Story from Law 360 about the impact of Astrue v. Ratliff, a case before the U.S. Supreme Court, regarding the Social Security Administration's ability to take court awarded attorney fees won by Social Security and disability recipients under the Equal Access to Justice Act. to pay down the recipient's debts owed to the government.
PLAN, Inc, Community Legal Services, and The Disability Law Clinic of the Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law join the National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives, AARP, the National Senior Citizens Law Center and others in an Amici Curiae brief filed on behalf of the benefit recipient.
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