Legal

Name: Bruce Hopkins' Nonprofit Counsel
Author: N/A
Publisher: Wiley/Jossey-Bass
Type of material: hardcover journal
Cost of material: $529.00
Primary audience:
Published: 2008
Where it can be obtained: http://www.josseybass.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-NPC.html

Summary: Guide to the constantly evolving laws and tax regulations affecting the operation of nonprofit organizations.

Name: Legal Responsibilities of Nonprofit Boards
Author: Jacqueline Covey Leifer and Michael B. Glomb
Publisher: BoardSource
Type of material: book/86 pages
Cost of material: $18.00 (members), $27.00 (non-members)
Primary audience:
Published: 2009
Where it can be obtained: http://www.boardsource.org/Bookstore.asp?category_id=9&Item=116

Summary: All board members should understand their legal responsibilities, including when and how they can be held personally liable and what type of oversight they should provide. Discover the essential information that board members should know to protect themselves and their organization. leadten in non-technical language, this booklet provides legal concepts and definitions, as well as a detailed discussion on ethics.

Name: The Law of Tax-Exempt Organizations, 2009 Supplement, 9th Edition
Author: Bruce R. Hopkins
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Type of material: paperback/264 pages
Cost of material: $85.00
Primary audience:
Published: April 2009
Where it can be obtained: http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470286555.html

Summary: The "2009 Supplement" generally covers developments since the book was published, which basically means developments during 2008 such as:

• The new Form 990.
• Other sets of rules are flowing, such as those pertaining to tax-exempt organizations and prohibited tax shelter transactions. 
• Private letter rulings, some of them quite interesting, continue to tumble out of the agency. 
• Back to the IRS, there are two momentous developments in the making.

Name: The Law of Tax-Exempt Organizations, 9th Edition
Author: Bruce R. Hopkins
Publisher: Wiley/Jossey-Bass
Type of material: hardcover/1,296 pages
Cost of material: $250.00
Primary audience: Nonprofit executives, officers, and directors, and attorneys; accountants; members of boards of directors
Published: April 2007
Where it can be obtained: http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470037601.html

Summary: Written in plain English and supplemented annually, "The Law of Tax-Exempt Organizations, Ninth Edition" can help the lawyers and managers of tax-exempt organizations make sure that they are up-to-date on all current regulations pertaining to tax-exempt organizations, and well-prepared to make decisions about their organization s actions and future.