The Federal Trade Commission and other law enforcement authorities around the country announced the first coordinated federal-state enforcement initiative targeting deceptive and abusive debt collection practices.

The Consumer Finance Protection Bureau’s Office of Financial Empowerment has issued a new report about mobile financial services and their impact on low-income and economically vulnerable consumers. In compiling the report CFPB put out a Request for Information (RFI) to gather information about the

​The Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law will be holding a free online Google+ Hangout entitled. But I Thought My Criminal Record Was Expunged? Background Screeners and Zombie Records on Thursday, November 19, 2015 from 1:00 pm-1:30 pm Eastern. Join this Google+ Hangout on Air with Sharon

The National Association of Consumer Advocates is offering a free webinar entitled Consumer Protection Issues for Your Job-Seeking Clients on November 19, 2015 from 2:00pm-3:00pm Eastern. Your clients may be falling victim to scams that target job-seekers and pose as opportunities for legitimate

Governor Tom Wolf joined Department of Human Services Secretary Ted Dallas and Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) Chairman Gladys M. Brown on November 2 to kick off the start of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) application process for the 2015-16 season

The Social Security Administration is asking for responses to an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on how it should modernize its vocational rules, which were first published in 1978. These are the rules disability decision makers use to decide whether an adult with a severe disabling condition

The Pennsylvania General Assembly and Governor Tom Wolf have issued official acknowleded their support of the seventh annual National Pro Bono Week which is being celebrated the last week of October, 2015 by the issuance of an official proclamation by the Governor and the passage of Resolutions in

The Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Pennsylvania Bar Association and Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network have announced the release of 10 one-hour videos offering practical and reliable training for lawyers taking a pro bono case from your organization. These programs focus on areas of practice needed by