WASHINGTON, July 29 -- The Senate Judiciary Committee released the following testimony by Sue Peschin, president and CEO of the Alliance for Aging Research, from a July 14, 2026, hearing entitled "From Genes to Machines: the Patent Eligibility Debate": * * * Chairman Grassley, Ranking Member Durbin, and members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today. My name is Sue Peschin, and I serve as President and CEO of the Alliance for Aging Research. Personally, I am also a family caregiver to my mom, who is 85 and lives with more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- The America First Policy Institute issued the following fact sheet: * * * Idaho: The Great American Comeback The Economy: The Working Familes Tax Cuts Lands in America's Fastest-Growing State Since 2020 Idaho enters the era of the Working Familes Tax Cuts (WFTC)--enacted as the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) and signed July 4, 2025--from a position of strength: No state has grown faster since 2020, state leaders keep cutting taxes, and now what supporters call the largest federal tax relief for working families in a ge more PR

PHOENIX, Arizona, July 30 -- The Arizona Supreme Court issued the following news release: * * * Arizona Supreme Court Clarifies Homeowners' Association Authority to Bring Construction-Defect Claims The Arizona Supreme Court today issued its opinion in Gallery Community Association v. K. Hovnanian At Gallery, LLC. The Court held that Arizona law allows a homeowners' association (HOA) to bring construction-defect claims involving common areas it owns and the exteriors of residential units owned by individual homeowners. The case involved alle more PR

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, July 29 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: * * * Attorney General Alan Wilson asks Supreme Court to allow President Trump's Executive Order protecting upcoming elections to take effect * South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson today joined 11 other attorneys general to protect the integrity of the upcoming midterm elections. They asked the U.S. Supreme Court to stay a District Court injunction blocking President Trump's Executive Order aimed at ensuring that only U.S. citi more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * Cantwell Joins 250+ Congressional Democrats in Federal Court Fight to Protect Mifepristone Access and Women's Healthcare * #Case could impose a nationwide ban on mifepristone prescriptions via telemedicine, which 1 in 4 abortion patients use to receive care; Medication abortion - which typically requires mifepristone - accounts for over 60% of WA abortions WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Com more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * Cantwell, Colleagues Demand Answers About Trump's Plans to Unlawfully Send ICE, Other Federal Agents to Polling Sites During Midterm Elections #Voters may see federal agents at ballot drop boxes and polling places this November, according to thousands of records uncovered at ICE, CBP; U.S. law prohibits voter intimidation or deploying armed federal agents, military to polling places - U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, ranking member of the Senate  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- The Senate Judiciary Committee released the following written testimony by J. John Lee, senior director and head of intellectual property policy at the Computer and Communications Industry Association, from a July 14, 2026, hearing entitled "From Genes to Machines: the Patent Eligibility Debate": * * * Chairman Grassley, Ranking Member Durbin, and distinguished Members of the Committee, my name is J. John Lee, and I serve as the Senior Director, Head of Intellectual Property Policy, at the Computer & Communications Indu more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, July 30 -- Consumer Action for a Strong Economy issued the following excerpts of a commentary on July 29, 2026, to PJ Media: * * * CASE Op-Ed in PJ Media: States Must Close the Junk Science Loophole For a plaintiff's attorney searching for a windfall payday, highly credible and fact-based expert testimony is always a plus, but it is hardly a necessity. Thanks to lax judges who fail to properly scrutinize expert testimony and allow pure nonsense to reach the ears of a jury, big jury awards can just as easily be handed dow more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, July 29 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Gibson Dunn Welcomes Six-Partner Litigation Team Led by Renowned Corporate Litigator William Savitt * Gibson Dunn announced today that William (Bill) Savitt, Sarah Eddy, Randall Jackson, Ryan McLeod, Anitha Reddy, and Bradley (Brad) Wilson-one of the most accomplished trial, corporate governance, and M&A litigation teams in the country-are joining Gibson Dunn's New York office. Their arrival solidifies Gibson  more PR

