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November 21, 2022
The Federal Trade Commission today released the National Do Not Call Registry Data Book for Fiscal Year 2022. The FTC’s National Do Not Call (DNC) Registry lets consumers add their phone number and choose not to receive most legal telemarketing calls. In the last fiscal year, over 2.5 million people
November 18, 2022
The Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network, Inc. is seeking a creative freelance graphic designer, design firm, or agency to design our organization’s 50th anniversary logo. In keeping with our current brand and style, we are seeking to create a new logo that emphasizes our organization’s 50th anniversary
November 18, 2022
Regional Housing Legal Services is hosting a webinar entitled Renting a LIHTC Apartment: What Tenants and Their Advocates Need to Know on November 30, 2022 beginning at 10:30 AM Eastern. The Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program is unlike any other subsidized housing program. The rules are
November 17, 2022
The Department of Justice, in close coordination with the Department of Education, announced today a new process for handling cases in which individuals seek to discharge their federal student loans in bankruptcy. The new process will help ensure consistent treatment of the discharge of federal
November 16, 2022
As temperatures begin to drop and consumers turn on the heat in their homes, the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General and the Office of Consumer Advocate are working together to educate consumers, including our seniors, on how to protect themselves against the rising costs of heating and
November 16, 2022
Today, the Pennsylvania departments of Drug and Alcohol Programs (DDAP), Human Services (DHS), and Aging (PDA) highlighted available resources for grandparents who are raising grandchildren and discussed the need for additional supports for these grandparents because of the overdose crisis. “We know
November 15, 2022
The Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project is hosting an in-person Know Your Rights Event entitled Your Right to Humane Treatment While Incarcerated on December 5, 2022 from 6:00 PM-8:00 PM Eastern at Lycoming College, Wertz Student Center, Jane Schultz Room (2nd Floor), Williamsport, PA 17701-5192
November 15, 2022
The Federal Trade Commission today announced it is extending by six months the deadline for companies to comply with some of the changes the agency implemented to strengthen the data security safeguards financial institutions must put in place to protect their customers’ personal information. The

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