Helen Caraballo seemingly got a break a dozen years ago when she was convicted of a low-level felony in a drug conspiracy case: A judge gave her a suspended sentence, sparing her time in prison...

https://ctmirror.org/2023/12/18/ct-clean-slate-law/

Seyfarth synopsis:  ADA Title III lawsuits flooded federal courts in 2019 and will likely continue to do so in 2020 with new theories for the courts to consider. 

We are still tallying up the end-of-year numbers, but the number of ADA Title III lawsuits filed in federal courts by the end of November 2019 (10,206) exceeded the number of such lawsuits filed in all of 2018 (10,163).  California courts continue to be the busiest with roughly 43% of the lawsuits, with New York and Florida courts taking second and third place with  24% and 18% of the market share, respectively.  With plaintiffs and their lawyers constantly conjuring up new claims, businesses are not likely to see any relief from these types of suits in 2020...

https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/ada-title-iii-litigation-a-2019-review-66637/

The Newman’s Own Philanthropic Exception Is Now Law—What Will the Consequences Be?

By  ROB MEIKSINS | March 30, 2018 

March 27, 2018; WealthManagement.com

February was a good month for the Newman’s Own Foundation. On February 1^st, the foundation announced with some fanfare the milestone of having donated $500 million to charities over 35 years. A few days later, February 9^th, President Trump signed into law, as part of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, the Philanthropic Enterprise Act of 2017, also known as the Newman’s Own Exception, ending a long struggle to avoid what would have amounted to a 200-percent tax hit...

https://nonprofitquarterly.org/2018/03/30/newmans-philanthropic-exception-now-law-will-consequences/?utm_content=69425024&utm_medium=social&utm_source=googleplus