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TODAY'S NEWS Legal aid groups lose big if federal budget slashed The nation's providers of civil legal assistance for the poor could face more staffing reductions and provide services to fewer people if Congress is unable to resolve its latest budget crisis by March 1. Peanut company executives charged after salmonella outbreak U.S. Justice Department and FDA officials on February 21 trumpeted obstruction of justice charges in announcing criminal allegations rooted in the salmonella outbreak of tainted peanut products in 2009 that sickened hundreds of people across the country. ABA seeks help monitoring law graduate employment statistics The American Bar Association's Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar has put out a request for proposals for a process by which it can better police the postgraduate employment data that law schools release. SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT Are you and your firm facing unprecedented change? 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