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Tipoffs: Law/Legal Newsletter for 2026-03-24 ( 35 items )  
ACLU Launches National Ad Campaign Featuring Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the U.S.A." Highlighting Landmark Birthright Citizenship Supreme Court Case (10)
NEW YORK, March 23 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The American Civil Liberties Union, an organization that works to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the U.S., posted the following news release: * * * ACLU Launches National Ad Campaign Featuring Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the U.S.A." Highlighting Landmark Birthright Citizenship Supreme Court Case * WASHINGTON -Today, the American Civil Liberties Union launched a national ad campaig more PR

ACLU of Georgia Issues Statement in Response to ICE Agents at Atlanta Airport (10)
ATLANTA, Georgia, March 24 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia issued the following statement on March 23, 2026: * * * ACLU of Georgia Issues Statement in Response to ICE Agents at Atlanta Airport In response to the presence of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, the ACLU of Georgia issues the following statement about deploying legal observers: "The ACLU of Georgia has deployed peaceful, trained legal observers  more PR

ACLU of Louisiana Demands ICE Detention Facilities Restore Access to Legal Counsel (10)
WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights issued the following news release on March 23, 2026: * * * ACLU of Louisiana Demands ICE Detention Facilities Restore Access to Legal Counsel The ACLU of Louisiana today sent formal demand letters to ICE detention facilities across the state, citing widespread failures to provide detained immigrants with adequate access to legal counsel, a fundamental constitutional right and a requirement under ICE's own Performance-Based National Detent more PR

Alabama Midwives and Birth Centers Seek State Supreme Court Review of Court Order Requiring Unnecessary "Hospital" Licenses (10)
NEW YORK, March 23 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The American Civil Liberties Union, an organization that works to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the U.S., posted the following news release: * * * Alabama Midwives and Birth Centers Seek State Supreme Court Review of Court Order Requiring Unnecessary "Hospital" Licenses * MONTGOMERY, Ala. -A group of Alabama midwives and birth centers have asked the Supreme Court of Alabama to rev more PR

American Center for Law and Justice: President Trump - Iran Has 5 Days (10)
WASHINGTON, March 24 -- The American Center for Law and Justice posted the following news: * * * President Trump: Iran Has 5 Days By Logan Sekulow President Donald Trump announced that Iran has five days to reopen the Strait of Hormuz before the U.S. military resumes targeting Iran's power plants. As reported by the New York Post: President Trump announced Monday that the US will not attack any part of Iran's power and energy infrastructure for five days after Washington and Tehran engaged more PR

American Center for Law and Justice: Senators Call for Denial of U.S. Visas to Religious Persecutors (10)
WASHINGTON, March 24 -- The American Center for Law and Justice posted the following news: * * * Senators Call for Denial of U.S. Visas to Religious Persecutors By Mark Kelly Across the globe today, millions of believers face violence, imprisonment, and intimidation simply because they worship according to their conscience. Churches are destroyed. Pastors are kidnapped. Entire communities are driven from their homes. When religious persecution reaches that level, the United States cannot lo more PR

Animal Law Forum 2026 (10)
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 24 -- The Tennessee Bar Association posted the following commentary blog on March 23, 2026, by Jarod Word: * * * Animal Law Forum 2026 The TBA Animal Law Forum 2026 will take place Oct. 9 at the Nashville Zoo. This annual favorite provides updates on trends and advancements in animal law and related practice areas. Participants can meet with other animal lovers and enjoy the fun the zoo offers. Zoo admission, breakfast, lunch and an animal meet and greet are incl more PR

Bilott To Present Keynote Address At CASA Law Symposium (10)
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, March 23 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] [TNSeve] -- Taft, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Bilott To Present Keynote Address At CASA Law Symposium * Taft's Rob Bilott will deliver the keynote address at the inaugural California Association of Sanitation Agencies (CASA) Law Symposium on May 28 in San Francisco, CA. Learn more here. Dubbed by The New York Times Magazine as " The Lawyer Who Became DuPont's Worst Nightmare " in an article published on Jan. 6, 2016, more PR

Cahill Files Answering Brief in Ninth Circuit on Behalf of Leading Social Media Platform (10)
NEW YORK, March 24 -- Cahill Gordon and Reindel, a law firm, issued the following news on March 23, 2026: * * * Cahill Files Answering Brief in Ninth Circuit on Behalf of Leading Social Media Platform On March 11, 2026, Cahill filed an answering brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on behalf of a leading social media platform challenging AB 2655, a California statute that would force covered social media platforms to remove or label certain AI-generated political speech ab more PR

