The Pennsylvania Health Law Project will be presenting a program entitled, Medicare 2010: More Changes Ahead on December 3, 2009, from 10:00 am - 12:00 noon in Bellefonte, PA.

Farmworker Justice has just published the Fall 2009 issue of its semi-annual newsletter, Farmworker Justice News. Read about: Farmworker Justice's new project helping rural Latino communities mobilize to prevent HIV/AIDS; advocacy and litigation to reform the H-2A agricultural guestworker program

Consumer protection lawsuits were filed on November 23, 2009 by the Pennsylvania Attorney General against four loan modification or "mortgage rescue" businesses, along with their officers, who are accused of deceiving Pennsylvania consumers seeking help modifying their mortgage loans.

According to the Legal Services Corporation, a federal appeals court has upheld 1996 restrictions on the activities of programs funded by the Legal Services Corporation (LSC), including activities paid for by non-LSC funds. In the majority opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

From: Public News Service Press Play (►) for Audio Report Utility rate caps established almost a dozen years ago in Pennsylvania are coming off, and that means electric bills of residential customers who can't find cheaper power elsewhere will be increasing as of the first of the year.

The American Bar Association’s Center for Continuing Legal Education and Section of Litigation are sponsoring an online training session on the effective and efficient use of depositions on November 24, 2009 at 1:00 PM-2:00 PM Eastern. Complimentary tuition will be provided to the first 250 legal

On November 18, 2009, the Social Security Administration held its fifth public hearing on Compassionate Allowances. During the hearing, testimony was presented from some of the nation's leading experts on schizophrenia about possible methods of identifying and implementing Compassionate Allowances

LexisNexis conducted a webinar on search engine marketing (SEM) for Pro Bono Net members on Nov. 4. A team from LexisNexis has been assisting Pro Bono Net with search engine optimization for LawHelp.org and its associated sites including PALawHELP.org, to help increase the website’s visibility in