December 2014

12/18/14

CFPB: College credit card agreements Servicing Is an Underappreciated Constraint on Credit Access The Faces of Senior Poverty Are Likely Women of Color Public justice Blog: A Victory Against Wage Theft and For Class Actions in Braun v. Walmart Consumer Advocates Warn Sale Of Corinthian Campuses To Loan Servicer Company Could Further Hurt Students

12/1714

Need a Lawyer? Sell Everything Push to Provide Lawyers in New York City Housing Court Gains Momentum Some States Retreat on Mental Health Funding CFPB: 2014 College credit card agreements Private Student Loan Refinancing Carries Risks, Rewards Racial/Ethnic Differences in Uninsurance Rates under the ACA Peralta v. Dillard – Supreme Court considers defense of budgetary …

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12/16/14

How Low Child Care Wages Put All Children at Risk Identity theft victims face months of hassle Consumer credit reports: A study of medical and non-medical collections “FIDA” Demo Starts in NYC and Nassau County – Clearing up Confusion

12/15/14

Lawyers volunteer services to keep families “Home for the Holidays” ‘Religious Freedom’ or a ‘License to Discriminate’? State Health Care Spending on Medicaid Report: Americans Are Poorer Since The Recession Ended, Wealth Inequality Continues To Increase 5 Ways the November 2014 Executive Actions on Immigration Will Affect States and Localities

12/12/14

Never Convicted, but Held Back by a Criminal Record States’ Recovery From Great Recession Is Slow and Uneven Five Things the Civil Legal Aid Community Can Learn from Medical-Legal Partnership

12/11/14

High-Poverty Schools Using New Tool to Streamline Meal Programs SCOTUSblog on camera: Eric Schnapper discusses Supreme Court advocacy Public Justice: Consumer Has to Arbitrate Case Involving Home Invasion and Severe Beating

12/10/14

Fair Hearing Bank Pro Bono Project A degree of homeless New Job Opening Posted CBPP: Medicaid Expansion Isn’t Hurting State Budgets How life in the suburbs means something very different for whites and blacks

12/9/14

Courts Plunge Into the Digital Age Homeowners offered loan reduction Self-employed find it’s not easy to get a mortgage Cheapskate’s Guide: Printers, scanners, external drives Constitutional Accountability Center: Chief Justice Roberts at 10 ABA Commission on Future of Legal Services Comments Due Coming Wed – Some Challenging Thoughts