Carter County Lawyer Suspended (10)
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 24 -- The Tennessee Bar Association posted the following commentary blog on March 23, 2026, by Stacey Shrader Joslin: * * * Carter County Lawyer Suspended The Tennessee Supreme Court temporarily suspended Carter County lawyer Jason Lee Holly from the practice of law after finding that he failed to respond to the Board of Professional Responsibility on two misconduct complaints. Holly is precluded immediately from accepting any new cases and must cease representin more PR

CDF-Ohio Report Examines Gun Violence's Psychological Impact on Youth, Economic Cost to State's Communities (10)
WASHINGTON, March 24 (TNSrpt) -- The Children's Defense Fund issued the following news release: * * * New CDF-Ohio Report Examines Gun Violence's Psychological Impact on Youth, Economic Cost to State's Communities As gun violence remains a leading cause of death for Ohio's youth, CDF-Ohio urges lawmakers to reverse this trend by investing in community-based interventions and enacting Child Access Prevention mandates. * The youth advocacy organization Children's Defense Fund-Ohio (CDF-Ohio) more PR

Constitutional Accountability Center: Conservative Attack on Voting By Mail Comes to the Supreme Court (10)
WASHINGTON, March 24 -- The Constitutional Accountability Center issued the following statement on Mach 23, 2026: * * * CAC Release: The Conservative Attack on Voting By Mail Comes to the Supreme Court Following oral argument at the Supreme Court this morning in Watson v. Republican National Committee, a case in which the Court is considering whether Mississippi may count absentee ballots that are postmarked by Election Day but received up to 5 business days later, Constitutional Accountabili more PR

Fisher Phillips Issues Commentary: California Courts Create Confusion in Digital Tracking Cases - How Businesses Can Navigate Conflicting Rulings (10)
ATLANTA, Georgia, March 24 -- Fisher Phillips, a law firm, issued the following commentary on March 23, 2026, by partner Usama Kahf and associate Xuan Zhou: * * * California Courts Create Confusion in Digital Tracking Cases: How Businesses Can Navigate Conflicting Rulings Several recent California state court decisions have thrown companies into a state of confusion about whether they can face claims under the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) for use of tracking technologies on websi more PR

Goodwin Guides Pharmakon Advisors on $250 Million Debt Facility With Zenas BioPharma (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 23 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Goodwin, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Goodwin Guides Pharmakon Advisors on $250 Million Debt Facility With Zenas BioPharma * The Intellectual Property team advised Pharmakon Advisors on entering into a five-year, up to $250 million senior secured debt facility with Zenas BioPharma, who are developing a bifunctional monoclonal antibody drug product for the treatment of IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD). The commi more PR

In Law360, Life Sciences Attorneys Examine FDA Draft Guidance on FDA Plausible Mechanism Framework for Individualized Therapies (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 24 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * In Law360, Life Sciences Attorneys Examine FDA Draft Guidance on FDA Plausible Mechanism Framework for Individualized Therapies In a Law360 article, life sciences regulatory & compliance partner Joshua Oyster, counsel Beth Weinman and associates Austin Laroche and Jessica Bushman analyzed U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) draft guidance that details a new regulatory a more PR

Institute for Justice: Appeals Court Rules Against Massachusetts Families in Lawsuit Over Unconstitutional Conditions for Special Education Services, Family Will Appeal to The Supreme Court (10)
ARLINGTON, Virginia, March 24 -- The Institute for Justice posted the following news release on March 23 ,2026: * * * Appeals Court Rules Against Massachusetts Families in Lawsuit Over Unconstitutional Conditions for Special Education Services, Family Will Appeal to The Supreme Court Last Friday, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling that dismissed a lawsuit brought by Ariella and David Hellman, and Josh Harrison and Miriam Segura-Harrison, two sets of parents with more PR

International Refugee Assistance Project: Court Blocks Unlawful National Refugee Detention Policy (10)
NEW YORK, March 24 -- The International Refugee Assistance Project issued the following news release on March 23, 2026: * * * Court Blocks Unlawful National Refugee Detention Policy Unopposed Motion was Granted as Court Halts Policy Forcing Arrest and Indefinite Detention of Lawfully Admitted Refugees * Six refugees, Jewish Family Service of Western Massachusetts, and the International Institute of New England (IINE) secured a major court victory today when a federal court blocked the Trump more PR