KEENE, California, July 28 [Category: Union] -- The United Farm Workers issued the following news release: * * * Government's Own Records Reveal Racial Profiling in Federal Immigration Stops * Plaintiffs are asking the court to block ongoing federal immigration raids based on newly disclosed records, body-worn camera footage and sworn testimony from government officials. LOS ANGELES - Last night, plaintiffs in Vasquez Perdomo v. Mullin asked a federal court to block the Trump administration from conducting suspicionless and racially discri more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Hawley Exposes Fauci's Self-Dealings, Fauci Pleads the Fifth * WASHINGTON -Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) grilled Dr. Anthony Fauci in a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing over his self-dealings, pursuit of awards and cash prizes, and illegal use of federal employees and resources amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Fauci pled the Fifth each time, refusing to answer any of Senator Hawley's questions. Fauci even pled the Fifth when Sena more PR

NEW YORK, July 30 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch issued the following commentary on July 29, 2026, by Giorgi Gogi, deputy director of the Europe and Central Asia Division: * * * Azerbaijan Jails Prominent TV Journalists, Media Workers Court Sentences Nine in Toplum TV Case - An Azerbaijani court on July 27 sentenced nine journalists, media workers, and civil society activists to between 12 and 15 years in prison. It is the harshest verdict since the government began its ongoing crackdown on independent journalism. The Bak more PR

NEW YORK, July 28 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news: * * * Indonesia: Environmentalists, Indigenous Leaders Unjustly Prosecuted * * Indonesian authorities are wrongfully prosecuting environmental defenders who protest deforestation and pollution as well as Indigenous leaders who defend their land rights. * The Prabowo administration has intensified the crackdown on free expression by expanding the military's role in state-owned mining, oil palm plantations, infrastructure projects, and so-called fo more PR

COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 29 [Category: Think Tank] -- The Buckeye Institute, an independent research and educational institution that says its mission is to advance free-market public policy, posted the following news release: * * * In SCOTUS Brief, The Buckeye Institute Argues Trademarks are Protected Under 5th Amendment * Columbus, OH - On Wednesday, The Buckeye Institute filed its amicus brief in Clemente Properties, Inc. v. Pierluisi-Urrutia, calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case and tell Puerto Rico it cannot profit off the li more PR

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release: * * * LIFTOFF: Trump's Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy Announces Major Move to Streamline Commercial Space Licensing * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is launching a new initiative to streamline commercial space licensing, making it faster and easier for innovators to secure approvals to launch rockets, reenter spacecraft, and operate launch and r more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 30 -- Littler, a law firm, issued the following commentary on July 28, 2026, by Knowledge Management counsel Sebastian Chilco and Maureen H. Lavery, director of Knowledge Management legislative and regulatory services: * * * State and Local Governments Battle Over Who's the Boss of Legislating the Workplace Local governments often lead on workplace issues like paid sick leave, discrimination, and pay equity. But, how and whether cities and counties can - or even should - legislate the workplace varies across t more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- The Independent Petroleum Association of America posted the following joint letter with Natural Gas Council: * * * Natural Gas Council Urges Senate Energy and Environment Leaders to Pass Permitting Reform Legislation The Honorable Shelley Moore Capito, Chairwoman, Committee on Environment and Public Works 410 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510 The Honorable Sheldon Whitehouse, Ranking Member, Committee on Environment and Public Works 410 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510 The Honor more PR

CARLISLE, Pennsylvania, July 28 -- Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law posted the following news: * * * Professor Jud Mathews coauthors essay on nuclear safety * UNIVERSITY PARK, PA - Professor Jud Mathews coauthored an essay published in The Regulatory Review on Monday, July 27, titled "The End of NRC Independence and the Future of Nuclear Safety." He and coauthor Arden Rowell, a professor of law at the University of Illinois College of Law, explore the question of whether nuclear safety can survive presidential control a more PR

