PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, March 30 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Berger Montague, a law firm, posted the following news: * * * 46 Berger Montague Attorneys Named to 2026 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists * Berger Montague is pleased to announce that a distinguished group of 46 of its attorneys has been selected to the 2026 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists, recognizing excellence across a broad range of complex litigation practices, including antitrust, class action/mass torts, securit  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- The American Center for Law and Justice posted the following news: * * * 50,000 U.S. Troops Assemble in Middle East By Logan Sekulow The U.S. has now amassed more than 50,000 troops in the Middle East as part of the ongoing joint military action against Iran. As reported by The New York Times: The arrival of 2,500 Marines and another 2,500 sailors is keeping the number of American troops in the Mideast region at over 50,000 -- roughly 10,000 more than usual -- as Pr  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- The American Center for Law and Justice posted the following news: * * * ACLJ Defends School Board Prayer: How To Respond to Legal Threats By Abigail A. Southerland The ACLJ is once again defending the constitutional rights of local governing bodies to engage in the longstanding and lawful practice of opening meetings with prayer. This time, it is on behalf of a school board in Colorado. Earlier this week, the ACLJ responded to yet another threat made against a schoo  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 31 (TNSrpt) -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio issued the following news release: * * * ACLU of Ohio Releases Report on Rapid ICE Expansion in Ohio in Year One of President Trump's Second Term New ACLU of Ohio report shows a dramatic expansion of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) contracts in Ohio during year one of President Trump's second term. * The ACLU of Ohio released a new report, ICE in Ohio, showing a dramatic expansion of Immigration and   more

NEW YORK, March 31 (TNSrep) -- Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Alarm bells: Almost 60% of ASX200 chairs see chairing a private capital board as more appealing than listed role - HSF Kramer survey Though once seen as the pinnacle of Australian corporate life, almost 60% of ASX200 chairs now see chairing a prominent private capital board as more appealing than their listed company role, according to a new report from Herbert Smith Freehills Krame  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, March 30 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Constangy, Brooks, Smith and Prophete, a law firm, posted the following news release: * * * Anjie Cabrera Elected to Board of National Employment Law Council * Constangy is pleased to announce that Anjie Cabrera, partner and Office Head of the firm's New York office, has been elected to the Board of Directors of the National Employment Law Council (NELC). NELC is a national organization of leading labor and employment attorneys dedicat  more

NEW YORK, March 31 -- Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law issued the following news release on March 30, 2026: * * * Jesse Wegman's Supreme Court Newsletter Launches Today Wegman, a senior fellow at the Brennan Center, covered the Court for 12 years as a member of the New York Times editorial board * Today Brennan Center for Justice senior fellow Jesse Wegman launched a newsletter about the Supreme Court, Major Questions. A former member of the New York Times edi  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 31 -- The Tennessee Bar Association posted the following commentary blog on March 30, 2026, by Azya Thornton: * * * Brett Windrow Announces Bid for House District 13 Brett Windrow has announced that he will run for the Tennessee House of Representatives District 13 seat. Windrow, an attorney and graduate of Belmont University College of Law, said he is seeking the office to address economic, infrastructure and education challenges facing the district, which include  more

NEW YORK, March 30 [Category: Law/Legal] (TNSrpt) -- The New York City Bar Association issued the following news release: * * * City Bar Urges Passage of State Immigration Protections * New York for All Act Would Help Protect New Yorkers from Federal Immigration Enforcement Abuses The New York City Bar Association has released a report in strong support of the New York for All Act (A.3506-B / S.2235-B), urging the State Legislature to prioritize passage of the most comprehensive legislatio  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 31 -- McDonald Hopkins, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * David Agay and Stephen Gross recognized on Lawdragon's 500 Leading Global Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers list McDonald Hopkins is proud to announce that attorneys David Agay and Stephen Gross have been recognized as members of the 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers. Lawdragon selected the list of attorneys through its time-honed process combining nominations, independen  more

