NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE) – The Association of Pro Bono Counsel (APBCo) and the Law Firm Antiracism Alliance (LFAA) are jointly responding to Attorney General Garland’s call for the legal profession to respond quickly to the housing crisis by preventing evictions and accessing available funds support to low-income tenants through the Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP). … Read more
Lawyers representing immigrant children imprisoned by the United States on Monday asked a judge to release them from shelters where they feel imprisoned, desperate and hopeless. In a 31-page file, lawyers called on US District Judge Dolly Gee, who oversees a 1997 court settlement that sets the standard for the conditions under which the US … Read more
July 18, 2021 – OAKLAND – California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued a consumer warning last Friday after the governor declared a state of emergency for. exclaimed Siskiyou County because of the lava fire and Lassen and Plumas Counties because of the Beckwourth Complex Fire. Both fires destroyed houses, evacuated residents and damaged critical infrastructure. … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR (January 29): An attorney for Datuk Seri Khairuddin Abu Hassan, a loyal supporter of former Prime Minister Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad said he would file his client’s lawsuit against today’s emergency announcement to Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin and the government. This came after Muhammad Rafique Rashid Ali, who represents Khairuddin, was … Read more
The Senate today overwhelmingly voted to lift President Trump’s veto of the National Defense Authorization Act, giving Trump the first veto on his term in office. Section 2801 of the Act limits the President’s ability to use “emergency” statements to divert military construction funds for construction in the United States to no more than $ … Read more
Stuff A senior lawyer has raised concerns about an apparent change in shelter policy that could result in people being held on bail. People in shelters have been told that a policy change will prevent them from living there just days before Christmas, a senior lawyer said in a letter to the government. Nicola Hansen, … Read more