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February 26, 2010
The Legal Services Corporation published an Interim Final Rule and Request for Comments in the Federal Register on February 11 to repeal the Corporation’s regulation that prohibits LSC grantees from claiming, collecting and retaining attorneys’ fees.
February 25, 2010
Requests by low-income Americans for help with foreclosure and unemployment problems are increasing, officials at the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) said at a House Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on LSC’s budget request for Fiscal Year 2011.
February 24, 2010
The Department of Defense has announced that its National Resource Directory (NRD) Web site for wounded, ill and injured service members, veterans, their families and those who support them, recently received a comprehensive system upgrade to provide users with easier access. This Web site is a
February 24, 2010
Story from PSLawNet discussing the ramifications of Astrue v. Ratliff , a case that asks, essentially, whether attorney fees that are awarded through the Equal Access to Justice Act to a party that prevails in suing the government belong to the client or to their attorney. The article quotes a
February 23, 2010
Story in the Philadelphia Daily News featuring Kathy Gomez of Community Legal Services commenting on a case where a child was removed from her mother's care due to poverty and the resulting inability to find and keep appropriate housing.
February 23, 2010
Editorial from the Philadelphia Inquirer advocating that Pennsylvania and New Jersey work harder to make sure their states apply for available stimulus money (PA: $359.7 million; NJ: $202 million) from Washington to create local jobs.
February 23, 2010
Service providers interested in developing and conducting Adaptive Driving Evaluation and Training Services for Pennsylvanians with disabilities are encouraged to apply for grants from the Department of Labor & Industry’s Office of Vocational Rehabilitation. A total of $2 million in available
February 22, 2010
The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) have released January data for the Administration's Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP), demonstrating that the number of homeowners receiving immediate relief and converting to permanent

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