From the ARDC: Loan Modification Scammers Recruiting Lawyers

The Illinois Registration & Disciplinary Commission issued this alert today with respect to fraudulent loan modification. Ethics Alert Loan Modification Scammers Recruiting Lawyers Lawyers, particularly sole and small firm practitioners, are increasingly becoming the target of loan modification...
May 10, 2012

Small Dollar Lending Guidelines from the CFPB

This post originally appeared the Illinois Asset Building Group Blog.  The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)  released "Examination Procedures: Short-term, Small Dollar Lending," (pdf) which are guidelines for examining small dollar loan products. The guidelines are written for financial...
April 11, 2012

Serving the Needs of Both Immigration Courts and the People Appearing in Them

Chicago Appleseed Fund for Justice has signed on to a letter to Congress (.pdf) supporting expansion of the Legal Orientation Program established by the Executive Office for Immigration at the Department of Justice in 2002.  The LOP provides funding to state and local organizations that work with de...
March 28, 2012

Texas Appleseed Report Profiles Small Dollar Lenders

This post originally appeared on the Illinois Asset Building Group (IABG) blog. Chicago Appleseed is an IABG partner. A report released this week by Texas Appleseed, "Reshaping the Future of Small Dollar Lending," makes the policy case for small dollar loans, and then profiles six market newcomers...
February 14, 2012

City of Chicago Crowdsources Ethics Reform

At https://webapps.cityofchicago.org/EthicsTaskForce/ you’ll find a growing debate among Chicagoans about how to address ethics problems that have plagued the city for years. The discussion board style site currently lists three topical forums: What ethics related requirement or reform would stre...
January 24, 2012