Western New York Law Center

2/26/21

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Feb 262021

 

• Foreclosures expected to be high in 2021. What WNY Law Center says you need to know
• Fact Sheet on Medicaid Renewals
• 2021-02-22 Medicaid Program Modifications COVID-19 Emergency
• Chemerinsky: Voting rights cases before SCOTUS could have profound effects on future elections

2/25/21

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Feb 252021

 

• How lawyers can reengineer our profession from the bottom up
• NPR: The Supreme Court Wrestles With ‘Police Chase’ That Wasn’t
• 2nd Circuit won’t consider reinstating suit alleging refusal to hire felons amounts to hiring bias
• CBPP: Bolstering Family Income Is Essential to Helping Children Emerge Successfully From the Current Crisis

2/24/21

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Feb 242021

 

• New Job Openings Posted
• Public Notice – IOLA Meeting March 17, 2021
• Federal government asks court to scrap challenge to Medicaid work requirements
• CBPP: Bolstering Family Income Is Essential to Helping Children Emerge Successfully From the Current Crisis

2/23/21

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Feb 232021

 

• Medicare Insurance Premium Payment Program (MIPP)
• Court to assess when to treat asylum seekers’ testimony as credible
• SCOTUS will review rule banning abortion referrals by clinics receiving federal funds
• Supreme Court will consider Trump admin rule that made it easier to deny green cards to poor immigrants
• Tenants Struggle Amid Patchwork of State Rental Relief Efforts

2/22/21

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Feb 222021

 

• New Job Openings Posted
• Insights Into Alternative Credit Data
• Petitions of the Week: The Civil Rights Act, the Clean Air Act and the Sixth Amendment
• Stewart v. Roberts – local NYS departments of social services improperly valuing automobiles

2/19/21

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Feb 192021

 

• Race and Homebuying Snapshot
• Tracking the COVID-19 Recession’s Effects on Food, Housing, and Employment Hardships
• As some jury trials resume, juror shortages create problems; one court sees a 5% yield on summonses

2/18/21

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Feb 182021

 

• Report: House Relief Package Would Help Millions and Bolster the Economy
• Symposium: Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act: Equal opportunity vs. disparate impact
• Legal recruiter’s article about lawyers shunned in BigLaw raises eyebrows

2/17/21

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Feb 172021

 

• How Extended Foreclosure Protections Will Help Homeowners
• No holding back: Judge Jed Rakoff discusses new book about how to fix a broken legal system
• Justices to consider whether Arizona’s voting rules discriminate against minorities
• 2nd Circuit Dissent – “Prolonged solitary confinement is one of the true horrors of the modern day penal system.”