MANILA, Philippines, July 30 -- The Supreme Court of the Philippines issued the following news release: * * * Chief Justice Gesmundo Welcomes New Court of Tax Appeals Justices Chief Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo welcomed newly appointed Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) Associate Justices Paolo Sierra Teston on July 28, 2026, and Debbie Jean Centeno-Dijamco on July 30, 2026, at the Supreme Court (SC) in Manila. Justice Teston was appointed on July 27, while Justice Centeno-Dijamco received her appointment on July 29. Present during Justice Teston more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 30 -- The Rhode Island Supreme Court issued the following opinion: * * * Carol Williams, Individually, and for and on Behalf of the Estate and the Wrongful Death Beneficiaries of Anthony David Williams, et al. v. Avco Corporation. Present: Suttell, C.J., Robinson, Lynch Prata, Long, and Indeglia (ret.), JJ. OPINION Justice Lynch Prata, for the Court. The plaintiffs, Carol Williams, individually, and for and on behalf of the estate and the wrongful death beneficiaries of decedent Anthony David Williams, and Wi more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 30 -- The Rhode Island Supreme Court issued the following opinion: * * * Myles Standish Associates, LP, et al. v. The City of Providence by and through the City of Providence Board of Licenses et al. Present: Suttell, C.J., Robinson, Lynch Prata, Long, and Flaherty (ret.), JJ. OPINION Justice Long, for the Court. Myles Standish Associates, LP (Myles Standish or plaintiff), appeals from a judgment of the Superior Court in favor of the defendants, the City of Providence, members of the City of Providence Board  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Stand Up America, an organization was born in 2016 as a digital-first grassroots community working to resist what they say is Donald Trump's corruption, racism and his threats to democracy, issued the following news release on July 29, 2026: * * * SCOTUS APPROVAL REACHES ALL-TIME LOW Americans' lack of faith in SCOTUS points to urgent need for reform - WASHINGTON -- Today, Gallup released a new poll showing Americans' approval of the Supreme Court has fallen to a record low of 33%, driven in part by a "steep drop" a more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- The Senate Judiciary Committee released the following testimony by Andrei Iancu, partner at Sullivan and Cromwell LLP, and co-chair of the Council for Innovation Promotion, from a July 14, 2026, hearing entitled "From Genes to Machines: the Patent Eligibility Debate." Iancu is also a former under secretary of Commerce for intellectual property and director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. * * * Chairman Grassley, Ranking Member Durbin, and Members of the Committee: Thank you for the opportunity to testify about more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 30 -- Alianza Americas, a transnational advocacy network of Latin American migrant-led organizations, issued the following news release: * * * Termination of TPS for Haiti Is Part of a Campaign of Persecution and Terror that Denies Protection Needs Alianza Americas, a national network of 55+ Latin American and Caribbean immigrant-led organizations, condemns the cruel campaign of persecution and terror waged by the Trump administration against the Haitian community protected under Temporary Protected Status (TPS). This more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 29 [Category: Business] -- The National Marine Manufacturers Association posted the following news release: * * * Trade Policy Update: Administration Imposes Sweeping Section 301 Tariffs * On July 24, as the 10% Section 122 tariffs expired, the Trump Administration announced duties on 60 countries ranging from 10% to 12.5%. The new Section 301 tariffs went into effect on July 24 and replaced the temporary Section 122 tariffs the administration has used since the Supreme Court's decision in February struck down Presid more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- The Senate Judiciary Committee released the following testimony by Debra Leonard, professor emerita of pathology and laboratory medicine at the University of Vermont Robert Larner College of Medicine, and past president of the Association for Molecular Pathology, from a July 14, 2026, hearing entitled "From Genes to Machines: the Patent Eligibility Debate": * * * Chairman Grassley, Ranking Member Durbin, and other Members of the Committee: Thank you for the opportunity to testify today. My name is Dr. Debra Leonard, an more PR