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Journals Legal Newsletter for 2026-02-25 ( 6 items )  
Ask the expert: How to signal chatbots aren't human -- without emotional harm (10)
EAST LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 23 -- Michigan State University posted the following news: * * * Ask the expert: How to signal chatbots aren't human -- without emotional harm * Content advisory: This story contains references to suicide. Resources and assistance are available through multiple campus programs. Online chatbots have rapidly become more than a quick source of information, with many people now turning to them for emotional support and comfort. As some of these relationships with c more PR

Could British companies be sued in the UK for human rights abuses committed overseas? (10)
GUILFORD, England, Feb. 24 -- The University of Surrey issued the following news release: * * * Could British companies be sued in the UK for human rights abuses committed overseas? * Powerful companies may be dragged into court for human rights harms they claim to know nothing about, according to new study from the University of Surrey. Researchers argue that global businesses can no longer hide behind complex corporate structures and that major companies risk legal responsibility for lab more PR

CUNY Chancellor Felix V. Matos Rodriguez Testifies at NYS Joint Legislative Hearing on the FY 2027 Executive Budget Proposal (10)
NEW YORK, Feb. 25 -- The City University of New York issued the following news on Feb. 24, 2026: * * * CUNY Chancellor Felix V. Matos Rodriguez Testifies at NYS Joint Legislative Hearing on the FY 2027 Executive Budget Proposal City University of New York Chancellor Felix V. Matos Rodriguez testified today during a joint New York State Senate and Assembly Legislative Public Hearing on the Fiscal Year 2027 New York State Executive Budget Proposal. The Chancellor's complete prepared remarks ar more PR

Heritage Foundation Center for Border Security & Immigration Senior Research Fellow Hankinson Testifies Before Senate Judiciary Subcommittee (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 -- The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Border Security and Immigration released the following testimony by Simon R. Hankinson, senior research fellow at the Heritage Foundation Center for Border Security and Immigration, from a Feb. 10, 2026, hearing entitled "Somali Fraud in Minnesota - The Tip of the Iceberg": * * * My name is Simon Hankinson. I am the senior research fellow in the Center for Border Security and Immigration at The Heritage Foundation. The views I express more PR

Pandemic, election crises mark 'critical events' in declining democratic accountability standards, governance scholar writes (10)
LAWRENCE, Kansas, Feb. 24 -- The University of Kansas posted the following news: * * * Pandemic, election crises mark 'critical events' in declining democratic accountability standards, governance scholar writes * LAWRENCE -In the United States, the years 2020 and early 2021 were marked by two major historical events: the politicization of the public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the perpetuation of false claims about the integrity of U.S. elections, leading to the riot on the more PR

UCLA Law professors shine in robust new rankings of scholarly impact (10)
LOS ANGELES, California, Feb. 24 -- The University of California at Los Angeles School of Law issued the following news: * * * UCLA Law professors shine in robust new rankings of scholarly impact * In a new and wide-ranging set of rankings that track the scholarly impact of law schools and legal academics, UCLA School of Law placed among the top 10 institutions in the country, while 36 members of the faculty were listed as the top scholars in 25 different areas of research. HeinOnline, one more PR