Trade and Professional Associations, Accrediting and Not-For-Profit Organizations

Vedder Price's Trade and Professional Associations, Accrediting and Not-For-Profit Organizations Practice is national in scope and represents a significant component of the firm's practice. The firm's attorneys specializing in this area have extensive experience working with the ever-broadening legal issues that have an impact on today's associations, certifying bodies and not-for-profit organizations, including private foundations and public charities.

Vedder Price acts as both general and special counsel to a large number of local, regional, national and international trade and professional associations. The firm also provides extensive legal counsel to standard-setting, certification and accreditation bodies and a wide variety of charitable organizations including private and public foundations. These clients range in size from small state or city-based organizations to large international organizations and are managed in a variety of ways, including large in-house executive staffs, multi-management firms and direct administration by unpaid volunteer members.

The representation of an association, an accrediting body or a foundation requires the full range of services needed by any business organization, as well as an understanding of the particular field in which the organization operates. The wide scope of experience that Vedder Price possesses can be focused promptly on any organization's problem. Consistent with the overall philosophy of the firm, Vedder Price's attorneys take a "hands-on" approach to the practice of law. We pride ourselves on being counselors able to do more than merely deal with the legal obstacles to our clients' goals. Rather, we strive to assist clients in foreseeing and preventing problems and formulating effective and innovative solutions. The attorneys in the firm's practice group have trained in the nation's finest law schools and each has enhanced practical experience because of the firm's team approach to serving clients' needs. Our attorneys meet regularly to discuss developments and trends in the law in order to anticipate the effects on our clients. We keep our clients abreast of significant developments and strategies through personal contact, special client letters and the firm's bulletins.

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• American Association of Medical Society Executives
• American Society of Association Executives
• Association Forum of Chicagoland

• Illinois Caps Non-Economic Damages in Medical Malpractice Cases
• FTC Issues Final Rule Defining Which Association E-Mails are "Commercial" Under the CAN-SPAM Act
• New Antitrust Protections for Standards Development Organizations
• The Effect of the CAN SPAM Act on Associations
• New FCC Rules Will Require Prior Written Consent Before Sending Faxes with Commercial Purpose
• New FCC Rules on Sending Faxes (Non-Profit Organizations)
• FCC Extends Effective Date of Amended Fax Advertising Rules Until January 1, 2005
• IRS Rules Favorably on Various Website Links
• IRS Announces Amnesty Program for Section 527 Organizations
• Violence in the Workplace: Avoiding Negligent Hiring/Retention Litigation

• Trade and Professional Association