PHOENIX, Arizona, July 17 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Goldwater Institute posted the following news: * * * Arizona Supreme Court Backs Goldwater in Phoenix Union Records Case * In a victory for greater government transparency, the Arizona Supreme Court unanimously ruled in favor of the Goldwater Institute today in its lawsuit against the city of Phoenix, which refused to turn over records about its closed-door labor union negotiations. The ruling reaffirms that courts at all levels have a responsibility to meaningfully scrutinize the gover more PR

SACRAMENTO, California, July 17 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Opposes Trump Administration's Latest Attempt to Shield Federal Attorneys from Accountability * OAKLAND -California Attorney General Rob Bonta today joined a multistate coalition in supporting the District of Columbia's motion to dismiss a Trump Administration lawsuit seeking to enjoin D.C. bar disciplinary proceedings against former Acting Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey Bossert Clark. In May 2026, the more PR

BELLEVUE, Washington, July 17 [Category: Political] -- The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms issued the following news release: * * * CCRKBA: THIRD CIRCUIT RULING A SIGNAL TO ANTI-GUN STATES * BELLEVUE, WA - Friday's ruling by the Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals striking down New Jersey's ban on modern semiautomatic rifles and original-capacity magazines should send a signal to other states with similar bans that a reckoning is looming, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms says. "The majority more PR

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Committee Cliff Notes: Weekly Recap -- Week of July 13, 2026 * Here's a recap of key moments from House Republican committees during the week: Appropriations On Tuesday, July 14, the Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, led by Rep. Dave Joyce, held a budget hearing to review the Supreme Court's Fiscal Year 2027 budget request with Justices Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett - the Court's first appearan more PR

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, July 17 -- Samford University issued the following news release: * * * Cumberland School of Law Faculty Scholarship Citations, April 1-June 30, 2026 * The scholarship of Samford University Cumberland School of Law faculty members is frequently cited in numerous legal disciplines. The following is a list of faculty authored works cited from April 1, 2026, through June 30, 2026, and sourced by Westlaw Precision, Lexis+ AI, and HeinOnline. Ramona C. Albin Ramona C. Albin, The Persistence of Rape Mythology, 76 Syracuse more PR

WASHINGTON, July 17 [Category: Political] -- Giffords, an organization dedicated to saving lives from gun violence, posted the following news release: * * * GIFFORDS condemns 3rd Circuit decision striking down NJ ban on assault weapons and large-capacity magazines * WASHINGTON -GIFFORDS Law Center, the legal arm of the national gun violence prevention group GIFFORDS, condemned the Third Circuit Court of Appeals decision striking down New Jersey's assault weapons ban. "Assault weapons have been used in many of the nation's deadliest mass s more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 17 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Goodwin, a law firm, posted the following news release: * * * Goodwin Secures Two Appellate Victories in High-Stakes Life Sciences Disputes * Goodwin's Appellate and Supreme Court Litigation team secured appellate victories for two life sciences clients within days of each other, prevailing in significant disputes involving pharmaceutical patent settlements and royalty agreements. The firm obtained a Seventh Circuit victory for Teva Pharmaceuticals ("Teva"), which revived Teva's bre more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, July 17 -- The University of California at Los Angeles School of Law posted the following news: * * * In UCLA Law's Veterans Legal Clinic, students serve those who served * During his active-duty service with the Army, Aaron Bauer '20, a college graduate with a degree in near eastern studies, had no designs on becoming a lawyer. "It was about two years into my time that I started working alongside military attorneys," says Bauer, a captain who was second-in-command of a 50-soldier equipment maintenance company at Fo more PR

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Welch, Schiff, Raskin, Ocasio-Cortez Introduce Legislation Imposing Gift Ban on Supreme Court Justices * Legislation Cracks Down on Lavish Gifts to Supreme Court Justices With $50 Limit Aligning Ethics Rules With Congress, Other Judges, and Federal Officials Washington, D.C. -U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Peter Welch (D-VT), and Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) introduced the High Court Gift Ban Act, legislation to close a glaring ethics more PR

WASHINGTON, July 17 [Category: Business] -- NSSF-The Firearm Industry Trade Association, issued the following news release: * * * NSSF Praises Third Circuit Decision Striking Unconstitutional N.J. MSR, Magazine Ban * WASHINGTON, D.C. -NSSF (r), The Firearm Industry Trade Association, praises the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit for its decision that found New Jersey's laws banning the sale and possession of Modern Sporting Rifles (MSRs) and standard-capacity magazines violate the Second Amendment. This decision is momentous as it more PR

WASHINGTON, July 18 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R49037) entitled "U.S.-UK Trade Relations: In Brief" by international trade and finance specialist Shayerah I. Akhtar. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY The United States and the United Kingdom (UK) - the world's first- and fifth-largest economies, respectively - have a highly integrated trade and economic relationship. Bilateral trade and investment ties are significant to each country, and the U.S. and UK governments have remained close eco more PR