PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Aug. 10 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Ballard Spahr, a law firm, posted the following news release: * * * Ballard Spahr Names Scott Humphreys Los Angeles Office Managing Partner * Litigation Partner Scott S. Humphreys has been named Ballard Spahr's Los Angeles Office Managing Partner, firm Chair Peter Michaud announced today. "Los Angeles is a West Coast litigation stronghold for us, and Scott's leadership will help that office and our firm provide an even broader range of services to even more clients," Peter sai more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on Aug. 10, 2026, by senior resident fellow Elly Rostoum: * * * America's AI Advantage Depends on Competition and Compute Bans on Chinese open-source models will backfire. - When Beijing entrepreneur Yang Zhilin released Kimi K3 last month, it matched the capabilities of Anthropic's most advanced system. And he gave it away for free. Zhilin is the talent that the American scientific enterprise was built to retain: a Tsinghua-trained engineer wh more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Oversight released the following written testimony by Andrew R. Arthur, resident fellow in law and policy at the Center for Immigration Studies, from a July 22, 2026, hearing entitled "False Narratives Surrounding Conditions at the Delaney Hall ICE Detention Center." ICE is the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. * * * (Continued from Part 2 of 3) Former New York City Police Department Commissioner and Los Angeles Police Department Chief William Bratton recently echoed ICE's co more PR

NEW YORK, Aug. 10 -- The Columbia Law School posted the following news: * * * Gabriel Rauterberg: Rethinking Regulations for Investment Funds and Private Markets * Gabriel Rauterberg, who joined the Columbia Law School faculty on July 1, is drawn to the profound questions raised by corporate and securities law. "Once you get past some of the daunting nomenclature, it's an area with a genuinely exciting set of issues about how the financial system is evolving," he says. "It's a field with a lot of intellectual integrity. And it's really impo more PR

PHOENIX, Arizona, Aug. 10 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Goldwater Institute posted the following news: * * * Georgians can now sue cities that don't enforce laws. That's a good thing. * Georgia finds itself on the cutting edge of national policy by making a straightforward declaration: We deserve safe cities. When Gov. Brian Kemp signed House Bill 295, he did more than approve another publicsafety bill. He established a basic principle of local government -laws are not optional, and when officials refuse to enforce them, citizens should not more PR

MANILA, Philippines, Aug. 11 -- The Supreme Court of the Philippines issued the following news release: * * * Senior Associate Justice Leonen Urges UP Law Students to Master the Law, Serve the Filipino People Supreme Court (SC) Senior Associate Justice (SAJ) Marvic M.V.F. Leonen encouraged incoming first-year students of the University of the Philippines College of Law (UP Law) to master the law without losing sight of its ultimate purpose--to serve the people, especially the marginalized. SAJ Leonen delivered this message during his keynote more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 (TNSletter) -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley: * * * Here is the text of the letter: August 3, 2026 The Honorable Chuck Grassley Chairman U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary 135 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 Dear Chairman Grassley: On June 26, 2026, every Democratic member of the Judiciary Committee wrote to you to ask that you proceed with the Department of Justice (DOJ) oversight hearing scheduled for Ju more PR

OXFORD, Mississippi, Aug. 10 (TNSjou) -- The University of Mississippi posted the following news: * * * Study Links Mississippi Student Gambling Problems to Mental Health * OXFORD, Miss. - As gambling becomes more accessible to college students, a statewide study of Mississippi's public universities found gambling problems frequently occur alongside depression, anxiety and substance use. The findings suggest policymakers, parents and healthcare officials should recognize gambling problems as a potential sign that a student may need broader more PR