonprofits impacted by Hurricane Sandy is included in a press release from the Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City. Read the release.
 
Lawyers Alliance Publishes Charting the Course: Legal Help for Nonprofits in Troubled Times
December 11, 2012
This new report discusses strategies that nonprofit managers and board members can use to lead their nonprofit organizations through business and legal challenges posed by a protracted weak economy. Read the press release or visit the publications page to order.
 
Lawyers Alliance Announces 2012 Cornerstone Awards
November 12, 2012
Read our press release about the two institutional and eight individual 2012 Cornerstone Award honorees.
 
Lawyers Alliance's Response to Hurricane Sandy
November 09, 2012
Lawyers Alliance helps nonprofits with legal questions so they can provide critical social services to people affected by disasters such as Hurricane Sandy. Visit our Disaster Relief page for more information.
 
Comments on Executive Compensation Regulations
July 18, 2012
Lawyers Alliance submitted comments on the proposed executive compensation regulations. Read Lawyers Alliance's comments.
 
Lawyers Alliance in The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel
July 12, 2012
The July/August issue of The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel features an article on Lawyers Alliance and Viacom working together to help nonprofits. Read the full article.
 
Business Law & Leadership Gala
May 17, 2012
On Wednesday, May 16, Lawyers Alliance celebrated our Business Law & Leadership Gala honoring Amy Schulman of Pfizer Inc, Michael D. Fricklas of Viacom Inc., and DoSomething.org. Read the press release or visit the event page for more information.
 
Lawyers Alliance Launches Community Arts Initiative
April 10, 2012
Lawyers Alliance for New York has launched a Community Arts initiative to devote more of its resources to legal and educational services to organizations whose arts programs serve low-income New Yorkers. Read the press release.
 
Lawyers Alliance Testimony before the New York Senate Standing Committee on Children and Families
December 14, 2011
On December 12, 2011 Legal Director Linda Manley presented testimony to the New York Senate Standing Committee on Children and Families on the challenges facing the childcare community in New York State in 2012. Read Lawyers Alliance's testimony on the implications of the New York City Administration for Children's Services (ACS) Early Learn request for funding proposal on early childhood care in New York City.