INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Nov. 4 -- Barnes and Thornburg, a law firm, issued the following news release: Barnes & Thornburg has added environmental, government services and finance, healthcare, labor and employment, litigation and intellectual property attorneys and legal professionals to its Chicago, Dallas, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, New Jersey, Raleigh, and Salt Lake City offices. An associate in the Indianapolis office, Marina Blackburn focuses her practice on assisting clients with a variety  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau issued the following public notice (WC Docket No. 23-376) on Nov. 3, 2023: * * * Re: Network Change Certification Received Verizon New England Inc. (Verizon), an incumbent local exchange carrier (LEC), has filed certification that public notice of network change(s) has been provided through its publicly accessible Internet site, as required by section 51.329(a)(2) of the rules of the Federal Communicatio  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued the following statement on Nov. 3, 2023, by Commissioner Allison Clements on a decision (Docket No. ER22-983-004) involving ISO New England: * * * I concur with the Commission's order, but write separately to convey my disappointment with ISO New England's chosen approach to complying with the Commission's directive to either modify its metering proposal, or to explain why its proposal is just and  more

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, Nov. 4 -- Seton Hall University issued the following news: Seton Hall Law Professor Doron Dorfman received the Michael J. Zimmer Memorial Award for a rising scholar who has made a significant contribution to the field of work law. The award was bestowed upon Dorfman at the Colloquium on Scholarship in Employment & Labor Law at the University of Minnesota Law School. The Annual Colloquium on Scholarship in Employment and Labor Law is the professional gathering of legal  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Nov. 4 -- Southern Connecticut State University issued the following news on Nov. 3, 2023: Southern Connecticut State University has achieved a significant milestone by securing $51 million in grant awards since 2017. In the most recent fiscal year, FY2023, the university's faculty and staff excelled in obtaining funding, amassing an impressive $11.64 million from various sources, marking the largest fiscal-year funding cohort in Southern's history. In addition to this   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- The Transport Workers Union of America issued the following statement on Nov. 3, 2023: * * * TWU International President John Samuelsen issues this statement on the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024: "This horrific legislation would gut vital investments in our national mass transit and railroad infrastructure - and destroy thousands of good, union jobs. It would be horrible for American workers, American familie  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 3 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release: A Connecticut man was convicted today by a federal jury in Boston of fraudulently obtaining over $500,000 from his former employer, New England Sports Network (NESN). Ariel Legassa, 51, was convicted of seven counts of mail fraud and three counts of unlawful monetary transactions. U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani scheduled sentencing for Dec. 20, 2023.   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: "We urge you to continue your efforts to press the Israeli government to meet these obligations under international law." Washington, D.C. -- United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.) sent a letter to National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and Secretary of State Antony Blinken, urging the Biden administration to take additional steps to bring Americans and Hamas-hel  more