Unemployedworkers.org reports that discriminatory practices that bar unemployed workers from consideration for jobs are the subject of a new inquiry launched this week by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Responding to reports of what EEOC Chair Jacqueline A. Berrien called "the

The Pennsylvania Bar Associaton Legal Services to the Public Committee is accepting nominations for the 2011 Pro Bono Awards. This is the 24th year that the committee is seeking individual award nominees and the seventh year it is seeking nominees for the "Judges Award" and the "Civil Legal Aid

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a $70 million cut from the current level in Legal Services Corporation (LSC) funding on February 19, reducing grants to 136 local legal aid nonprofit programs by an average of 18 percent. The proposed $70 million cut is from the Fiscal Year 2010 funding of

This post on the Wall Street Journal Law Blog discusses President Barack Obama’s budget proposal which calls for an increase of $30 million for the Legal Services Corporation in the next fiscal year, despite the proposal by House Republicans last week to cut $75 million from the $420 million budget

Senator Richard Durbin (IL), with Senators Jack Reed (RI) and Sherrod Brown (OH), introduced the Unemployment Insurance Solvency Act of 2011 (S.386) on February 17, 2011, which offers immediate tax relief to cash-strapped states and employers, preserves UI benefit levels, and creates new

Assessment part of Obama Administration plan to prevent and end homelessness For the first time ever, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) have published the most authoritative analysis of the extent and nature of homelessness

The January 2011 edition of Health Law PA News , a free bi-monthly newsletter from the Pennsylvania Health Law Project(PHLP) is available on the PHLP website . The January 2011 Health Law PA News contains the following articles: AdultBasic Ends February 28th Assisted Living Regulations In Effect

This story in the New York Times reports on new procedures outlined by New York Chief Justice Jonathan Lippman that would provide for legal counsel for all homeowners facing foreclosure. Under the new procedures, any homeowner in foreclosure who does not have a lawyer will be supplied one by legal