The 2011 Equal Justice Conference , sponsored by the American Bar Association and the National Legal Aid and Defender Association, will be held form May 19-21, 2011 at the Las Vegas Hilton in Las Vegas, NV. The Equal Justice Conference brings together all components of the legal community to discuss

The Internal Revenue Service opened its 21st season of electronic filing on January 14, 2011 with a reminder to taxpayers that e-file remains the best way to get fast refunds and ensure accurate tax returns, particularly following several tax law changes in December. The opening of IRS e-file also

The ABA Center for Continuing Legal Education will be presenting a free webinar entitled, Veterans Benefits: A Closer Look at the Veterans Administration Schedule for Rating Disabilities (VASRD) , on January 26, 2011 at 2:00 pm-3:30 pm Eastern.

U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) sent a letter on January 6 to Shaun Donovan, Secretary for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), urging HUD to release $1 billion in funds Congress authorized last year to help unemployed homeowners. The Emergency Homeowners Loan Program (EHLP)

Zygmont A. Pines, court administrator of Pennsylvania, has been named the recipient of the 2010 Warren E. Burger Award for Excellence in Court Administration by the National Center for State Courts (NCSC). The highest award for court management presented by the National Center, the Burger Award is

Thirty school districts, county governments and other municipal organizations across Pennsylvania will receive more than $8.4 million this week during the first phase of payments from a national bid-rigging settlement with Bank of America. Attorney General Tom Corbett said the funds are being wire

The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has approved a new rule aimed at streamlining the foreign adoption process by establishing guidelines to be used when the child’s adoption was not “full and final” in the foreign country. Newly enacted Orphans’ Court Procedural Rule 15.9 provides a relatively easy

U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius have announced a joint partnership between the two agencies to help nearly 1,000 non-elderly Americans with disabilities leave nursing homes or other healthcare facilities