Judge Declines to Split Trial in Tyre Nichols Case (10)
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 24 -- The Tennessee Bar Association posted the following commentary blog on March 23, 2026, by Azya Thornton: * * * Judge Declines to Split Trial in Tyre Nichols Case Chief U.S. District Judge Sheryl Lipman of the Western District of Tennessee ruled last week that she will not split the civil case stemming from Tyre Nichols' death into two trials, the Commercial Appeal reports. Lipman said separating the claims could prejudice the City of Memphis because ongoing  more PR

LDF and Co-Counsel Defend Protestor of Police Violence Brutalized by the Police in Qualified Immunity Case (10)
NEW YORK, March 23 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund posted the following news: * * * LDF and Co-Counsel Defend Protestor of Police Violence Brutalized by the Police in Qualified Immunity Case * The Legal Defense Fund (LDF), Schulz Law PLC, and attorney Hugh M. Davis filed a brief in Phelps v. City of Saginaw on behalf of Cornelius Phelps urging the Sixth Circuit to affirm a denial of qualified immunity.  In the summer of 2020, Mr. Phelps, a Black man, a more PR

LDF Condemns the U.S. Department of Education's Recent Action Transferring Student Loan Borrower Accounts to Treasury Department (10)
NEW YORK, March 23 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund posted the following news: * * * LDF Condemns the U.S. Department of Education's Recent Action Transferring Student Loan Borrower Accounts to Treasury Department * On March 19th, the U.S. Department of Education announced it would begin transferring responsibility for managing federal student loan functions to the Treasury Department, starting with defaulted loans. The move is an escalation of the Trump  more PR

Littler Issues Commentary: Colorado's Artificial Intelligence Law Could Be on the Chopping Block (10)
SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 24 -- Littler, a law firm, issued the following commentary on March 23, 2026, by shareholders Zoe M. Argento and Philip L. Gordon: * * * Colorado's Artificial Intelligence Law Could Be on the Chopping Block When he signed Colorado's artificial intelligence law (SB 24-205, the "Act") into law, Colorado Governor Jared Polis told the Colorado General Assembly, by letter, that he did so "with reservations." Polis criticized the Act for "creat[ing] a complex compli more PR

Maria Carr Featured in Several DailyDAC Articles Demystifying Chapter 11 Cases (10)
CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 24 -- McDonald Hopkins, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Maria Carr featured in several DailyDAC articles demystifying Chapter 11 cases Attorney Maria Carr has recently been featured in multiple articles published by Daily DAC, Business Bankruptcy, where she provided insight on key issues shaping today's bankruptcy landscape. In March, Maria contributed commentary to an article examining a critical question that arises when a company files for Chapter 11 ba more PR

McDonald Hopkins Issues Commentary: Tools in the Toolbox - Pre-Development Loans (10)
CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 24 -- McDonald Hopkins, a law firm, issued the following commentary on March 23, 2026, by member Kirstyn Fritz: * * * Tools in the toolbox: Pre-development loans In commercial real estate, every successful project starts long before the first shovel hits the ground. Careful planning, strategic decisions, and financing set the stage, and one often-overlooked tool is the pre-development loan. A pre-development loan is a short-term financing tool that provides funding dur more PR

National Center for Youth Law: Flores Counsel Responds to Federal Status Report: Children Detained at Dilley Continue to Suffer (10)
OAKLAND, California, March 24 (TNSrpt) -- The National Center for Youth Law issued the following news release on March 23, 2026: * * * Flores Counsel Responds to Federal Status Report: Children Detained at Dilley Continue to Suffer ICE Facility Remains Woefully Out of Compliance with Flores Settlement Agreement. * LOS ANGELES -- A brief filed Friday by lawyers representing immigrant children in the seminal Flores v. Bondi case describes the grim and unsafe conditions that persist at the Sou more PR

NC Justice Center secures $305,000 wage theft settlement for H-2A visa farmworkers (10)
RALEIGH, North Carolina, March 23 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The North Carolina Justice Center posted the following news release: * * * NC Justice Center secures $305,000 wage theft settlement for H-2A visa farmworkers The North Carolina Justice Center, together with co-counsel Higgins Benjamin, PLLC, obtained final approval last week for a $305,000 settlement benefitting 99 agricultural workers who came to the United States from Mexico through the H-2A visa program. The farmworkers worked for  more PR

