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State Budget Crisis Results in Steep Cuts to Legal Aid Programs While the demand for civil legal services for the poor is growing, funding drops
  December 25, 2008   Legal Aid of the Bluegrass , the nonprofit group that provides emergency civil legal help to the poor across Northern and Central Kentucky may have to turn the indigent away to make up for a cut in state funding...

Bill Would Boost Funding for Legal Aid to Poor
Senate Democrats are hoping this is the year to revitalize the Legal Services Corporation, the federally funded organization that provides legal assistance to the poor. Legislation introduced Thursday by Sen...

Legal Services Get Modest Increase in State Budget
State funding for legal services organizations hurting from a drop in grants from interest on lawyer trust accounts increased only $526,000 in the state budget process last week, said Samuel Milkes, executive director of Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network, the statewide coordinating organization for 10 regional legal services programs and six specialized legal resource programs...

Supervisors may create Office of Indigent Legal Services
From the Kingman Daily Miner (AZ): A new plan is in the works to take some of the confusion out of indigent defense at the County Superior Court. The County Public Defender’s and Legal Defender’s offices will present a plan during Tuesday’s Board of Supervisor’s meeting that will create an Office of Indigent Legal Services...

COURTS: "Public Advocacy to cut legal services to poor"
Public Advocacy to cut legal services to poor from Courier Journal Ernie Lewis, head of the state Department of Public Advocacy, detailed cuts in services he said his agency plans to make in a letter he sent Friday to judges throughout Kentucky...

Hall officials seek to improve indigent defense
From The Gainsville Times: Faced with a growing indigent defense bill where costs were once much lower, Hall County State Court officials want to improve how they provide lawyers for the poor in 2009...

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AT&T Mobility may have to pay $10 million to Florida customers after charging for third-party services.

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BlueHippo Funding agrees to set up $5 million restitution fund after modifying its computer sales program.

Aurora Loan Faces Class Action over Mortgage Review Services
Aurora Loan Faces Class Action over Mortgage Review Services

American Corrective Counseling Services to Pay $2.55 Million In Pennsylvania Class Action
American Corrective Counseling Services to Pay $2.55 Million In Pennsylvania Class Action

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