Law Practice
Jun. 23, 2009
Easing Limits on Legal Aid
Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Pasadena, wants to end the Legal Services Corp.'s ban on legal nonprofits requesting attorney fees and filing class actions.
By Greg Katz
Daily Journal Staff Writer LA CANADA - Rep. Adam Schiff already has done much to increase federal funding for the Legal Services Corp., the quasi-governmental agency that supports many of the nation's legal nonprofits, and to lift a restriction keeping legal aid groups from winning attorneys fees. But, even though the Senate and the President have yet to sign off on those measures, the Pasadena Democrat is looking ahead to his next ef...
Daily Journal Staff Writer LA CANADA - Rep. Adam Schiff already has done much to increase federal funding for the Legal Services Corp., the quasi-governmental agency that supports many of the nation's legal nonprofits, and to lift a restriction keeping legal aid groups from winning attorneys fees. But, even though the Senate and the President have yet to sign off on those measures, the Pasadena Democrat is looking ahead to his next ef...
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