Western New York Law Center

4/20/18

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Apr 202018

 

• Supreme Court Petitions of the day
• Fees and fines threaten judicial independence
• A Potential Game-Changer for Victims of False Credit Reports

4/19/18

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Apr 192018

 

• New York’s governor plans to use pardon power to restore voting rights to felons on parole
• Opinion analysis: Justices reaffirm “look-through” presumption in federal habeas review of state-court decisions
• GAO Report – Immigration Courts:Observations on Restructuring Options and Actions Needed to Address Long-Standing Management Challenges

4/18/18

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Apr 182018

 

• New Job Openings Posted
• TalkPoverty.org: Prison Drug Treatment Programs Are Failing People of Color
• Lawyers must inform current clients when they make material errors, ABA ethics opinion says
• Gorsuch joins liberal justices to strike law authorizing deportation for some ‘crimes of violence’

4/17/18

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Apr 172018

 

• Justice Breyer at the National Constitution Center
• Proposal would end admission-test requirement for accredited law schools
• TalkPoverty.org: Prison Drug Treatment Programs Are Failing People of Color

4/16/18

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Apr 162018

 

• Mental Health Advocacy List Serve
• Argument preview: Court to consider scope of criminal restitution statute
• CBPP: Opportunity-Boosting Job Preparedness Takes Significant Investment, Evidence Shows

4/13/18

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Apr 132018

 

• Empirical SCOTUS: How Gorsuch’s first year compares
• There’s Finally A Legitimate Alternative To Payday Lending
• Legal Aid Demands Rebates for Nycha Tenants Left in the Cold
• CBPP: Conaway SNAP Proposals Would Increase Food Insecurity and Hardship

4/12/18

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Apr 122018

 

• New Job Openings Posted
• Pursuing Desegregation in the Trump Era
• CBPP: Will Chairman Conaway’s SNAP Proposal Match His Rhetoric?
• Many Working People Could Lose Health Coverage Due to Medicaid Work Requirements
• ABA condemns suspension of Justice Department’s Legal Orientation Program for immigrants

4/11/18

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Apr 112018

 

• Medicaid Managed Care
• President Trump Turns Attention To Welfare Programs
• To Help Strapped Borrowers, States Turn to Student Loan Ombudsmen
• Salary history doesn’t justify paying women less, 9th Circuit rules in opinion written by late judge
• GAO Report – Social Security Disability Insurance: Information on Potential Implications of Expanding Private Disability Insurance