NEW YORK, March 30 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Debevoise and Plimpton, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Debevoise Secures Second Circuit Affirmance of Dismissal of $16 billion Claim Against YPF S.A. * Debevoise & Plimpton LLP has secured affirmance from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit of its 2023 summary judgment win on behalf of YPF S.A., the largest energy producer in the Republic of Argentina - defeating claims for more than $16 billion in damages and interest  more

EUGENE, Oregon, March 31 -- The Civil Liberties Defense Center issued the following news release on March 30, 2026: * * * Department of Homeland Security Withdraws Summons in Resounding Win for First Amendment Rights San Francisco, CA - Today, Civil Liberties Defense Center (CLDC) dismissed a federal case that asked the court to stop Reddit from responding to a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) administrative summons seeking our client's personal information, following DHS's withdrawal of  more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 30 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The Pacific Legal Foundation issued the following news release: * * * Fifth Circuit rules fishery council unconstitutional but denies Gulf fishermen relief * New Orleans, Louisiana; March 30, 2026: A panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled Friday that the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council is unconstitutionally structured, but declined to restore the fishing rights of two commercial fishermen whose liveli  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 31 -- The Tennessee Bar Association posted the following commentary blog on March 30, 2026, by Azya Thornton: * * * Former UT Professor Wants to Include Lawmakers in Suit Fired University of Tennessee (UT) professor, Tamar Shirinian is asking a judge to add specific state and federal legislators to her lawsuit against the university in a new court filing. According to Knox News, the new motion zeroes in on people Shirinian says defamed her and directly intervened w  more

NEW YORK, March 31 -- Cahill Gordon and Reindel, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Gary Kalbaugh Moderates Panel on the GENIUS Act Gary Kalbaugh will moderate the "The GENIUS Act in Practice: Key Questions for Stablecoin Regulation" with Gov. Michael Barr (Federal Reserve Board), Hon. Summer Mersinger (CEO of the Blockchain Association), Greg Xethalis (General Counsel of Multicoin Capital), and Alex Pollock (Senior Fellow, Mises Institute and former President and CEO of the Federal  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 31 -- The Tennessee Bar Association posted the following commentary blog on March 30, 2026, by Azya Thornton: * * * Gov. Lee Proposes State Funding for Poison Center Gov. Bill Lee has proposed that the state cover a funding shortfall for the Tennessee Poison Center following the loss of a federal grant, according to the Tennessee Lookout. The center, based at Vanderbilt University, operates a call service that provides free emergency poison information, reportedl  more

MIAMI, Florida, March 30 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Greenberg Traurig, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Greenberg Traurig Recognized Across Europe and the Middle East by Legal 500 EMEA 2026 Edition * NEW YORK - March 25, 2026 - The Legal 500 Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) 2026 edition recognized 70 practices and 188 lawyers from global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP. According to The Legal 500, the EMEA guide provides researched coverage of more than 80 countries  more

WASHINGTON, March 30 [Category: Law/Legal -- Haitian Bridge Alliance, a grassroots community organization that advocates for fair and humane immigration policies and provides migrants and immigrants with humanitarian, legal and social services, issued the following news release: * * * HAITIAN BRIDGE ALLIANCE APPLAUDS CONGRESSWOMAN AYANNA PRESSLEY AS ITS NATIONAL ADVOCACY CAMPAIGN HELPS SECURE 218 SIGNATURES FOR DISCHARGE PETITION TO... * March 30, 2026 Media Contact: media@haitianbridge.o  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Hausfeld, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Hausfeld files U.S. Supreme Court amicus brief defending human rights accountability and American jobs Hausfeld has filed an amicus curiae brief (https://www.hausfeld.com/media/ibdlx504/24-856-amicus-brief.pdf) in the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of leading professors of Economics and Political Science and Oxfam America in support of the plaintiffs in the case against Cisco Systems, Inc. Plaintiffs allege that Cisc  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 31 -- The Illinois Policy Institute issued the following news release: * * * Most Cook County property taxes for police and fire go to pensions, not protection Just one-fourth of municipal police and fire 2024 tax levies outside Chicago funded services * The first installment of Cook County property tax bills is due April 1, while many homeowners are still recovering from December's delayed and often record-high bills. Most of what they pay for public safety is not  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, March 31 -- The Institute for Justice posted the following news release: * * * Supreme Court Turns Away Texas Woman's Challenge to "Bonkers" Constitutional Violation Today, the United States Supreme Court declined to hear the case of Erma Wilson, who had her life turned upside down by a conviction in which her prosecutor was on the judge's payroll. Despite the outrageous facts of the case, lower courts held Erma was not allowed to vindicate her rights in federal court wit  more

