The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) and Widener University School of Law have announced a pilot program to help low-income consumers receive legal help in navigating the formal complaint process before the PUC. Consumers living in Dauphin County are eligible for the pilot program, which

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Jane Cutler Greenspan has been elected to membership in the prestigious American Law Institute. The Philadelphia-based ALI is a nationwide organization made up of nearly 4,200 jurists, lawyers and law professors who work to clarify, modernize and improve the law

Reuters article outlining the activities and events coordinated by the Philadelphia Bar Association to celebrate National Pro Bono Week, October 26-30, 2009.

The September 30, 2009 issue of Immigrants' Rights Update is now available from the National Immigration Law Project. Many informative articles on recent developments in immigration law are featured in this issue.

With consumer prices down over the past year, monthly Social Security and Supplemental Security Income benefits for more than 57 million Americans will not automatically increase in 2010. This will be the first year without an automatic Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) since they went into effect in

From: Public News Service - PA Click Play (►) to hear Audio Report Congress has begun work on the president's proposal to create a new agency for protecting consumer savings, investments and borrowing. The Consumer Financial Protection Agency would oversee the practices and products of banks and

Editorial in the New York Times discussing how the foreclosure crisis is being made substantially worse by a shortage of lawyers for people whose homes are at risk.

Article from The Legal Intelligencer Blog discussing that the state Senate’s latest version of the budget that has restored about $3 million in funding for legal services.