Your daily ration of civil justice rationing
The Wall Street Journal reported (9/29/15) that New York Mayor Bill de Blasio sees “a day not too far away when indigent defendants have a legal right to a lawyer in civil cases.” He admits that local jurisdictions… Read More
The Uber car-hailing app is under legal pressure from coast to coast, and managed to be featured in both the New York and Los Angeles Times this week. The more serious story is out of San Francisco, the… Read More
A regulatory watchdog is reporting that New York City may provide free legal counsel to low-income tenants facing eviction, advancing the idea of a “civil Gideon” right to council not only for criminal cases but for some life-changing… Read More
If 2015 is going to be the “Tipping Point” year for civil Gideon in the United States, then stories like a recent Newsweek report are going to play an important role. Writer Victoria Bekiempis calls the right to… Read More
