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Tipoffs: Law/Legal Newsletter for 2026-03-19 ( 22 items )  
2026 California Employment Law Conference (10)
ATLANTA, Georgia, March 19 -- Fisher Phillips, a law firm, issued the following news on March 18, 2026: * * * 2026 California Employment Law Conference Fisher Phillips is pleased to announce that in partnership with Floyd Skeren Manukian Langevin, the firm's annual Employment Law Conference will return on June 5, 2026, at the Disneyland Hotel. The conference will feature keynote speakers, and the latest hot topics in employment law, workers' compensation, and HR. Conference sessions include: more PR

ACLU-Ohio: Ohio Immigrants' Rights Advocates File Class Action Suit Against ICE for Warrantless Arrests (10)
CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 19 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio issued the following news release on March 18, 2026: * * * Ohio Immigrants' Rights Advocates File Class Action Suit Against ICE for Warrantless Arrests Today, the ACLU of Ohio, CRIS, ABLE-Ohio and local law firms filed a class action lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for their unlawful practices and policies of cond more PR

Baltimore's Historic Crown Industrial Campus Begins New Chapter With Support From Ballard Spahr (10)
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, March 18 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Ballard Spahr, a law firm, posted the following news release: * * * Baltimore's Historic Crown Industrial Campus Begins New Chapter With Support From Ballard Spahr * A historic 30-acre site in Baltimore's Greektown neighborhood is ready for the next chapter in its storied history, thanks in part to Ballard Spahr. The Crown Industrial Park campus-which comprises more than 20 buildings over 1 million square feet-began its life  more PR

CTU Influence Officially Wanes: Statements From the Illinois Policy Institute (10)
CHICAGO, Illinois, March 19 -- The Illinois Policy Institute issued the following statement on March 18, 2026: * * * CTU influence officially wanes: Statements from the Illinois Policy Institute Primary vote indicates support for Federal Scholarship Tax Credit program and against CTU-backed candidates * Illinois voters showed overwhelming support for a program that would provide more funding for public and private schools if the governor opts in. Nearly 64% of Illinoisans across over 30 vo more PR

Gibson Dunn Files Amicus Brief on Behalf of Democracy Defenders Fund and 149 Former Judges (10)
LOS ANGELES, California, March 18 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Gibson Dunn Files Amicus Brief on Behalf of Democracy Defenders Fund and 149 Former Judges * A Gibson Dunn team led by partner Gregg Costa -a former federal trial and appellate judge -has filed an amicus brief in the D.C. Circuit on behalf of the Democracy Defenders Fund, which is representing 149 former federal and state judges, in support of Anthropic in its more PR

Human Rights & Tech Justice Organizations Urge Court to Take Into Account Big Tech's Impact on Civilians in War in Amicus in Anthropic V. DOW (10)
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, March 19 -- The Abolitionist Law Center posted the following news: * * * Human Rights & Tech Justice Organizations Urge Court to Take into Account Big Tech's Impact on Civilians in War in Amicus in Anthropic v. DOW San Francisco, CA--Anthropic's "red line" on the Trump Administration's use of its Artificial Intelligence product "Claude" to enable fully autonomous lethal warfare overlooks the unlawful danger posed to civilians by the U.S. Department of War's ("DOW") u more PR

Immigrant Legal Resource Center: Trump's Pick to Lead DHS Will Bring More Enforcement Tactics (10)
SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 19 -- The Immigrant Legal Resource Center issued the following news release: * * * Trump's Pick to Lead DHS Will Bring More Enforcement Tactics The Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC) condemns President Trump's pick to lead DHS, Senator Markwayne Mullin, a longtime threat to immigrant communities with his staunch support for enforcement tactics and his apathetic stances documented in social media and by journalists toward the suffering of immigrant communit more PR

