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4/4/18

Hospitals Are Leaving Rural America. Rural Americans Are Staying Put Opinion analysis: Justices reject Fair Labor Standards Act protections for service personnel at car dealerships

4/3/18

New Job Openings Posted Justice Department rolls out case quotas for immigration judges Article: Older Americans facing job discrimination can’t rely on courts as much as earlier generations Supreme Court sends signal that police ‘can shoot first and think later,’ Sotomayor dissent says

4/2/18

States’ Vital Role in Providing Civil Justice for Everyone TalkPoverty.org: Raj Chetty on His Groundbreaking Study on Racism and Inequality ABA Journal: Immigration backlog grows as Trump administration curtails administrative closures

3/30/18

Foreclosure law firm is accused of overbilling Fannie Mae through affiliates’ ‘exponential markups’ Biestek v. Berryhill – Pending petition – Whether a vocational expert’s testimony can constitute substantial evidence of “other work:

3/29/18

Kentucky could become third state not to fund legal aid Article: Lawyers have an ethical duty to safeguard confidential information in the cloud

3/28/18

New Job Opening Posted Medicare Savings Programs (MSP) in New York How to use a pooled SNT to eliminate the Medicaid spend-down Former Justice John Paul Stevens calls for repeal of the Second Amendment

3/27/18

Family Members Fight for Right to Visit Ailing Relatives The Medicaid Buy-In for Working People With Disabilities (MBI-WPD) Income and Resource Limits for New York State Public Health Insurance Programs US refuses to identify experts consulted on transgender troop ban, seeks lifting of injunctions

3/26/18

Jost on Justice: Scalia’s Legacy: The Abiding Contradictions Advocates urge state officials to help close gap in access to capital TalkPoverty.org: How Food Stamps Are Keeping Small Farms In Business ABA president applauds $25M increase for Legal Services Corp. in spending bill, says more needed