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3/27/20

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Mar 272020

 

• Buffalo should move aggressively to restore water service where it was cut off
• 3.3 Million File For Unemployment Claims, Shattering Records
• The Nation: The Supreme Court Just Made It Easier to Get Away With Discrimination
• Can jails return inmate cash in the form of fee-laden debit cards? 9th Circuit allows suit

3/26/20

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Mar 262020

 

• IOLA Meeting – April1, 2020
• Coronavirus: Its Impact On Public Benefits
• ABA backs stay-home exemption for legal services
• Stateline: ‘Prisons Are Bacteria Factories’; Elderly Most at Risk
• Empirical SCOTUS: Locating weak causal strands in the justices’ opinions
• CRL: Senate COVID-19?Deal Falls Short of Providing Full Relief for Working Families

3/25/20

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Mar 252020

 

• CBPP: Coronavirus Response Roundup
• New Focus on Homeowner Assistance Program as COVID Squeezes Incomes
• Switch to Remote Learning Could Leave Students With Disabilities Behind
• State Policies Relating to NYS Legal Services Attorneys and Clients (Updated)
• Judges must consider defendants’ ability to pay fines and fees, ethics opinion says

3/24/20

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Mar 242020

 

• Critics want water shut-offs reversed, but city says residents must call first
• Traditional insanity defense isn’t constitutionally required, SCOTUS rules
• Opinion analysis: Court sides with immigrants on availability of judicial review of removal orders
• Commentary: At Its 10th Anniversary, the ACA Is Helping to Address Our Public Health and Economic Crisis
• Center for responsible Lending: Bank Regulators Should Not Facilitate Predatory Small Dollar Loans as Economy Tanks

3/23/20

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Mar 232020

 

• ABA backs COVID-19 money for LSC
• New Administrative Order From OCA
• Jost on Justice: Supreme Court Must Adapt to Hear Scheduled Cases
• Federal student loan payments suspended with no interest during COVID-19 pandemic
• CBPP: Low-Income People Must Be Eligible for Stimulus Payments – and Actually Receive Them

3/20/20

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Mar 202020

 

• U.S. Orders Up To A Yearlong Break On Mortgage Payments
• State Policies Relating to NYS Legal Services Attorneys and Clients (Updated)
• ICE halts most immigration enforcement, more courts close amid COVID-19 pandemic
• NPR: Here’s What Is In The ‘Families First’ Coronavirus Aid Package Trump Approved

3/19/20

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Mar 192020

 

• President of the Legal Services Corp. reflects on his tenure
• 2nd Circ. Judges Go Fully Virtual As NYC Mulls Travel Curbs
• NY Adopts Paid Sick Time Plan For Workers Hurt By COVID-19
• New York waives mortgage payments for 90 days based on hardship
• Families First Will Strengthen States’ Ability to Address Rising Food Needs
• CRL: FDIC Opens Door for Online Lenders to Practice Abusive Lending, Drown Consumers in Debt

3/18/20

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Mar 182020

 

• Homeless New Yorkers at greater risk from COVID-19
• Coronavirus Threatens Strained Rural Health Care System
• Coronavirus Pandemic Prompts Lawmakers to Push Paid Leave
• GAO Report – Medicare and Medicaid: Alignment of Managed Care Plans for Dual-Eligible Beneficiaries