On Wednesday, May 28, 2025, Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network, Inc. (PLAN, Inc.) was honored with the 2025 Equal Justice Award at Community Legal Services of Philadelphia’s (CLS) 36th Annual Breakfast of Champions. Held at the Museum of the American Revolution, the event brought together legal aid

The Pennsylvania Health Law Project has published the latest edition of the PHLP Health Law News. You can subscribe to receive the PHLP Health Law News on the PHLP website at www.phlp.org. This edition features the following items: Medicaid is a Lifeline for People with Disabilities: Janeen’s Story

Date: Wednesday, May 28, 2025 Time: 3:00 - 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time Pro Bono Net, the ABA Young Lawyers Division Disaster Legal Services Program, Equal Justice Works, and the ABA Standing Committee on Disaster Response and Preparedness are hosting a webinar focused on identifying best practices in

The operators of an alleged transnational student loan debt relief scam have agreed to be permanently banned from the debt relief industry and to turn over more than $1 million in assets to resolve Federal Trade Commission charges that the operation bilked millions out of struggling student loan

On May 14, 2025, the Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network, Inc. (PLAN, Inc.) launched its annual MLK, Jr. Summer Internship Program, welcoming a new cohort of first- and second-year law students to civil legal aid work. The program begins with a two-day orientation in Harrisburg, where interns explore a

Pennsylvania Department of Aging (PDA) Secretary Jason Kavulich today joined local leaders to open the first-of-its-kind center in the Commonwealth specifically designed to serve older adults who are victims of abuse or neglect in Lackawanna and surrounding counties. Telespond Senior Services is

The Department of Human Services (DHS) and the Office of State Inspector General (OSIG) today launched a new security feature that allows Pennsylvanians who receive public benefits to lock their electronic benefit transfer (EBT) card when not in use to prevent those benefits from being stolen. EBT

Staff of the Federal Trade Commission published Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) designed to provide consumers and businesses with information regarding the agency’s Rule on Unfair or Deceptive Fees, which takes effect on May 12, 2025. The Rule prohibits bait-and-switch pricing and other tactics