BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 8 (TNSjou) -- Harvard Medical School issued the following news: * * * Physicians Report Negative Impacts of Abortion Bans Across Pregnancy Care Medical decision making post-Dobbs dominated by legal considerations By Jacqueline Mitchell, Beth Israel Deaconess In 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court's Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision allowed states to enact laws that ban or severely restrict abortion. Four years later, a study led by Harvard Medical School researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical  more PR

NEW YORK, Aug. 8 -- Hughes Hubbard and Reed, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Marc Weinstein Examines Legal Challenges in Prediction Market Insider Trading Case with Law360 The first prediction market insider trading prosecution tests the reach of federal commodity and wire fraud laws. Highlights * The case is the first prosecution involving alleged insider trading in prediction markets. * Weinstein says the defendant's motion to dismiss focuses on the legal issues raised by the government's commodity and wire fraud theories r more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R49049) on July 30, 2026, entitled "Legislative Branch - FY2027 Appropriations:" (Continued from Part 1 of 2) * * * FY2027 Legislative Branch Funding Issues The following sections discuss the various legislative branch accounts. During consideration of the legislative branch bills, the House and Senate conform to a "longstanding practice under which each body of Congress determines its own housekeeping requirements and the other concurs wit more PR

SOUTH BEND, Indiana, Aug. 8 -- The University of Notre Dame Law School posted the following statement on Aug. 7, 2026: * * * Notre Dame Law School Welcomes Global Visiting Faculty for Fall 2026 As we usher in the new academic year at Notre Dame Law School, International and Graduate Programs (IGP) is pleased to announce the new cohort of Global Visitors for the Fall 2026 semester. Every year, we host scholars and jurists from around the world, including faculty from our esteemed Notre Dame London Law Programme, academics from partner schools more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R49048) on July 30, 2026, entitled "Presidential Authority Under the Antiquities Act" by legislative attorney Cassandra J. Barnum: * * * SUMMARY The Antiquities Act of 1906, codified at 54 U.S.C. Sec.Sec. 320301-320303, empowers the President to create national monuments by "public proclamation." The act provides that monuments may consist of "historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic or scientific  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R49048) on July 30, 2026, entitled "Presidential Authority Under the Antiquities Act:" (Continued from Part 1 of 2) * * * Considerations in Ultra Vires Review Courts' substantive review of ultra vires claims under the Antiquities Act has been sparing, but a series of D.C. Circuit opinions articulate a framework for analyzing legal challenges to monument proclamations. In Mountain States Legal Foundation v. Bush,/110 the plaintiffs argued amo more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 (TNSletter) -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following letter to FIFA President Gianni Infantino: * * * Here is the text of the letter: July 26, 2026 Mr. Gianni Infantino President FIFA Trump Tower 725 5th Avenue, 17th Floor New York, NY 10022 Dear Mr. Infantino: In 2015, the Department of Justice (DOJ) prosecuted more than two dozen high level FIFA officials and sports-marketing executives for a racketeering conspiracy involving wire fraud and money laun more PR

NEW YORK, Aug. 8 -- New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani issued the following statement: * * * Statement From Mayor Mamdani on Haiti TPS Protections Ending After Court Lifts Stay In response to a federal court ruling ending deportation protections for hundreds of thousands of Haitian immigrants under Temporary Protected Status for Haiti, Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani released the following statement: "The City of New York was forced by federal law, as recently decided by the Supreme Court, to review the work authorization of Haitian TPS holder more PR