Legal Services E-lerts

President’s FY 2011 Budget Proposes $435 Million for LSC and Urges Repeal of Restrictions on Non-LSC Funds and Class Actions

– 02/05/10

Juvenile Prison System’s Shackling of Youthful Offenders “Routinely Violates the Law,” Says New York Supreme Court Judge in Class Action Brought by Legal Aid Society

– 02/05/10

Texas RioGrande Legal Aid: State Fails to Meet Own Deadline for Eliminating Illegally Long Backlog in Processing Food Stamp Applications

– 02/05/10

Tenants’ Class Action Seeks to End NYPD’s “Vertical Sweeps” of Public Housing Buildings

– 02/05/10

Renters Still “Regularly” Pressured in Illegal Evictions When Buildings Enter Foreclosure in Connecticut, Despite Year-Old Federal and State Protections; Legal Services Orgs and Governor Press for Compliance

– 02/05/10

Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans Win Right to Second Review of Applications for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Treatment

– 02/05/10

LSC to Lift Restriction on Attorneys’ Fee Awards Following Change in Federal Law

– 02/05/10

Legal Services of Southern Missouri - 'Only Game in Town' Providing Free Legal Aid - Has Seen 20% Rise in Applications for Assistance; Turning Away Poor and Newly Poor

– 01/22/10

Haitian Refugees Applying for Temporary Protected Status Obtain Help from Catholic Legal Services; $500 Application Fee and Bureaucracy Over Fee Waivers Pose Barriers

– 01/22/10

Public Housing Residents Threaten Suit if NYC Housing Department Balks on Guarantee to Help Individuals Displaced by Eminent Domain Seizure

– 01/22/10

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