With evictions rising as the city of Los Angeles peels away pandemic-era tenant protections, more tenants are going to court without an attorney. To try to meet demand, new efforts are underway to get ...

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Syracuse, N.Y. — The room was packed with 25 people, mostly women. They were all filling out the paperwork to file for divorce. Mary John was one of two attorneys helping the women. It was more than a ...

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The law doubles the time tenants have to respond after receiving an eviction notice from five business days to ten. Lawyers who work with renters say that what may seem like a minor procedural change ...