WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The Food and Water Watch posted the following news release on March 26, 2026: * * * 25+ Small Businesses Call on FL State Sen. Passidomo and Rep. Melo to Support Affordable Energy Reform Letter signatories: small businesses are hurting from unfair rate hikes and unaffordable energy! * Today, 27 small local businesses in Glades, Hendry, and Collier counties sent letters organized by Food & Water Watch to Senator Kathleen Passidomo and Representative Lauren Melo, calli more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 [Category: Media] -- The Association of American Publishers issued the following news release: * * * AAP Statement on Supreme Court Ruling in Cox Communications vs. Sony Music Entertainment * The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday issued a ruling in the case of Cox Communications vs. Sony Music Entertainment. The following is a statement from Terrence Hart, General Counsel for the Association of American Publishers. "We join our colleagues in the copyright community in expres more PR

ALBANY, New York, March 26 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General James Announces Takedown of Brooklyn Fentanyl and Cocaine Trafficker * New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced the arrest and indictment of Azer Arslanouk, 36, of Ocean Township, New Jersey, for illegally selling fentanyl and cocaine in Brooklyn, New York. An investigation led by the Office of the Attorney General's (OAG) Organized Crime Task Force ( more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, March 25 -- North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Jeff Jackson Calls for Tariff Refunds * RALEIGH - After the Supreme Court ruled the federal government's tariffs unlawful last month, Attorney General Jeff Jackson is calling on Congress to refund businesses and consumers for increased costs. Those tariffs imposed $3.5 billion in costs on North Carolina businesses and consumers. "North Carolina's busin more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, March 26 -- North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Jeff Jackson Statement on NC Supreme Court Case Decision; AG Jackson Argued the Case in September * RALEIGH - The North Carolina Supreme Court last week ruled in favor of the state in a criminal case that Attorney General Jeff Jackson personally argued before the state's highest court. In September, Attorney General Jackson appeared before the state Su more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 (TNSrep) -- The Center for American Progress issued the following news release on March 26, 2026: * * * Trump's Tariffs Have Cost Small-Business Importers $306,000 on Average A new analysis (https://www.americanprogress.org/article/in-the-first-year-president-trumps-tariffs-have-cost-small-business-importers-306000-on-average/) from the Center for American Progress finds that the Trump administration's sweeping tariff agenda has imposed steep costs on America's small-busi more PR

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 26 -- Vanderbilt Law School posted the following news: * * * Civic Courage, the Rule of Law, and the Legal Profession at a Crossroads * In early March, The George Barrett Social Justice Program at Vanderbilt Law hosted its annual Lecture, named in honor of George Barrett '57, a civil rights attorney who fought for desegregation in Tennessee's higher education institutions. This year's keynote speaker was Donald B. Verrilli, Jr., a partner with Munger, Tolles & O more PR

NEW YORK, March 27 -- Columbia University Columbia Journalism School issued the following news: * * * Professor Nina Alvarez's Film Almost American Re-Released: How the Government Moved to Strip Protections from 600,000 People -- and the Fight That Stopped It The PBS documentary from the Columbia Journalism School professor tells the story from the inside -- with evidence never seen in any courtroom -- premieres for free on PBS YouTube March 26. * On March 16, the Supreme Court agreed to h more PR

