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2/28/17

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Feb 282017

 

• Poor Families to Get More Help With Rent From New York State
• FCC Chair Faces Blowback Over Decision To Undo ISP Privacy Rule
• Argument analysis: Justices skeptical about social media restrictions for sex offenders
• CFPB Consumer Advisory: Bad information about your college enrollment status can cost you
• Upload to file-sharing site was like leaving legal file on a bench, judge says; privilege is waived

2/27/17

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Feb 272017

 

• New Job Openings Posted
• Jost on Justice: Protecting Transgender Students Nationwide
• Report: Obamacare Replacement Will Likely Cover Fewer Americans
• Heads Up: You May Need To Change Your Passwords On Thousands Of Sites
• Lawyer says she was asked to resign over disability suit; is courthouse accessibility an issue?

2/24/17

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Feb 242017

 

• Medicaid Assisted Living Programs (ALP) in NYS
• Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Waiver Programs in New York State
• Argument analysis: Justices dubious of state-court decision limiting pre-dispute arbitration contracts
• Trump administration rescinds Obama policy on transgender restrooms, cites lack of legal analysis
• Robert E Finn, Public Policy Associate National Community Stabilization Trust – Importance of Funding for Legal Services

2/23/17

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Feb 232017

 

• WNY Zombie Partnership Initiative Conference
• With Growth of the Gig Economy, States Rethink How Workers Get Benefits
• CBPP: Block-Granting Low-Income Programs Leads to Large Funding Declines Over Time, History Shows
• Exhaustion under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act is not required if suit is not over free appropriate education
• http://www.cbpp.org/research/federal-budget/block-granting-low-income-programs-leads-to-large-funding-declines-over-time

2/22/17

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Feb 222017

 

• Jost on Justice: Gorsuch Is No Help to Stranded Truck Driver
• CBPP: Poverty Reduction Programs Help Adults Lacking College Degrees the Most
• Deportation priorities will expand to include those convicted of even minor crimes
• New Bills Would Threaten Return of Financial Crisis, Leave Families Vulnerable to Financial Abuse

2/21/17

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Feb 212017

 

• WNYLC Testimony on the Need for Foreclosure Funding
• NYLAG: Thoughts on the Repeal of the Affordable Care Act
• Using alternative data to evaluate creditworthiness
• Popular Domestic Programs Face Ax Under First Trump Budget

2/17/17

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Feb 172017

 

• Face-to-Face Family Visits Return to Some Jails
• Household debt is dangerously close to 2008 levels
• Justice Kennedy criticizes ‘intemperate’ and ‘divisive’ public discourse

2/16/17

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Feb 162017

 

• Lawmakers Introduce Legislation That Would Abolish The CFPB
• Yahoo Warns Users Their Email Accounts May Have Been Hacked – Yes, Again
• CBPP: New Health Rule Would Reduce Tax Credits, Raise Costs, For Millions of Moderate-Income Families
• Argument preview: Justices to consider (once again) state-court decision limiting pre-dispute arbitration contracts