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Model Medical Debt Protection Act
The Model Medical Debt Protection Act, now in its third edition, is a tool for advocates who are working to protect consumers who are burdened with medical debt in their states. The model act provides suggested language to improve state health care financial assistance laws, and to strengthen medical debt collection consumer protections.
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Mismatched and Mistaken: How the Use of an Inaccurate Private Database Results in SSI Recipients Unjustly Losing Benefits
Potentially thousands of extremely low-income elderly and people with disabilities have had their Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits cut off erroneously, bringing many of them to the brink of homelessness. Lax matching standards in LexisNexis Accurint reports used by the Social Security Administration (SSA) and a lack of independent investigations by SSA staff lead to improper…
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Decision on Motion to Dismiss in Pearson v. Hodgson
The court ALLOWS in part and DENIES in part Sheriff Hodgson’s Motion to Dismiss and Securus’s Motion to Dismiss.
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Defendant's Motions for Judgments on the Pleadings in Pearson v. Hodgson
Defendants’ Motions for Judgment on the Pleadings are ALLOWED, and Plaintiffs’ Motion for Partial Summary Judgment on Count I and Motion for Class Certification are DENIED.
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Mass. Bar Counsel v. Ruggiero, No. C4-18-253773: Petition for Discipline
This petition is brought pursuant to Rule 4:01, Section 8(3), of the Rules of the Supreme Judicial Court and Sections 3.13(a)(2) and 3.14 of the Rules of the Board of Bar Overseers.
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Mass. Bar Counsel v. Ruggiero, No. C4-18-253773: Hearing Report
On March 4, 2021, bar counsel filed a petition for discipline against the respondent, Daniel G. Ruggiero, Esquire. In essence, the petition charged the respondent with participating in a scheme with nonlawyers to charge and collect illegal and excessive fees from fifteen clients - vulnerable homeowners in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, desperate to save their homes.
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Low-Income Utility Bill Assistance Program Design In the Age of COVID-19
Powerpoint presented during a webinar series on the impact of COVID-19 on utility ratemaking.
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