Alan Levine, Chairman, presided over The Legal Aid Society's 133rd Annual Meeting on November 18, 2009, at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, at which new Directors were elected to the Board of Directors and the Board of Advisors and members of the staff were recognized.
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Adriene Holder, Attorney-in-Charge of the Civil Practice, and Seymour W. James, Attorney-in-Charge of the Criminal Practice are being honored today by The Foundation for the Judicial Friends, Inc. during a black tie dinner at Steiner Studios. Adriene and Seymour are recognized for their outstanding commitment to make access to justice a reality for all New Yorkers. See Journal Ad.
The Legal Aid Society's 2009 Annual Report is available on the website at www.legal-aid.org. You may also request a copy by contacting the Communications/Public Information office at pbath@legal-aid.org.
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned the decision of a lower federal court terminating a 2001 court order governing sanitation in the New York City jails. The decision was issued in Benjamin v. Horn, the Prisoners’ Rights Project’s class action concerning living conditions in the jail system.
Four homeowners from Queens and Brooklyn, who are at risk of losing their homes to foreclosure, today filed a federal class action lawsuit, charging that Aurora Loan Services, their mortgage servicer, has denied them access to the Obama Administration’s Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) for spurious reasons, and has failed to provide them with notice so they may contest such denials. The lawsuit, Edwards et al v. Aurora Loan Services,LLC et al filed in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, is one of the first law suits to challenge a mortgage servicer for breach of contract by failing to review mortgage loans of eligible homeowners for HAMP and to provide a procedure to contest denial.
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