The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has announced that it is charging a group of landlords in the Pittsburgh area with discriminating against prospective residents who have disabilities. HUD claims the owners and property managers of Beechwood Gardens in Pittsburgh and

Community Legal Services of Philadelphia has released the 2016 edition of Disability Under the Social Security Act, its popular outline of caselaw on the topic of disability under the Social Security Act. PLAN program staff can access this editions in the PLAN Brief and Information Bank but are

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued an Order on August 12, 2016 adopting amendments to Rules 4001-4016 of the Pennsylvania Rules of Judicial Administration relating to court reporting and transcripts.

In early October, the Pennsylvania Bar Association and 29 county bar associations are launching a statewide educational campaign, Understanding Expungement and Limited Access to Criminal Records , which focuses on Pennsylvania’s crimes code and a law that goes into effect Nov. 1 offering a new

The application period for the PA IOLTA Loan Repayment Assistance Programs will open on September 1, 2016. Lawyers employed by the IOLTA-funded civil legal services organizations providing free legal services to low-income Pennsylvanians have from September 1 through October 17 to apply for student

The Pennsylvania Health Law Project has published the July 2016 edition of Health Law PA News . Health Law PA News is a free newsletter containing the latest news relating to Health Law in Pennsylvania. You can subscribe to receive the PHLP eNews, which links to the Health Law PA News on the PHLP

The American Bar Association Commission on Future of Legal Services has released its final report & recommendations. The report found that the American public faces significant, unmet legal needs that require considerably more innovation and other efforts to bolster access to affordable legal

Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale has issued a report of his audit of the Department of Health’s (DOH) oversight of nursing homes. The audit shows the Department of Health’s lack of documentation, standard protocols, and enforcement allowed problems like neglect and unsanitary