NCLA Asks SCOTUS to Revive Nondelegation Doctrine and Stop BLM from Writing Criminal Laws (10)
WASHINGTON, March 23 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The New Civil Liberties Alliance issued the following news release: * * * NCLA Asks SCOTUS to Revive Nondelegation Doctrine and Stop BLM from Writing Criminal Laws * The New Civil Liberties Alliance filed an amicus curiae brief today urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear Pheasant v. U.S. and resuscitate the Nondelegation Doctrine. The doctrine was intended to stop Congress from divesting its legislative power to any other branch, including execut more PR

rePurpose Global Recovers 100 Million Pounds of Plastic (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 23 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Goodwin, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * rePurpose Global Recovers 100 Million Pounds of Plastic * Goodwin congratulates rePurpose Global on achieving the historical milestone of removing 100 million pounds of plastic waste from the environment. This achievement underscores rePurpose's leadership in the fight against plastic pollution and its commitment to building a more sustainable, circular future. By mobiliz more PR

Smoot to Speak at 2026 Dress for Success Columbus Level Up Summit (10)
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, March 23 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] [TNSeve] -- Taft, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Smoot to Speak at 2026 Dress for Success Columbus Level Up Summit * Taft Columbus partner Rachel Smoot will participate in the panel "Turbulence Training: Navigate Conflict, Politics, and Hard Conversations with Confidence" at the 2026 Dress for Success Columbus Level Up Summit on March 28. Smoot and fellow panelists will lead a guided discussion on effective communicati more PR

SPLC Condemns the Mississippi Legislature for Passing the SHIELD Act (10)
MONTGOMERY, Alabama, March 23 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The Southern Poverty Law Center posted the following news: * * * SPLC Condemns the Mississippi Legislature for Passing the SHIELD Act * JACKSON, Miss. - TheSouthern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) condemns the passage of the Safeguard Honest Integrity in Elections for Lasting Democracy (SHIELD) Act by the Mississippi state Senate and House of Representatives. Rather than rejecting the bill, state legislators chose to disenfranchise more than a more PR

Student Press Law Center: To Publish or Not to Publish? Quick Guide to the Publication of Illegally Acquired Material (10)
ARLINGTON, Virginia, March 20 -- The Student Press Law Center issued the following Q&A: * * * To publish or not to publish? A quick guide to the publication of illegally acquired material It is clear that journalists have no special privilege or license to break the law in their efforts to gather the news. It is, however, more complicated to determine when journalists can safely publish information that others illegally obtained. Through various scenarios, this Q&A explores the Supreme Court more PR

Supreme Court Split Over Mississippi Mail-In Ballot Case (10)
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 24 -- The Tennessee Bar Association posted the following commentary blog on March 23, 2026, by Azya Thornton: * * * Supreme Court Split Over Mississippi Mail-in Ballot Case The U.S. Supreme Court signaled a divide today over whether mail-in ballots must be received by Election Day, focusing on a Mississippi law that allows ballots postmarked by Election Day to be counted up to five business days later. According to Bloomberg Law, during more than two hours of arg more PR

University of Alabama Students File Lawsuit Challenging Suspension of Campus Magazines (10)
NEW YORK, March 23 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund posted the following news: * * * University of Alabama Students File Lawsuit Challenging Suspension of Campus Magazines * Today, a group of students at the University of Alabama filed a federal lawsuit challenging the university's suspension of two student publications, Nineteenth Fifty-Six and Alice. The students argue that the University of Alabama's decision to suspend the magazines unlawfully censors more PR

University of Alabama Students File Lawsuit Challenging Suspension of Campus Magazines (10)
MONTGOMERY, Alabama, March 23 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The Southern Poverty Law Center posted the following news: * * * University of Alabama Students File Lawsuit Challenging Suspension of Campus Magazines * Today, a group of students at the University of Alabama filed a federal lawsuit challenging the university's suspension of two student publications, Nineteen Fifty-Six and Alice. The students argue that the University of Alabama's decision to suspend the magazines unlawfully censors dis more PR

VSB Seeks Comment on Nondisclosure or Confidentiality Provisions or Agreements (10)
RICHMOND, Virginia, March 24 -- The Virginia State Bar issued the following news: * * * VSB Seeks Comment on Nondisclosure or Confidentiality Provisions or Agreements The Virginia State Bar (VSB) seeks public comment on the use of nondisclosure or confidentiality provisions or agreements pursuant to or contained in settlement agreements reached in civil actions for personal injury arising from an unlawful act that would constitute criminal sexual assault, commercial sex trafficking, or other  more PR

White & Case advises dMY Squared on business combination with Horizon Quantum (10)
NEW YORK, March 23 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- White and Case, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * White & Case advises dMY Squared on business combination with Horizon Quantum * Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised dMY Squared Technology Group, Inc. (dMY) (OTC: DMYY, DMYY and DMYYW), a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company sponsored by dMY Technology Group, on the completion of its business combination with Horizon Quantum Computing Pte. Ltd. (Horizon  more PR