News

Here are the latest news items of interest to the legal aid community and it's clients.

Senate HELP Committee Approves Three LSC Board Nominees

Date Posted: 03/10/2010

The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions today approved the nominations of three White House appointees to the Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation.

The three nominees are Sharon L. Browne, a principal attorney in the Pacific Legal Foundation’s Individual Rights Practice group and a member of the foundation’s senior management; Charles Norman Wiltse Keckler, who teaches civil procedure and evidence at Pennsylvania State University’s Dickinson School of Law, and Victor B. Maddox, a partner in the Louisville, Ky., law firm of Fultz Maddox Hovious & Dickens, PLC.

News Type: PLAN E-News

Attorney General Announces $12 Million Consumer Settlement with LifeLock over "ID Theft Protection" Claims

Date Posted: 03/10/2010

Pennsylvania, along with 34 other states, has reached a $12 million settlement with LifeLock Inc, an Arizona-based company accused of making confusing or misleading statements in the advertisement and promotion of its identity theft protection services.

The settlement includes an $11 million national fund for consumer relief, along with $1 million to support future consumer protection investigations and education by the states. All eligible LifeLock customers will be contacted directly by the Attorney General's Office and the Federal Trade Commission with instructions about how to file a claim.

News Type: PALawHELP.org News

Legal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania Annual Report is Now Available

Date Posted: 03/10/2010

The 2008-2009 Annual Report of Legal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania (LASP) is now available from the program and on its website. Also available on the LASP website is a list of last year's individual and law firm donors and the volunteers who worked with LASP and its clients.

News Type: PLAN E-News

Senior Health News - February 2010

Date Posted: 03/10/2010

The February 2010 edition of Senior Health News, a free bi-monthly newsletter from the Pennsylvania Health Law Project is now available on PALawHELP.org.