November 2015

Supreme Court bypasses FOIA challenge ‘Triggers’ Cut State Taxes; But Are They Good Policy? Patient Cost-Sharing in Marketplace Plans, 2016 Victims of Debt Collection Scheme in New York Win $59 Million in Settlement

Prompt appeal due on immigration policy Efforts to Rein In Arbitration Come Under Well-Financed Attack Why Digitizing Harvard’s Law Library May Not Improve Access to Justice Road to Nowhere: Car Dealer Interest Rate Markups Lead to Higher Interest Rates, Not Discounts

Is a key to Roe v. Wade open to question? Federal Expenditures on Children: What Budget Policy Means for Children’s Policy TalkPoverty.org: We Don’t Need to Wait on Congress to Fight Homelessness

Judicial Energy and the Supreme Court Transgender discrimination and the 1964 Civil Rights Act CBPP: 1 Million Veteran, Military Households Could Lose Working-Family Tax Credits Realizing the Housing Voucher Program’s Potential to Enable Families to Move to Better Neighborhoods

New Job Openings Posted Fact Sheet: Women’s Health Insurance Coverage Anti-Panhandling Laws Spread, Face Legal Challenges What’s in Store for Medicare’s Part B Premiums and Deductible in 2016, and Why?

U.S. to appeal immigration case to Supreme Court Cities, States Turn to Emergency Declarations to Tackle Homeless Crisis Lawmakers Continue Crusade To Rein In For-Profit Colleges Targeting Servicemembers

TalkPoverty.org: How Congress is Spending Billions to Make Inequality Worse Realizing the Housing Voucher Program’s Potential to Enable Families to Move to Better Neighborhoods GAO Report – Foster Care: HHS Could Do More to Support States’ Efforts to Keep Children in Family-Based Care “FIDA” Demo Continues in NYC and Nassau County, still delayed in Suffolk …

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Argument preview: New woe for class-action lawsuits? Path Toward Transgender Rights Not Yet Certain Some States Create Welcoming Environment for Surrogacy NY Times: Real Estate Shell Companies Scheme to Defraud Owners Out of Their Homes CFPB Recovers $107 Million in Relief for More Than 238,000 Consumers Through Supervisory Actions