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Journals Legal Newsletter for 2026-02-27 ( 17 items )  
Analysis: Many Unregulated Hemp-Derived Intoxicants Contain THC, Synthetic Cannabinoids (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 [Category: Sociological] -- The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws posted the following news release: * * * Analysis: Many Unregulated Hemp-Derived Intoxicants Contain THC, Synthetic Cannabinoids * Milwaukee, WI: Many commercially marketed hemp products contain THC levels exceeding federal limits as well as synthetically produced novel cannabinoids, according to an analysis published in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Reporters purchased 30 unregulate more PR

Ask the expert: Evaluating and explaining trust in public governance (10)
EAST LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 26 -- Michigan State University posted the following news: * * * Ask the expert: Evaluating and explaining trust in public governance * Declining trust in governance is front of mind for many Americans. Recent actions and issues continue to exacerbate the issue. From the presence of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, in local communities to the establishment of data centers in the backyards of communities to government shutdowns and political polar more PR

Beyond Politics: A Haitian Immigrant's Call To See People (10)
CEDARVILLE, Ohio, Feb. 26 -- Cedarville University posted the following news: * * * Beyond Politics: A Haitian Immigrant's Call To See People * by Rich Stratton, Assistant Director of Public Relations The words were written in French on a classroom blackboard in Haiti: "L'espoir fait vivre" -"hope makes one live." Haitian Immigrant Lou Lilite Reflects on Hope and Human Dignity For Dr. Lou Lilite, a professor of music at Cedarville University, that lesson has never been abstract. It is  more PR

Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids: New Study Confirms Mexico's Smoke-Free Law Is Working, Regulators Must Stay Alert to Protect Public Health (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids issued the following news release on Feb. 26, 2026: * * * New Study Confirms Mexico's Smoke-Free Law Is Working, Regulators Must Stay Alert to Protect Public Health A new peer-reviewed study (https://journal.paho.org/en/articles/monitoring-compliance-national-smokefree-regulations-eight-months-after-implementation) published in the Pan American Journal of Public Health confirms that Mexico's comprehensive smoke-free law is delivering r more PR

Center for European Policy Analysis Posts Commentary: More Western, Less Eastern - A Post-Orban Hungary (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary on Feb. 24, 2026, by Ferenc Nemeth, research fellow and program manager at the Hungarian Institute of International Affairs: * * * More Western, Less Eastern - A Post-Orban Hungary If Hungary's opposition successfully unseats Viktor Orban, relations with Brussels will improve. But only up to a point. * "Orban, but her name is just a coincidence," joked Peter Magyar, Hungary's main opposition leade more PR

DGA: Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Wealthy MAGA Republican Primary Candidates "Slugging It Out" in Georgia (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- The Democratic Governors Association posted the following news on Feb. 26, 2026: * * * Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Wealthy MAGA Republican Primary Candidates "Slugging it Out" in Georgia Burt Jones and Rick Jackson's undying support for Trump's MAGA agenda puts them far out of step with Georgia voters * New reporting from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution highlights how megarich MAGA candidates Burt Jones and Rick Jackson's attacks on each other are getting "nastier more PR

DHS Backs Off Plans for ICE Facility in Lebanon (10)
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Feb. 27 -- The Tennessee Bar Association posted the following commentary blog on Feb. 26, 2026, by Stacey Shrader Joslin: * * * DHS Backs Off Plans for ICE Facility in Lebanon After more than a week of conflicting reports about whether the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was planning to open an immigration detention facility in Lebanon, U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn announced yesterday that DHS will not move forward with the facility. Though supportive of the I more PR

Henry E. Smith '96 to Join Yale Law School Faculty (10)
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Feb. 26 -- Yale Law School posted the following news: * * * Henry E. Smith '96 to Join Yale Law School Faculty * Back to News Dean Cristina M. Rodriguez '00 has announced that Henry E. Smith '96 will join the Yale Law School faculty as Professor of Law on July 1, 2026. Smith is currently Fessenden Professor of Law at Harvard Law School where he has taught since 2009 and where he directs the Project on the Foundations of Private Law. His teaching and scholarship fo more PR

