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11 Jun 2014, 8:36 am
The Loan Modification Scam Prevention Network and the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law issued a report finding that attorney involvement in foreclosure rescue and loan modification scams to be growing… According to the Report – Executive Summary, scam operations have taken several different forms over the past years, all designed to fraudulently extract money from distressed homeowners. [read post]
10 Jun 2014, 4:00 am
Amicus briefs in support of HUD’s motion have been filed jointly by the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., the American Civil Liberties Union, the National Consumer Law Center, and the National Community Reinvestment Coalition and jointly by the National Fair Housing Alliance, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, the National Low Income Housing Coalition, the Poverty… [read post]
7 Jun 2014, 3:15 pm
And marijuana bills will not fly under the radar. [read post]
5 Jun 2014, 12:14 pm
Bexis has been heavily involved in this effort through the Lawyers for Civil Justice ("LCJ"), and LCJ sent him notice of the approval. [read post]
4 Jun 2014, 7:42 am
(the son of the late civil rights leader Floyd McKissick, Sr.). [read post]
2 Jun 2014, 7:51 am
Briefly, I think that rather than relying on the law, we should turn to civil society. [read post]
30 May 2014, 4:40 am
The bill would place pre-1972 sound recordings under federal law. [read post]
30 May 2014, 12:46 am
Honouring Mukul Sinha: The Struggle of Memory Against Forgetting Within the miniscule tribe of Indian human rights lawyers, even one loss is irreplaceable. [read post]
8 May 2014, 1:02 pm
Keating is the current Chair of the Bicycle Litigation Committee for the national trial lawyers association. [read post]
6 May 2014, 10:24 am
The true impact of the new Egyptian Constitution on the rights of Nubians, and the Egyptian population at large, is thus very much in question.Filed under: Africa, Domestic Implementation of International Law, International Human Rights Law, IntLawGrrls, Middle East and North Africa Tagged: Arab Spring, constitutions, Egypt, indigenous communities, minorities, Nubia, right to return [read post]
30 Apr 2014, 6:31 pm
” This reading fits Professor Ackerman’s portrait of Nixon as a beneficent participant in the institutionalization of the civil rights revolution, but only by distorting the FHA. [read post]
29 Apr 2014, 9:39 am
Nashiri and others after 2006 is found to be the fruit of coercive interrogations, then its use at trial is barred under the Constitution and international law. [read post]
24 Apr 2014, 9:01 pm
They were widely reported on; I did 22 posts on the CCI alone, and Stuart and I extensively commented on the Coleman Committee report, the Bowen/Chambers report, and the CCI report in UPI. [read post]
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Bulletin on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - April 2014
24 Apr 2014, 7:17 pm
Council of Europe: Committee of Ministers adopts recommendation on rights of older persons On 19 February 2014, the CoE Committee of Ministers adopted a recommendation to governments aiming at ensuring that older persons fully enjoy all human rights and fundamental freedoms guaranteed in the European Convention on Human Rights. [read post]
13 Apr 2014, 6:19 pm
They include, to name a few, national security journalism; inspectors general, government lawyers, accountability boards, and investigative or prosecutorial efforts within and across the Executive Branch and its agencies; habeas corpus petitions and other actions in federal court filed by pro bono law firms or privately funded civil liberties and advocacy groups; requests for government documents under the Freedom of Information Act; and… [read post]
11 Apr 2014, 5:00 am
The ethics rule does not; it calls for a civil penalty. [read post]
9 Apr 2014, 1:23 am
After some queries from its members last year, the Canadian Corporate Counsel Association struck a committee to evaluate ways to make it easier for in-house lawyers to explore their pro bono options, says Lawna Hurl, legal counsel with Niska Gas Storage Partners LLC in Calgary. [read post]
9 Apr 2014, 1:23 am
After some queries from its members last year, the Canadian Corporate Counsel Association struck a committee to evaluate ways to make it easier for in-house lawyers to explore their pro bono options, says Lawna Hurl, legal counsel with Niska Gas Storage Partners LLC in Calgary. [read post]
8 Apr 2014, 10:30 am
What’s more, both laws, for very different reasons, are under considerable stress right now. [read post]
2 Apr 2014, 9:00 am
The flier had sued under, among other theories, a state-law claim of implied breach of covenant for good faith and fair dealing. [read post]
