Western New York Law Center

5/7/13

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May 072013

 

• New Job Opening Posted
• 2 Big Banks Face Suits In Mortgage Pact Abuses
• Free Software: Trend Micro Rootkit Buster
• Public Utility Law Project – National Fuel rate proposal comes under scrutiny

5/6/13

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May 062013

 

• Reverse-Mortgage Defaults Increasing
• New York to Sue Wells Fargo and Bank of America Over Settlement Violations
• Legal Services Facing Strike as Federal Funding Declines
• Appeals & Grievances in Managed Long Term Care – Consumer Rights

5/3/13

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May 032013

 

• Policy Basics: Introduction to Medicaid
• Urban Institute: Concentrated Poverty and Regional Equity
• Panel Rejects Judge’s Remedy for ‘Bad Faith’ in Foreclosure (requires log in)
• CLASP Urges Congress to Make Tax-Based Student Aid More Effective for Low-Income Students

5/2/13

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May 022013

 

• Court System Enacts Disclosure Mandate for Pro Bono Service
• CBO Report: Modifying Mortgages Involving Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: Options for Principal Forgiveness
• Report Presents “Immigrant Eligibility Crosswalk” and Urges Continued Advances in Immigrant Access to Health Care as NY Implements Insurance Exchange

5/1/13

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May 012013

 

• IOLA 2012 Annual Report
• Updated – Managed Long Term Care
• Legal Fight Erupts Over Hotel-Room Shelter Program
• Reducing Overpayments in the Earned Income Tax Credit
• NY Court of Appeals: Parents don’t lose child visitation rights when they’re sent to prison

4/30/13

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Apr 302013

 

• High-cost payday loans seeing tremendous growth
• Updated 2013 Part D and Medicare Advantage plan landscape information
• State coalition applauds Governor Cuomo’s opposition to check casher payday loan legislation
• Urban Institute: Racial Wealth Divide is 3 Times Wider than Income Gap, Threatening Economic Opportunity Integrity

4/29/13

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Apr 292013

 

• Regulators to Crack Down on Bank Payday Loans
• NY Times: Loans Borrowed Against Pensions Squeeze Retirees
• GAO Report – SSA:Preliminary Observations on Key Management Challenges
• Urban Institute: Less Than Equal: Racial Disparities in Wealth Accumulation

4/26/13

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Apr 262013

 

• Managed Long Term Care (Updated)
• Banks Halting Foreclosures to Avoid Upkeep
• IOLA Fund – UPDATE Regarding Grantee Awards 2013-15
• US consumer bureau calls payday loans a trap, warns of new rules
• Empire Justice Memo of Opposition: New Yorkers Would Be Harmed If Check Cashers Became Lenders