| Volume 144 Number 11 |
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The People’s Lawyer’s Tip of the Day
Congress has just passed another bill to help the people whose finances are taking a beating from the pandemic. Once again, some of us will be getting money by check or direct deposit. The timing and details are still TBA, but here’s what we know: Click here for more.
Nissan recalls model year 2002-2006 Sentras
Nissan North America is recalling 3,930 model year 2002-2006 Sentras whose passenger airbags were previously inspected and may have been released without replacing the Takata airbag inflator.
In the event of a crash, Takata front passenger airbag inflators may explode due to propellant degradation occurring after long-term exposure to high absolute humidity, high temperatures and high temperature cycling. Click here for more.
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New employees have many expenses competing for their limited paychecks. Student loan bills, food, rent and utilities can easily consume a starting salary. But 20-somethings have one very important thing going for them. Young people are in the best position of their lives to start saving for retirement. Click here for more.
For the Lawyers
Judge strikes down D.C.’s ban on filing eviction cases. A D.C. Superior Court Judge struck down the district’s local law moratorium on filing new eviction cases during the COVID-19 pandemic. The court found that the eviction filing ban unconstitutionally infringed on landlords' right of access to the courts. The decision strikes down the District's ban on eviction filings, however, it does not overturn the city's moratorium on actual evictions. Borger Management v. Hernandez-Cruz, Superior Court of the District of Columbia Click here for more.