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FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2020, file photo, housing activists erect a sign in Swampscott, Mass. A federal freeze on most evictions is set to expire soon. The moratorium, put in place by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in September, was the only tool keeping millions of tenants in their homes. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)
EXPLAINER: How Montana will use funds to limit evictions

By Amy Beth Hanson Jun. 25, 2021 03:04 PM EDT

FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2020, file photo, housing activists erect a sign in Swampscott, Mass. A federal freeze on most evictions is set to expire soon. The moratorium, put in place by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in September, was the only tool keeping millions of tenants in their homes. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)
EXPLAINER: Will PA evictions spike despite rental help?

By Mark Scolforo Jun. 25, 2021 11:54 AM EDT

President Joe Biden waves as he arrives on the Ellipse at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, May 18, 2021, from Andrews Air Force Base, Md., after traveling to Detroit to visit the Ford Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn, Mich. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Biden moves to improve legal services for poor, minorities

By Kat Stafford May. 18, 2021 06:00 AM EDT

State orders Chicago to fix special education in detention

By Kelly Garcia Of Injustice Watch Apr. 24, 2021 01:01 AM EDT
CHICAGO (AP) — The Illinois State Board of Education has ordered Chicago Public Schools to fix problems with special education services for students at the...

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks before getting vaccinated at a church in the Harlem section of New York, Wednesday, March 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, Pool)
New York Assembly hires top law firm for Cuomo investigation

By Marina Villeneuve And Tom Hays Mar. 17, 2021 11:11 AM EDT

Washington justices weigh towing of vehicles of homeless

By Gene Johnson Mar. 16, 2021 05:03 PM EDT
SEATTLE (AP) — Lawyers for a man forced to sleep outside after Seattle police had the truck he was living in towed asked the Washington Supreme Court on...

Gender Policy Council co-chair Jennifer Klein speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Monday, March 8, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Biden order could change how colleges handle sex misconduct

By Collin Binkley And Aamer Madhani Mar. 08, 2021 03:31 PM EST

President Joe Biden closes the folder after signing an executive order relating to U.S. supply chains, in the State Dining Room of the White House, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Biden lifts Trump-era ban blocking legal immigration to US

By Julie Watson Feb. 24, 2021 07:59 PM EST

Ontario Premier Doug Ford looks on as the second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in Canada is administered to personal support worker Anita Quidangen by registered nurse Hiwot Arfaso at The Michener Institute in Toronto on Monday, Jan. 4, 2021. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)
The Latest: Fla. lawyer in tobacco cases dies from COVID-19

By The Associated Press Jan. 12, 2021 01:05 AM EST

FILE - In this Dec. 11, 2020, file photo, Taylor Wood and her boyfriend, Ryan Bowser, talk about their financial situation in Corvallis, Ore. The family is unsure where they will go if an eviction moratorium is not extended and they are kicked out of their home. As the economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic stretch into 2021, millions of U.S. renters are bracing for the possibility of having to show up in housing court to avoid getting evicted. But unlike their landlords, only a small fraction of them will do so flanked by an attorney. (AP Photo/Sara Cline, File)
Cities helping renters get right to lawyers in housing court

By Regina Garcia Cano Dec. 31, 2020 01:23 AM EST

Maxi Kolb, an exchange student from Germany, takes a photo of a group of Santas and elves getting ready for their annual Christmas morning run on Main Street in Auburn, Maine on Friday, Dec. 25, 2020. The group gets together every Christmas morning and runs a loop through Lewiston Auburn. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal via AP)
Push on to release inmates; Vermonters to track vaccinations

Dec. 25, 2020 04:55 PM EST

Conservative attorneys challenge Dane County gatherings ban

By Todd Richmond Nov. 23, 2020 01:11 PM EST
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A conservative law firm asked the state Supreme Court on Monday to immediately block Dane County's ban on indoor gatherings and indoor...

Members of the Allegheny County Return Board process the remaining absentee and mail-in Allegheny County ballots, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020, on the North Side in Pittsburgh. (Steve Mellon/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP)
Republicans face court setbacks, Trump law firm steps down

By Maryclaire Dale And Mark Scolforo Nov. 13, 2020 12:25 PM EST

In this Oct. 8, 2020 photo, a Marine is posted outside the West Wing of the White House, signifying the President is in the Oval Office, in Washington. Courts nationwide have seen a flurry of litigation over the 2020 presidential election as both major parties jockey for every advantage. President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden’s campaigns are assembling armies of powerful lawyers. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Trump, Biden lawyer up, brace for White House legal battle

By Alanna Durkin Richer And Eric Tucker Oct. 23, 2020 10:06 AM EDT

FILE - In this Dec. 8, 2017, file photo, Fatima Goss Graves speaks at a discussion about sexual harassment and how to create lasting change from the scandal roiling Hollywood at United Talent Agency in Beverly Hills, Calif. Three years into the #MeToo movement, there may be more awareness around workplace sexual harassment. But a new report finds that almost three-quarters of people reporting such harassment suffer from retaliation if they complain. The study was conducted by the National Women’s Law Center, which houses and administers the Time’s Up Legal Defense Fund. Graves, president and CEO of the law center and co-founder of the fund, said the scenarios outlined in the report should sound "an alarm to legislators and policymakers: Until harassers are held accountable, workplaces will remain unsafe for everyone.” (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP)
Time's Up study: Many who report harassment face retaliation

By Jocelyn Noveck Oct. 15, 2020 10:00 AM EDT

FILE - This undated file photo provided by NerdWallet shows Liz Weston, a columnist for personal finance website NerdWallet.com. (NerdWallet via AP, File)
Liz Weston: Fear of bankruptcy holds too many people back

By Liz Weston Of Nerdwallet Sep. 21, 2020 06:36 AM EDT

Vermont seeks lawyers, law students as poll workers

Sep. 20, 2020 02:09 PM EDT
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — The Vermont secretary of state’s office said it's working with the Vermont Bar Association to get lawyers and law students to volunteer...

FILE - In this April 21, 2010 file photo, Bill Gates Sr. talks to reporters in Seattle. Gates, a lawyer and philanthropist and father of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, died Monday, Sept. 14, 2020, at age 94. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren,File)
Bill Gates Sr., father of Microsoft co-founder, dies at 94

By Gene Johnson Sep. 15, 2020 08:47 PM EDT

Lawyers want Farmville Detention Center's transfer ban ended

Sep. 10, 2020 05:37 AM EDT
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Justice Department lawyers are asking a federal judge to lift a ban on transferring inmates to an immigration detention center in...

FILE - In this July 23, 2020, file photo, protesters wave signs in front of the Hampton Inn hotel in McAllen, Texas. The Trump administration has sharply increased its use of hotels to detain immigrant children as young as 1 before expelling them from the United States during the coronavirus pandemic despite facing outcry from lawmakers and human-rights advocates. (Joel Martinez/The Monitor via AP, File)
Judge orders US to stop detaining migrant children in hotels

By Nomaan Merchant Sep. 04, 2020 06:27 PM EDT