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As everyone recovers from the damage caused by Harvey, legal issues will arise. If you want information about your legal rights call 713-743-2168. To sign up for a special Harvey’s People’s Law School to be held on September 30th, visit www.peopleslawyer.net.
The People’s Lawyer’s Tip of the Day
an apartment complex unless the tenant can show the landlord was somehow at fault, for example not maintaining security gates or lights. A new Texas law, however, allows the victim of a sexual assault to terminate a lease by giving the landlord 30 days notice. Click here for more.
How Flood Victims Can Get Financial Help - Even if you don't have flood insurance, there are steps you should take
President Donald Trump’s disaster declarations for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, along with the disaster-relief packages he signed for the states of Texas and Florida, mean disaster aid will be available. You could be eligible for a federal grant to be used toward temporary housing, emergency home repairs, and other urgent measures. Both homeowners and renters are eligible. You can register for federal disaster assistance or call 800-621-3362.
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It's a frightening statistic that 47% of Americans would struggle to come up with $400 to cover an unplanned expense. Yet nearly half of today's workers are living paycheck-to-paycheck, with no financial cushion whatsoever, and a big part of the reason boils down to living beyond our means. Here are 3 signs you are living beyond your means: (1) your credit score is low; (2) your housing costs eat up more than 30% of your paycheck; and (3) you are not saving any money. Click here for more.
For the Lawyers
Court approves a cy pres only settlement. Ninth Circuit panel affirmed the district court's order approving a cy pres only settlement in 15-15858. Under the terms of the settlement, Google is to pay a total of $8.5 million. Of that amount, $3.2 million will go to attorney fees, administration costs, and incentive payments to the named plaintiffs. The remaining $5.3 million will be split between six nonprofits that work on internet privacy issues: AARP, Inc., the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University, Carnegie Mellon University, the Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago-Kent College of Law Center for Information, Society and Policy, the Stanford Center for Internet and Society, and the World Privacy Forum. In re Google Referrer Header Privacy Litigation (9th Cir. 2017). Click here for more.