March 23, 2021 Charity & Security Network (C&SN) and InterAction filed an amicus curiae "friend of the court" brief in a lawsuit brought under the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) that has implications for nonprofit organizations (NPOs)
In June 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court in Holder v Humanitarian Law Project struck a blow to the American nonprofit sector’s commitment to resolving international conflicts through peaceful and nonviolent means. In a 6-3 decision, the
The co-founder of the Al-Haramain charity was sentenced to 33 months in prison for tax evasion and conspiracy to defraud the government following a trial in which the government was criticized for its mishandling of
Three former charity officials were convicted of conspiracy to defraud the IRS because they did not include a description of their newsletter content in their tax-exempt status application and annual IRS filings - the government
In this False Claims Act lawsuit, the Zionist Advocacy Center alleged that the Carter Center provided material support to terrorist groups, contrary to its USAID certification, when it included Hamas and the Popular Front for
In this case filed under the False Claims Act, the Zionist Advocacy Center alleged that Norwegian People's Aid (NPA) defrauded USAID when it signed its anti-terrorism grant certification. Although the NPA's contract with USAID was
In 2014, the Zionist Advocacy Center sued the American University in Beirut (AUB) under the False Claims Act, alleging that AUB falsely signed its USAID certification that it did not provide material support to terrorists
Use of the U.S. False Claims Act (FCA) to attack nonprofit organizations’ programs in Palestine took a setback in late December 2019 when the Zionist Advocacy Center’s (TZAC) FCA case against Oxfam Great Britain was
A charity and its leader were charged with sending funds to Iran in violation of U.S. sanctions and falsifying documents in a coverup, to which he pled guilty. However, an eight-year U.S. government investigation failed to
A lawsuit filed by 24 nonprofits (including the Charity & Security Network) challenges the NSA’s bulk collection of communication data. The lawsuit was filed following Edward Snowden’s revelation in 2013 of the unconstitutional practice of collection of