NEW YORK, March 31 -- The International Refugee Assistance Project issued the following news release on March 30, 2026: * * * EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS RULES AFGHAN MAN MAY NOT BE DEPORTED IRAP Represented the Applicant in the Case Against Sweden * (STRASBOURG, France) - Last Thursday, a 7-judge panel of the European Court of Human Rights unanimously held that Sweden must not deport Mr. D.M., a member of the Hazara ethnic minority group, to Afghanistan, as this would violate Article 3  more

WASHINGTON, March 30 [Category: Law/Legal] -- Judicial Watch issued the following news release: * * * Judicial Watch: Federal Court Allows Lawsuit against Reparations Program to Move Forward--Evanston, Illinois, Gives $25,000 Gov't Payments to Blacks Only * (Washington, DC) - Judicial Watch announced today that an Illinois federal court has allowed its class action civil rights lawsuit against the City of Evanston, Illinois' reparations program to move forward. Judicial Watch filed the cla  more

NEW YORK, March 30 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund posted the following news: * * * LDF Condemns Dismissal of Charges Against Officers Involved in Breonna Taylor's Death * On Friday, March 27, a federal judge dismissed the criminal charges against former Louisville Metropolitan Police Department detective Joshua Jaynes and sergeant Kyle Meany, who were both accused of falsifying the warrant that led to the events of Breonna Taylor's death. This comes aft  more

NEW YORK, March 30 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund posted the following news: * * * LDF Condemns Passage of Mississippi Elections Bill That Would Disenfranchise Millions * Last week, the Mississippi Legislature passed an elections bill that will likely block Black voters and voters who have changed their name from equal access to elections. The bill, called the Safeguard Honest Integrity in Elections for Lasting Democracy (SHIELD) Act, includes provision  more

NEW YORK, March 31 -- Cahill Gordon and Reindel, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Lewis Rinaudo Cohen Speaks on R3's Future Forum Webinar Lewis Rinaudo Cohen, partner and co-chair of CahillNXT, will speak on the panel "Asset Managers as Market Architects: How Fund Tokenisation Is Rewiring Capital Markets Infrastructure" for R3's Future Forum webinar. Lewis, and the other expert panelists, will discuss the optimization of asset management services in an on-chain operational framew  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 30 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The Liberty Justice Center issued the following news release: * * * Liberty Justice Center Urges Fifth Circuit To Reject Forcing Taxpayers to Fund Corporate Activism * (AUSTIN, Texas)-The First Amendment protects the right of every American to express their views, but it does not grant corporations a right to have their political activism subsidized by the government. The Liberty Justice Center filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Ap  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 31 -- Littler, a law firm, issued the following commentary on March 30, 2026, by partner Julie Rousseau and associate Mehdi Warnier: * * * Belgium: (Tele-)work Performed Simultaneously Within the European Economic Area - What Changes with the Moguntia Ruling? European rules governing the determination of the applicable social security legislation for employees performing activities in several EU Member States can be complex. The Court of Justice of the Europea  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 31 -- Littler, a law firm, issued the following commentary on March 30, 2026, by partner Philip Cameron: * * * UK: Balancing Protected Beliefs The recent Employment Appeal Tribunal decision offers employers further guidance on manifestation of belief cases. At a Glance We look at the evolving state of protected belief discrimination in the recent UK Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) case of Ngole v. Touchstone Leeds, which offers employers further guidance on  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 31 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Mark Barnes Co-Authored Article In Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics Health care partner Mark Barnes co-authored an article in the Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics outlining international ethical principles for the collection, use, and sharing of human biospecimens and associated data. The article titled International Ethical Principles for Banking and Secondary Research   more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, March 30 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Taft, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Munur to Present at the Cleveland State University Law School Cybersecurity Conference * Taft Columbus partner Mehmet Munur will participate in the panel "The Board Wants Answers: Who Owns What in Cyber Governance?" at the Cleveland State University Law School Cybersecurity Conference on April 16. Munur and fellow panelists will discuss responsibility and oversight across legal,   more