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin, Whitehouse, Hawley Call On Supreme Court To Reject Georgia-Pacific's Attempt To Use A Bankruptcy Maneuver To Evade Accountability To Hundreds Of Thousands Of Asbestos Victims * March 25, 2026 Senators: "Allowing Bestwall's position to prevail here would fuel abuses that are already transforming a system of last resort into a 'corporate shell game' that allows well-heeled corporation more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 [Category: International] -- The Federation for American Immigration Reform issued the following news release: * * * FAIR Urges Supreme Court to Review Cases on Arizona's Citizenship-Verification Law * FAIR shows Court state law should remain in force to protect government by the people WASHINGTON-The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) has filed a brief in the U.S. Supreme Court urging the Court to review a decision in a set of consolidated lawsuits aga more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper (No. LSB11410) on March 24, 2026, by legislative attorneys Madeline W. Donley and Victoria L. Killion: Here are excerpts: * * * False Claims Act Enforcement Involving Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Programs The Trump Administration has adopted the view that some "diversity, equity, and inclusion" (DEI) programs and policies illegally consider protected characteristics in viol more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, March 27 -- FFRF Action Fund, an organization that says it develops and advocates for legislation, regulations and government programs to preserve the constitutional principle of separation between state and church, posted the following news: * * * Wisconsin voters: Beware of national right-wing group's school board candidates FFRF Action Fund warns that 1776 Project PAC is flooding school board races with out-of-state money ahead of April 7 election * Wisconsin voters h more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, March 27 -- Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr issued the following news release on March 26, 2026: * * * Carr Fights for Farmers at the U.S. Supreme Court Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr has filed a brief in opposition to a Massachusetts law that seeks to regulate pork production nationwide. If upheld, this statute will impose costly mandates on out-of-state pig farmers - burdening the interstate pork market and increasing prices for all Americans. Carr and 23 other at more PR

NEW YORK, March 26 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news: * * * India's Transgender Rights Bill a Huge Setback * India's parliament passed a bill this week that changes how transgender people are legally recognized and removes their right to self-identification. If the bill becomes law, it will be a major reversal of the hard-won rights of transgender people in India. "These politicians are making laws for us when they don't even have basic concepts of g more PR

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, March 26 -- The University of Virginia School of Law posted the following news: * * * J. Harvie Wilkinson III '72, This Year's 'Outstanding Virginian,' Reflects on a Life of Service * As the longest-serving judge in the history of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, J. Harvie Wilkinson III '72 has helped shape the American legal system for more than four decades. But when the history books are written about his long tenure in public life, he said it more PR

NEW YORK, March 25 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news: * * * Japan's Flag Desecration Law Poses a Threat to Freedom of Expression * Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's coalition partner, the Japan Innovation Party, said on March 17 that they would present a law forbidding the desecration of the national flag during the ongoing Diet session. Currently, Japan's penal code only makes it a criminal offense to d more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, issued the following news release: * * * Lee Sounds Alarm on Pro-Abortion United Nations Nominee * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) today urged that the United States veto the nomination of pro-abortion radical Dr. Michelle Bachelet to the position of United Nations Secretary General (UNSG). In a bicameral letter with support from a large congressional coalition, Lee and his colleagues outline Bachelet's extreme promotion for abortion a more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 27 -- Littler, a law firm, issued the following commentary on March 26, 2026, by shareholder Gregory Keating and counsel Michael Stefanilo Jr.: * * * First Circuit Rejects Per Se Rule that Performance Improvement Plans Automatically Qualify as Adverse Employment Actions Court highlights that the relevant inquiry is "fact-intensive and PIP-specific" * This month, in Walsh v. HNTB Corporation, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit affirmed a district more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * New Dems Hear from Small Businesses on the Harmful Impacts of Tariffs * Yesterday, New Dem Vice Chair for Outreach Salud Carbajal (CA-24) and New Dem Trade Task Force Chair Don Beyer (VA-08) hosted a roundtable discussion on how small businesses have been hurt by the Trump Administration's sweeping tariffs. Vice Chair Carbajal and Rep. Beyer, who is a member of the Ways & Means Committee and the Jo more PR