In The Street, Ropes & Gray Analysis Cited on Scale of IEEPA Tariff Refunds (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 19 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * In The Street, Ropes & Gray Analysis Cited on Scale of IEEPA Tariff Refunds Ropes & Gray's analysis of the Supreme Court's decision striking down IEEPA-based tariffs is featured in a new article in The Street that explores the four-step plan to refund roughly $175 billion in collected duties. The article examines the government's new CAPE portal, which will process refund  more PR

Institute for Justice: Jacksonville, North Carolina City Council Repeals Ordinance Preventing Food Truck Operations But Still Faces Legal Claims From Vendors (10)
ARLINGTON, Virginia, March 19 -- The Institute for Justice posted the following news release on March 18, 2026: * * * Jacksonville, North Carolina City Council Repeals Ordinance Preventing Food Truck Operations But Still Faces Legal Claims From Vendors Last night, the Jacksonville, North Carolina City Council unanimously voted to repeal three uniquely harsh and restrictive provisions of its food truck ordinance. Under Jacksonville's burdensome zoning rules, food trucks were effectively banned more PR

Judicial Watch Requests Court to Order Fani Willis to Release Communications with Special Counsel Jack Smith, Pelosi's January 6 Committee (10)
WASHINGTON, March 18 [Category: Law/Legal] -- Judicial Watch issued the following news release: * * * Judicial Watch Requests Court to Order Fani Willis to Release Communications with Special Counsel Jack Smith, Pelosi's January 6 Committee * (Washington, DC) - Judicial Watch announced that it has asked a Georgia state court to reject Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis' efforts to continue hiding records about her office's communications with Jack Smith's office and the January 6 Co more PR

Judicial Watch: Supreme Court Argument on March 23 on Whether Federal Election Day Laws Forbid Counting Ballots Received after Election Day (10)
WASHINGTON, March 18 [Category: Law/Legal] -- Judicial Watch issued the following news release: * * * Judicial Watch: Supreme Court Argument on March 23 on Whether Federal Election Day Laws Forbid Counting Ballots Received after Election Day * (Washington, DC) - Judicial Watch announced that the Supreme Court will hold oral argument on March 23 in a landmark election integrity case over whether the federal Election Day laws prohibit the counting of mail-in ballots that arrive after Election  more PR

LDF, Lawyers' Committee File Amicus Brief Urging Court to Protect Rights of Creek Freedmen (10)
NEW YORK, March 18 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund posted the following news: * * * LDF, Lawyers' Committee File Amicus Brief Urging Court to Protect Rights of Creek Freedmen * Muscogee Creek Nation failing to comply with Tribal Supreme Court ruling by denying Creek Freedmen their citizenship The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) and the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law have filed an amicus brief to the Muscogee (Creek) Nation Supreme Court in the c more PR

Montana Supreme Court upholds housing reforms (10)
SACRAMENTO, California, March 18 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The Pacific Legal Foundation issued the following news release: * * * Montana Supreme Court upholds housing reforms * Missoula, Montana; March 18, 2026: Yesterday, the Montana Supreme Court upheld what's been called the "Montana Miracle," affirming Montanans' property rights by leaving in place a set of laws that support housing production and affordability across the state. It's a major win for property owners like Clancy Kenck, who  more PR

NCYL to Congress: Hands Off Children's Right to an Education (10)
OAKLAND, California, March 19 -- The National Center for Youth Law issued the following news release: * * * NCYL to Congress: Hands Off Children's Right to an Education Letter to lawmakers raises major concerns around application of school attendance law NCYL submits a statement for the record in as U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee hearing targeting Plyler v. Doe * The National Center for Youth Law (NCYL) submitted a written statement to push back against a House Judiciary subcom more PR

NWLC Reacts to Allegations of Sexual Assaults by Cesar Chavez (10)
WASHINGTON, March 18 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The National Women's Law Center posted the following news release: * * * NWLC Reacts to Allegations of Sexual Assaults by Cesar Chavez * The following is a statement by Fatima Goss Graves, president and CEO of the National Women's Law Center (NWLC): WASHINGTON, D.C. - "We are deeply disturbed and saddened by the shocking allegations of abuse and sexual violence against Cesar Chavez. For the National Women's Law Center, and the TIME'S UP Legal D more PR

