Husch Blackwell cuts about 40 lawyers through layoffs and retirements
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From Freddie Mac's weekly survey: The 30-year fixed rate averaged 3.88 percent, three basis points better than last week's 3.91 percent. The 15-year fixed averaged 3.19 percent, two basis points better than last week's 3.21 percent. Foreclosure News
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North Carolina's House speaker wouldn't say at first why the Republican-led General Assembly cut much of the state funding legal aid groups use to help low-income clients facing evictions and other legal trouble in civil court. The $ 1.6 million cut in the final state budget in June was approved with little or no debate, […]
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ABA President Linda A. Klein issued a statement on Tuesday that sharply criticizes proposed budget cuts by the White House that would do “severe damage to the most vulnerable people in our society.” ABA Journal Daily News
By Linda A. Klein, president of the American Bar Association and a senior managing shareholder at Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, based Atlanta; and Rebekah Keith McKinney , a partner with Watson McKinney LLC in Huntsville. When ordinary Americans need help with life's big problems, the Legal Services Corporation is there. Foreclosure News
Funds for low-income people seeking legal help in civil cases – such as those involving domestic violence protection from abuse orders, child custody issues, evictions, mortgage foreclosures, utility shut-offs, and access to public benefits – could potentially become scarcer. According to several reports, President Donald Trump's budget proposal could eliminate the Legal Services Corporation, the […]
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