NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 7 -- The Tennessee Bar Association posted the following commentary blog on March 6, 2026, by Laura Labenberg: * * * 6 Tennessee Law Students Selected to Serve on TBA YLD Board TBA YLD President-elect Jennifer Sneed-Perry has appointed six law students to serve as law student liaisons for the 2026-2027 bar year. The students will fill newly established roles on the YLD Membership Committee and be led by YLD Law Student Liaison Coordinator Lorne Hiller, who also serv  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- The American Center for Law and Justice posted the following news: * * * President Trump Paves New Path for Kristi Noem On Thursday afternoon, it was announced that DHS Secretary Kristi Noem had been removed from her position. However, she is still in President Trump's Administration, as she has been moved to a new role as Special Envoy for the Shield of the Americas. Meanwhile, Trump has nominated Sen. Markwayne Mullin (OK) to take over the Department of Homeland Secu  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 7 -- The Tennessee Bar Association posted the following commentary blog on March 6, 2026, by Azya Thornton: * * * Investigators Probe In-Custody Death at Marion County Jail State investigators are investigating an in-custody death at the Marion County Jail in Jasper, the Chattanooga Times Free Press reports. The deceased arrestee was identified as Clifford Ray Rector Jr.. Rector had been arrested Monday for public intoxication. "He was put in the drunk tank and a  more

NEW YORK, March 7 -- The Lawfare Project, an organization that provides legal counsel and services, issued the following news release: * * * Haaretz corrects false claims about Brooke Goldstein's trip to Gaza During the war in Gaza, media coverage was highly polarized, and in many cases deeply misleading. False narratives--including claims of famine and other blood-libel style allegations--spread rapidly and were amplified across international outlets, shaping public perception in ways unteth  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 7 -- Littler, a law firm, issued the following commentary on March 6, 2026, by Dublin office managing shareholder Niall Pelly: * * * Ireland: It's Time for the Government to Be Transparent About the Pay Transparency Directive Will the PTD obligations be implemented on time for the June 7, 2026 deadline? At a Glance * Ireland is unlikely to fully implement the EU Pay Transparency Directive by the June 7, 2026 deadline, with key tools and legislation still out  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, March 7 -- The Student Press Law Center issued the following news: * * * Students: We must 'draw the line' on censorship Amid escalating student press censorship, funding cuts and other challenges, participants in the 2026 State of Student Press Freedom webinar made it clear that students aren't cowering under these growing threats. Instead, they are actively fighting them. The webinar, organized by the Student Press Law Center as the capstone event of Student Press Fre  more