Oh, Canada? How Dow Turned to American Litigators at Kirkland to Lead a Critical Piece of Litigation in Canada (10)
CHICAGO, Illinois, March 18 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Kirkland and Ellis, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Oh, Canada? How Dow Turned to American Litigators at Kirkland to Lead a Critical Piece of Litigation in Canada * Nader Boulos and Benjamin Kurtz were quoted in The Am Law Litigation Daily on Kirkland's lead role in a decades-long dispute in Canadian court resulting in a multibillion dollar win for Dow. Michael Glackin, the deputy general counsel of Dow, used car- more PR

Social worker renews fight to care for special needs kids (10)
SACRAMENTO, California, March 18 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The Pacific Legal Foundation issued the following news release: * * * Social worker renews fight to care for special needs kids * New Orleans, Louisiana; March 18, 2026: A New Orleans social worker filed a state court lawsuit today challenging a Louisiana regulation that bars her from providing respite care to children with special needs. Ursula Newell-Davis, a 25-year veteran of social work with bachelor's and master's degrees in the more PR

SPLC's Vote Your Voice Initiative Launches New Grant Cycle to Strengthen Democracy Across the Deep South (10)
MONTGOMERY, Alabama, March 18 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The Southern Poverty Law Center posted the following news: * * * SPLC's Vote Your Voice Initiative Launches New Grant Cycle to Strengthen Democracy Across the Deep South * Three grant opportunities are available to nonprofit organizations in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana and Mississippi Montgomery, Ala. -The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) announced the launch of its 2026 Vote Your Voice grant cycle, opening applications for  more PR

Utah State Bar Hosts Part 2 of 'Let's Talk, Let's Listen' CLE Series on Judiciary, Balance of Powers (10)
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, March 19 -- The Utah State Bar issued the following news release: * * * Utah State Bar hosts Part 2 of 'Let's Talk, Let's Listen' CLE series on judiciary, balance of powers The Utah State Bar hosted Part Two of its continuing legal education (CLE) dialogue series, Let's Talk & Let's Listen, featuring Utah Supreme Court Justice Paige Petersen and Ron Gordon, court administrator for the Administrative Office of the Utah State Courts. Moderated by Keith A. Call of Spencer F more PR

Voting Rights Advocates Announce Louisiana Voting Rights Act - Crucial Legislation to Protect Louisiana Voters from Discrimination (10)
NEW YORK, March 18 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund posted the following news: * * * Voting Rights Advocates Announce Louisiana Voting Rights Act - Crucial Legislation to Protect Louisiana Voters from Discrimination * Today, Power Coalition for Equity and Justice and the Legal Defense Fund, along with hundreds of citizens from communities across Louisiana, gathered at the Louisiana Capitol to publicly announce the Louisiana Voting Rights Act (LAVRA). File more PR

Webinar to Focus on Identifying Medically-Impaired Drivers (10)
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 19 -- The Tennessee Bar Association posted the following commentary blog on March 18, 2026, by Stacey Shrader Joslin: * * * Webinar to Focus on Identifying Medically-Impaired Drivers TBA's Elder Law Section and Criminal Justice Section will present a free webinar on Friday on how to identify medically-impaired older drivers. The virtual session will feature occupational therapist Cody Stoval, one of eight certified driving rehabilitation specialists in Tennessee, more PR

Zalewski Appeared as Guest on WGN-TV Primary Election Special (10)
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, March 18 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Taft, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Zalewski Appeared as Guest on WGN-TV Primary Election Special * Taft partner Michael Zalewski was a featured guest on the WGN-TV Primary Election Special on March 17. He provided analysis for the Illinois General Primary as part of the network's special coverage of the 2026 primary results. Zalewski leads Taft's Chicago office's legislative and government affairs practice, servin more PR