In The New York Review of Books: Expanding Public Ownership in the Power Sector (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 [Category: Business] -- Open Markets Institute posted the following news release: * * * In The New York Review of Books: Expanding Public Ownership in the Power Sector * In an essay published in The New York Review of Books, Sandeep Vaheesan, Legal Director at the Open Markets Institute and author of the book " Democracy in Power: A History of Electrification in the United States " makes a case for expanding public ownership in the U.S. electric power sector-arguing that  more PR

Lymphovenous Bypass: Potential Surgical Treatment for Alzheimer's Disease? (10)
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Illinois, Feb. 27 -- The American Society of Plastic Surgeons issued the following news release: * * * Lymphovenous Bypass: Potential Surgical Treatment for Alzheimer's Disease? Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery presents update on minimally invasive surgery for AD * A small but growing body of evidence suggests that a minimally invasive surgical procedure called lymphovenous anastomosis (LVA) might be an effective treatment for Alzheimer's disease (AD), according to a sp more PR

More Organ Donations Now Come from People Who Die After Their Heart Stops Beating (10)
NEW YORK, Feb. 26 [Category: BizHospital] -- NYU Langone Health, an academic medical center affiliated with New York University, posted the following news release: * * * More Organ Donations Now Come from People Who Die After Their Heart Stops Beating * Organ donation after the heart stops beating, a practice called donation after circulatory death, has gone from rare to routine in the United States, a new study shows. This shift over the past 25 years, aided by technological advances, is he more PR

NetApp Reports Third Quarter of Fiscal Year 2026 Results (10)
SUNNYVALE, California, Feb. 27 -- NetApp, a provider of software, systems and services to manage and store data, issued the following news release on Feb. 26, 2026: * * * NetApp Reports Third Quarter of Fiscal Year 2026 Results Third quarter GAAP earnings per share of $1.67; record non-GAAP earnings per share of $2.12 News Summary * All-flash array revenue grew 11% year-over-year to a record $1.0 billion in the third quarter, for an annualized net revenue run rate1 of $4.2 billion * Public more PR

Poverty vs. Wealth: New Study Shows Biggest Buyers and Sellers of Illicit Kidneys (10)
FAIRFAX, Virginia, Feb. 25 -- George Mason University issued the following news: * * * Poverty vs. Wealth: New Study Shows Biggest Buyers and Sellers of Illicit Kidneys * An international team of researchers from George Mason University, Harvard University, and the University of Tokyo have used artificial intelligence to map the global underground market for illegal kidney transplants, finding that the United States consistently ranks among the world's largest illicit importers. The study, more PR

Research Fund for Coal & Steel: Council Adopts Position to Make Steel & Coal Industries Cleaner & More Competitive (10)
BRUSSELS, Belgium, Feb. 27 -- The European Union issued the following news release: * * * Research fund for coal and steel: Council adopts position to make steel and coal industries cleaner and more competitive The Council has reached agreement (general approach) on a package of two proposals to reform the research fund for coal and steel. The two Council decisions aim to accelerate and simplify research and innovation investments in support of competitiveness, as well as, of green and just t more PR

Shareholder Daniella Genet Silberstein Named South Florida Business Journal's 2026 Influential Business Woman (10)
MIAMI, Florida, Feb. 26 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Greenberg Traurig, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Shareholder Daniella Genet Silberstein Named South Florida Business Journal's 2026 Influential Business Woman * MIAMI - Feb. 26, 2026 - Greenberg Traurig, P.A. Shareholder Daniella Genet Silberstein, co-chair of Greenberg Traurig's Global Corporate Practice, has been selected among the South Florida Business Journal 's 2026 Influential Business Women honorees. Now in  more PR

Three scholars to receive honorary degrees at UChicago's 2026 Convocation (10)
CHICAGO, Illinois, Feb. 26 -- The University of Chicago posted the following news: * * * Three scholars to receive honorary degrees at UChicago's 2026 Convocation * The University of Chicago will award honorary degrees to three distinguished scholars on June 6 during its Convocation celebration of the Class of 2026: chemist Sir Shankar Balasubramanian, economic and legal scholar Louis Kaplow, and historian and archaeologist Greg Woolf. Shankar Balasubramanian Shankar Balasubramanian, the more PR

Warren Highlights Failure of Trump Regulators to Hold Epstein-Connected Bankers Accountable (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 26, 2026: * * * Warren Highlights Failure of Trump Regulators to Hold Epstein-Connected Bankers Accountable In new video, Warren calls for congressional hearings into big bank executives who aided Epstein * Today, Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committe more PR