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The New York HERO Act: What Employers Need to Know
On May 5th, 2021, New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the New York Health and Essential Rights Act (NY HERO Act), which mandates extensive new workplace health and safety protections in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The act sets forth mandatory standards not just for COVID-19, but for all airborne infectious diseases.
Catherine M. Hedgeman has been appointed a 2021-2022 Co-Chair of the Women’s Bar Association of the District of Columbia Non-Profit Organizations Practice Forum
Catherine M. Hedgeman has been appointed a 2021-2022 Co-Chair of the Women's Bar Association of the District of Columbia Non-Profit Organizations Practice Forum. In this position, Catherine will focus on serving as a resource for nonprofit lawyers and nonprofit...
Tax- Exempt Entity Advocacy: A Lobbying and Election Law Primer
Tax- Exempt Entity Advocacy: A Lobbying and Election Law Primer (February 3, 2021) at 11 am If your tax-exempt entity is considering its options for sustainable future and wants to have a legislative impact, needs government grants or line-items while preserving your...
NonProfit Mergers and Dissolutions
The coronavirus outbreak is wreaking havoc across the globe, and nonprofits are especially vulnerable. With increasing unemployment and economic uncertainty in combination with state and local budgets in turmoil it is reasonable to expect that the current perilous...
Landlord – Tenant Relations during Covid-19
Since March 2015, Hedgeman Law has taken calls from Landlords and Tenants, Residential and Commercial regarding their rights under NYS and Federal Covid19 directives. Below is a summary of the law to date through the most recent moratorium of May 1, 2021. Federal...
Nonprofit Law Academy Registration
Hedgeman Law Firm Launches Nonprofit Law Academy 2020 has been a challenging year in more ways than one for tax-exempt entities and Religious Corporations. Now, more than ever, tax-exempt organizations are being asked to do more with less. For some, the donor base...
Hedgeman Law Firm Launches Nonprofit Law Academy
Hedgeman Law Firm Launches Nonprofit Law Academy Hedgeman Law Firm, a renowned woman-owned comprehensive law serving New York State and Washington D.C., today announced the launch of the Nonprofit Law Academy (NLA) aimed at educating and building legal capacity for...
Catherine M. Hedgeman Accepted To Lawyers of Distinction
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 30, 2020 Catherine M. Hedgeman Accepted To Lawyers of Distinction The Lawyers of Distinction is pleased to announce that Catherine M. Hedgeman of Slingerlands, New York has been certified as a distinguished 2021 Member of Lawyers of...
What are the requirements for a non-profit?
A non-profit is, at its core, an organization that focuses on bettering the community. Entrepreneurs who are interested in starting a non-profit organization generally start by choosing a name and putting together a mission statement. In order to qualify as a...