Employee Who Resigned After Denial of Leave Under Family and Medical Leave Act Is Not Disqualified from Benefits

Applicant for Vocational Rehabilitation Services Challenges Ohio Agency’s Failure to Include Notice of Appeal Rights on Denial Form

Low-Income and Minority Consumers Urge Public Utilities Commission to Require Competitors for Local Telephone Service to Ensure Universal Service

Putative Father Who Did Not File Written Objection to Child’s Adoption Within 30 Days Does Not Have Standing to Object

Medicare Claimant Entitled to Coverage for Purchase of Jobst Venous Pressure Gradient Supports

JOBS Participant Had Good Cause to Miss Review Appointments

School Violated IDEA by Filing Delinquency Petition Against Student with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Parties Settle Challenge to Mobile Home Park Owner’s Failure to Maintain Habitable Conditions at Park

Back Problems Suffered by Vietnam Veteran Are Service Connected

Former Restaurant Employee Cites Sexually Hostile Work Environment for Resignation

Monthly Dunning Calls from Third Party to Homeowners with HUD-Held Mortgages Are Subject to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act

Employee Alleges His Termination to Deny Him Health Insurance Benefits Violates ERISA

Debt Collector Settles Fair Debt Collection Practices Claim for $2,000

Court Erred in Applying “Child’s Best Interest” Standard to Terminate Parental Rights in Adoption Proceeding

Section 8 Tenant Sues Landlord for Failure to Repair Fire-Damaged Kitchen

Lessor Moves for Relief from Default Judgment After Appellate Court Denies Amendment to Allow Waiver of Exemptions

Landlord’s Acceptance of Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments Waives Landlord’s Right to Evict

Employee Who Quits Part-Time Job After Layoff from Full-Time Job Does Not Forfeit Right to Benefits

Father Must Be Notified About Adoption Proceeding Even if Consent to Child’s Adoption Is Not Required

Housing Authority Sends No Notice of New Interview for Recertification and Is Made to Pay Tenant’s Resulting Rent Arrears

Patient’s Liability for Hospital Charges May Be Canceled for Hardship

“Support” Under Michigan Family Support Act Includes Hospital Confinement Costs of Child’s Birth

City of Spokane Ordered to Adopt Accessory Dwelling Unit Ordinance

Persons with Limited English Proficiency Complain That Illinois Gives Them No Interpreters or Notices in Their Primary Languages

Mobile Home Park Tenants Fight City’s Efforts to Evict Them and Close Park

Claimants Sue Florida Agency on Hearing Notices That Do Not Specify Issues in Controversy

North Carolina Agrees to Cease Vacating Appeals Referees’ Decisions When Employer Claims Not to Have Received Notice

Second Circuit Holds That Americans with Disabilities Act’s Subterfuge Clause Does Not Apply to Insurance Policies Adopted Before Act’s Enactment

County Guidelines Ensure Applicants for Support Assistance Receive Due Process

Michigan Must Provide Written Notice of Denial of Transportation Services to Medicaid Recipients

Texas A&M to Pay Damages to Farmworkers Employed at Experiment Stations and Misclassified as Independent Contractors

Housing Authority Will Give Employment and Training Opportunities in Construction Work to Residents

Appeals Council Reverses Finding That Claimant’s Drug and Alcohol Addiction Is Material to His Disability

Kentucky Statute That Considers SSI as Income in Determining Child Support Obligation Held Unconstitutional

Employees Who Agreed to Exempt Sleep Time from Compensation May Not Assert Overtime Claims Under Fair Labor Standards Act

Amicus Argues That Strawberry Producer Uses Pseudo-Independent-Contractor Scheme to Avoid Labor and Production Costs

Poverty-Level Pregnant Women Eligible for Medicaid for Pregnancy-Related Care Are Exempt from Support-Cooperation Requirements

State Institution Ordered to Release Deceased Residents’ Records to Protection and Advocacy Program

Consumer Does Not Waive Right to Rescind Mortgage Loan That Violates Truth in Lending Act

Medicaid Recipients Seek Coverage for Liquid Dietary Supplements

Tax Sale of $119,000 Home for $2,500 Is Fatally Defective

Eviction Dismissed Because Run-Down, Vermin-Infested Apartment Has No Fair Rental Value

AFDC Recipient Appeals Sanction for Noncooperation in Dispute over Choice of Schools

Employees Have Standing to Sue for Wrongful Discharge Under the Fair Labor Standards Act

Suspended Driver’s License Restored on Claim of No Fault in Accident

Mortgage Foreclosure Does Not Automatically Terminate Section 8 Tenant’s Lease

Boston Housing Agency to Make Timely Decisions on and Clear Backlog of Tenant Selection Appeals for Public Housing

California General Assistance Recipients Oppose Aid Reduction

SSI Claimant with Essential Tremors Found Incapable of Substantial Gainful Activity