Keeping legal aid alive; programs restructuring, seeking funds in rescue effort
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Legal aid providers must think of new ways of financing their work in an era of shrinking federal budgets and limits on the sort of cases grantees can handle. Providers are looking to law firms and corporations for pro bono help, working with social services agencies and raising funds by seeking donations, charging for certain services and even sometimes becoming entrepreneurs. Congress is expected to give the Legal Services Corp about $280 mil for fsc 1997, down from $ 415 mil in fsc 1995. The decrease comes at a time when most feel the need for legal services will go up, partly because of federal welfare reform.
Publication Name: ABA Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0747-0088
Year: 1996
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S & Ls seek U.S. 'deposits': thrifts and investors allege in pending lawsuits that broken federal promises entitle them to damages
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Nearly 125 lawsuits have been filed by investors in troubled savings and loan associations who claim their losses were due to a breach of the federal government's promise during the 1980s to encourage that the ailing thrifts be taken over. The lawsuits are based on three doctrines of damages: expectation, restitution and lost profits. The 1996 case of United States v. Winstar Corp. finding government liability for breach of contract because it changed accounting practices smoothed the way for these lawsuits.
Publication Name: ABA Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0747-0088
Year: 1997
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