WASHINGTON, March 30 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The New Civil Liberties Alliance issued the following news release: * * * NCLA Asks en Banc Eleventh Circuit to Toss Trial Judge Penalty Order that Disregarded Jury's Verdict * - Today, the New Civil Liberties Alliance urged the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit to grant en banc rehearing in SEC v. Spartan Securities Group, et al. An Eleventh Circuit panel upheld a liability finding and financial punishment that SEC secured in distri  more

OAKLAND, California, March 31 -- The National Center for Youth Law issued the following news release: * * * NCYL opposes unlawful proposal by Trump administration to require all who contract with the federal government to follow new anti-DEI rules NCYL calls the proposed changes an 'end-run' around court decisions and calls on the General Services Administration to withdraw the unjust and discriminatory amendments * The National Center for Youth Law (NCYL) vehemently opposes proposed rule c  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, March 30 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Reed Smith, a law firm, posted the following news release: * * * Reed Smith partner Amber Finch named to Los Angeles Business Journal's Leaders of Influence: Insurance * LOS ANGELES - Global law firm Reed Smith announces that Amber Finch, partner and global chair of the firm's Insurance Recovery Group, was selected to the Los Angeles Business Journal's 'Leaders of Influence: Insurance' list for her successful recovery of more tha  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 31 -- The Tennessee Bar Association posted the following commentary blog on March 30, 2026, by Azya Thornton: * * * Report: Domestic Violence Registry Faces Gaps Over Expunged Cases A Tennessee law that went into effect Jan. 1 is the nation's first registry to track repeat domestic violence offenders, but there are holes in the system, according to Knox News. Under Savanna's Law, a "persistent domestic violence offender" -- defined as someone with more than one d  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 31 -- The Tennessee Bar Association posted the following commentary blog on March 30, 2026, by Stacey Shrader Joslin: * * * Senate Considering Bill to Add Shelby County Judges The Senate Judiciary Committee passed SB846/HB1268 with an amendment on March 24. The legislation -- introduced by Sen. Brent Taylor, R-Eads, and Rep. Rick Scarbrough, R-Oak Ridge -- now goes to the Senate Finance Committee. The bill as amended creates two additional criminal courts in the   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 31 -- The Tennessee Bar Association posted the following commentary blog on March 30, 2026, by Azya Thornton: * * * Shelby Juvenile Detention Center Implements Reforms Changes at the Shelby County Youth Justice and Education Center -- following its transfer from the sheriff's office to the Division of Corrections in October 2025 -- are aimed at improving conditions for juveniles in custody, the Daily Memphian reports. Officials said reforms include replacing trad  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 31 -- The Tennessee Bar Association posted the following commentary blog on March 30, 2026, by Azya Thornton: * * * State Immigration Agency Awards Nearly $900K in Grants The Tennessee Centralized Immigration Enforcement Division has distributed nearly $900,000 in grants to local law enforcement agencies participating in federal immigration enforcement efforts, according to a report obtained by the Tennessee Lookout. The division, established in 2025 under the Te  more

ORLANDO, Florida, March 31 -- Dean Mead, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Stephen Looney Recognized as Lawyer of the Year in Tax Law in Orlando In their April 2026 publication, Orlando Magazine has recognized Stephen R. Looney as "Lawyer of the Year" for Tax Law in Orlando. A unique distinction, as only a single lawyer in each practice area within a designated metropolitan area is recognized. Per the publication, "Receiving this designation reflects the high level of resp  more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, March 30 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Taft, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Hagerman Quoted in USA Today * Taft's Nathan Hagerman was quoted in the article "Hate paying Taxes? How to make sure you don't pay state taxes twice," which was published in USA Today on March 22. Hagerman is a partner in Taft's Tax group and provides legal counsel and tax advice for domestic and international transactions involving business assets and aircraft, including structu  more