OAKLAND, California, March 26 -- As You Sow Foundation posted the following news release: * * * New Scorecard Finds Major Food Companies Backsliding on Pesticide Commitments as Federal Protections Erode * Updated Pesticides in the Pantry scorecard reveals industry regression; company average scores fall to a low of 2.5 out of 27 points as regulatory shifts accelerate MEDIA CONTACT: Ryon Harms, rharms@asyousow.org, (310) 730-9407 EL CERRITO, CALIFORNIA - March 26, 2026 - As You Sow, the n more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 26 -- Yale Law School posted the following news: * * * Professor Justin Driver Argues Judicial Opinions Are Vastly Overrated * Professor Justin Driver's recent article "The Insignificance of Judicial Opinions 4," published in the California Law Review, challenges academia's received wisdom regarding the centrality of judicial opinions and argues that bottom-line judicial decisions loom much larger than is commonly understood.  The reasoning behind an opinion " more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Insight white paper (No. IN12672) on March 24, 2026. The white paper is written by international trade and finance specialists Christopher A. Casey, Danielle M. Trachtenberg and Cathleen D. Cimino-Isaacs. Here are excerpts: * * * Section 301 Investigation--Forced Labor and Import Policies of U.S. Trading Partners In March 2026, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) initiated an investigati more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Marshall Op-Ed: ICE Doesn't Need a Second Court - It Already Used One * Washington - On Thursday, U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas), published an op-ed in the Salina Post, writing about the truth behind how ICE enforces immigration law and defending the agency's use of administrative warrants as a long-established legal practice. Senator Marshall argued that those subject to r more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following news release on March 25, 2026: * * * STB Proposes Comprehensive Permitting Reform to Streamline its Processes and Lower Infrastructure Costs The Surface Transportation Board (STB or Board) today issued a unanimous decision proposing a comprehensive rule to modernize and reform its permitting process, accelerating the approval of rail infrastructure projects, cutting unnecessary b more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, March 26 -- The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression posted the following news release: * * * Students forced to remove 'Let's Go Brandon' sweatshirts seek Supreme Court review * At issue: Can schools ban sanitized political expression just because someone considers it profane? SAND LAKE, Mich., March 26, 2026 - A pair of students who were forced to remove sweatshirts emblazoned with the anti-Biden slogan "Let's Go Brandon" are appealing their case to more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 [Category: Computer Technology] -- TechNet, a network of technology CEOs and senior executives that promotes the growth of the innovation economy, issued the following news release: * * * TechNet Statement on Supreme Court Decision in Cox v. Sony Music Entertainment * Washington, D.C. - TechNet, the national, bipartisan network of tech industry CEOs and senior executives, today released the following statement from TechNet President and CEO Linda Moore in response to the more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, March 26 -- The University of California at Los Angeles School of Law posted the following news: * * * UCLA Law establishes first chair in constitutional law with a commitment from Kim and Bill Wardlaw * Distinguished UCLA School of Law alumni couple Judge Kim McLane Wardlaw, B.A. '76, J.D. '79 and William "Bill" Wardlaw, J.D. '72, have pledged $2 million to endow a chair in constitutional law to enhance UCLA Law's strength in this important area of legal education.  more PR

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, March 26 -- The University of New Mexico posted the following news: * * * UNM students to speak on Muhammad Ali Center panel * Four University of New Mexico students will speak on a virtual panel hosted in collaboration between UNM Political Science and the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, Ky. on Monday, March 30. The event, titled " Outside the Ropes, What College Students Can Learn from Studying Muhammad Ali," stems from work that was done in Professor Lawrence more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs issued the following news release: * * * VA helps Veterans maximize their G.I. Bill education benefits * WASHINGTON -The Department of Veterans Affairs is making it easier for eligible Veterans to maximize use of their G.I. Bill education benefits in the wake of two recent court rulings. The rulings ( Rudisill v. McDonough and Perkins v. Collins ) potentially enable millions of Veterans to receive additional education benefits more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, March 27 -- Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones issued the following news release on March 26, 2026: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL JAY JONES CHALLENGES UNLAWFUL RESCISSION OF LANDMARK 2009 GREENHOUSE GAS ENDANGERMENT FINDING Coalition of States, Counties, and Cities Across the Country Mount Legal Challenge in Opposition to EPA's Unlawful Rollback, Threatening Health and Safety of Virginians * Attorney General Jay Jones today joined a coalition of 24 states, the District of Colu more PR

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * WATCH: Padilla Blasts Republicans' False Narratives About Sanctuary City Policies * WASHINGTON, D.C. -Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Immigration Subcommittee, slammed Republicans' lies about sanctuary city policies during a Constitution Subcommittee hearing. He denounced Republicans for deflecting from the Trump Administration's failure to adh more PR