Anand Grover, a lawyer for the Cancer Patients Aid Association, which led the legal fight against Novartis, said the ruling Monday prevented the watering down of India's patent laws.
Other aid recipients include Staten Island's Metropolitan Fire Association, which offers programs to train teens in firefighting and first aid, and Jewish Family Service of Atlantic and Cape May Counties in New Jersey.
"If Congress doesn't come through, students and parents are going to be left in the lurch, " says Justin Draeger, president of the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators.
When he addressed the conference, Justice Secretary Chris Grayling was heckled about changes to legal aid by members of the Criminal Bar Association, including barrister Andrew Taylor, a former Tory candidate.
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The Family Law Bar Association says proposed changes to legal aid in England and Wales could slow and cause difficulties in divorce hearings.
The black and yellow buildings, once known as "the lighthouses of the road", were first installed by the Automobile Association (AA) in the 1920s to aid motorists who had broken down long before the days of mobile phones.
Other Latin American countries are also hoping to reach an association deal with the Europeans, if not generous financial aid packages, but observers say the EU is not ready to commit itself to further close partnerships.
It will also aid efforts by the government and the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association to identify the bodies of the deceased, many of which will require DNA testing because they have been crushed beyond recognition, she said.
Some districts around the U.S. often try to lure away students from neighbors to compete for state aid based on enrollment figures, said John Musso, executive director of the Association of School Business Officials International, in Reston, Va.
He said the trust had to go through many stages, including registering as a housing association and securing funding from a range of bodies, including the Charities Aid Foundation, to buy a derelict brownfield site.
Already a nursing association has chosen Hastings for its convention because it is the birthplace of Kool-Aid.
The recommendations in the reports (found here and here) come from organizations that include the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the American Council on International Personnel, the American Immigration Lawyers Association, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) and others.
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The American Bar Association considers these contingency-fee arrangements loans, since it prohibits lawyers from extending financial aid to clients (that might encourage frivolous litigation, apparently).
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