ATLANTA, Georgia, Feb. 18 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Constangy, Brooks, Smith and Prophete, a law firm, posted the following news release: * * * Constangy Welcomes Four New Attorneys to Employment Litigation, Cybersecurity, and Advice & Counsel Practices * Constangy is pleased to announce that Casey Crumbley, Kimberly Seiler, and James Yoo have joined the firm, and Brittany De Hoyos has rejoined the firm, further expanding its national Employment Litigation, Cybersecurity Incident Response,  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Georgetown University Law Center issued the following news: * * * Georgetown Law Names Inaugural Moses Public Interest Scholars and Fellows * Five Georgetown Law 2Ls and three recent graduates have been selected to receive scholarships and fellowships to support their pursuit of public interest careers. They are the first to receive awards from the historic $10 million public interest fund established last spring by alumnus Alfred Moses, L'56, H'13. "The students and  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- The Jamestown Foundation issued the following commentary on Feb. 18, 2026, by John C.K. Daly, Eurasian foreign affairs and defense policy expert and non-resident fellow at the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, in its Eurasia Daily Monitor: * * * Russian Railways Faces Economic Setbacks Executive Summary: * Russian Railways (RZhD) cargo volumes dropped by 5.6 percent in 2025 to a 16-year low due to reduced shipments of oil, construction materials, metals, and coal, resu  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The New Civil Liberties Alliance issued the following news release: * * * NCLA Asks D.C. Circuit to Make SEC Come Clean on Major Misconduct by Its Enforcement Staff * The New Civil Liberties Alliance has filed an opening brief on appeal urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to require the Securities and Exchange Commission to comply with the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). In 2022, SEC disclosed a scandalous "control deficiency"  more

NEW YORK, Feb. 18 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news: * * * Public Comment Opposing CMS Hospital Rule Restricting Gender-Affirming Care for Youth * Submitted via Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// www.regulations.gov February 17, 2026 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Attention: CMS-3481-P Re : [CMS-3481-P] RIN 0938-AV87 Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Hospital Condition of Participation  more

NEW YORK, Feb. 18 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news: * * * Public Comment Opposing Proposed Funding Restrictions on Gender-Affirming Care for Youth Receiving Medicaid and CHIP * Submitted via Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// www.regulations.gov February 17, 2026 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Attention: CMS-2451-P Re : [ CMS-2451-P] RIN 0938-AV73 Medicaid Program; Prohibition on Fe  more

RARITAN, New Jersey, Feb. 19 -- Johnson and Johnson Innovative Medicine issued the following news release on Feb. 18, 2026: * * * RYBREVANT FASPRO(TM) (amivantamab and hyaluronidase-lpuj) receives U.S. FDA Breakthrough Therapy Designation for patients with advanced head and neck cancer New designation is based on data showing rapid and durable responses in a heavily pretreated patient population and expands the promise of RYBREVANT FASPRO(TM) beyond lung cancer * Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 18, 2026: * * * Warren Calls Jamie Dimon's Bluff on Credit Card Affordability, Asks Him to Publicly Support Bill Allowing States to Impose Interest Rate Caps Following a 1978 Supreme Court case, states like Vermont and Massachusetts cannot enact credit card caps like Dimon suggested unless Congress passes new legisl  more