BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 15 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts issued the following news release on Aug. 14, 2026: * * * Federal Appeals Court Upholds Rights of Detained Noncitizens to Bond Hearings First Circuit is the seventh appellate court to reject Trump administration's novel application of immigration detention statutes - A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld a ruling declaring that the Trump administration is unlawfully denying bond hearings to thousands of people arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- The American Center for Law and Justice posted the following commentary by Director of Media Logan Sekulow: * * * House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries Reveals Disturbing Plan for Supreme Court Yesterday at the National Association of Black Journalists convention in Atlanta, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries unveiled a radical plan for "dramatic Supreme Court reform" if the Democrats retake the House of Representatives after the 2026 midterm elections. Jeffries, who clearly has his sights set on a promotion to Hou more PR

SACRAMENTO, California, Aug. 14 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The Pacific Legal Foundation issued the following news release: * * * Appeals court revives Nashville developer's takings claim, overrules lower court dismissal * Nashville, Tennessee -- Today, an appeals court handed a victory to a Nashville developer that was forced to wait four years for permission to build on its own property after the Metro Government of Nashville put an indefinite hold on its permit application. In the decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit re more PR

NEW YORK, Aug. 14 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Debevoise and Plimpton, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Debevoise Partners Named Top Women Litigators by Benchmark Litigation * Debevoise & Plimpton LLP litigation partners Catherine Amirfar, Helen Cantwell, Susan Gittes, Maura Monaghan, Maeve O'Connor, Ina Popova, Shannon Rose Selden, Erica Weisgerber and Mary Jo White have been named to Benchmark Litigation's "Top 250 Women in Litigation" list for 2026. The annual list recognizes "the most distinguished women in the world of litig more PR

NEW YORK, Aug. 14 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund posted the following news: * * * Federal Court Allows Termination of Somalia's Temporary Protected Status to Move Forward * #Read a PDF of our statement here. Media Inquiries: sadaf@muslimadvocates.org, media@haitianbridge.org, media@naacpldf.org Boston, Mass. -- On Friday, a federal district court judge in the District of Massachusetts allowed the termination of Somalia's Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation to move forward by lifting the admi more PR

NEW YORK, Aug. 14 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund posted the following news: * * * Federal Court Rejects Effort to Block DeSoto County's Majority-Black Judicial District * #Read a PDF of our statement here. Court rules plaintiffs "wholly failed to carry their burden" in challenge to Mississippi's only majority-Black judicial subdistrict. CONTACT ACLU Media: media@aclu.org LDF: media@naacpldf.org JACKSON, Miss. - A federal court denied an effort to block DeSoto County's majority-Black judicial subd more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 14 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Kirkland and Ellis, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Four Partners Recognized as "Top 250 Women in Litigation" by Benchmark Litigation * Benchmark Litigation named Kirkland partners Devora Allon, Alli Brown, Dale Cendali and Sandra Goldstein to its 2026 list of the "Top 250 Women in Litigation." The honorees participated in some of the most impactful recent litigation matters and were chosen through several phases of research, including review of their recent case wo more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 [Category: Law/Legal -- Haitian Bridge Alliance, a grassroots community organization that advocates for fair and humane immigration policies and provides migrants and immigrants with humanitarian, legal and social services, issued the following news release: * * * HAITIAN BRIDGE ALLIANCE APPLAUDS EXTENSION OF EMPLOYMENT AUTHORIZATION FOR SALVADORAN TPS HOLDERS * AUGUST 14, 2026 Contact: info@haitianbridge.org, Paige Censale, pcensale@haitianbridge.org SAN DIEGO, CA--The Haitian Bridge Alliance applauds the continued e more PR

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 14 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The Tennessee Bar Association posted the following commentary blog: * * * Houston Firm Declines Migrant Children's Contract, Anti-Trafficking Group Steps In * The Burke Law Group has declined a $150 million federal contract to represent unaccompanied migrant children in immigration proceedings, the Office of Refugee Resettlement confirmed Wednesday. The firm -which has fewer than 30 lawyers and limited immigration experience -faced scrutiny over the award according to the Associated Pre more PR

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 14 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The Tennessee Bar Association posted the following commentary blog: * * * Interview with New Belmont Law Dean Farringer * In a recent interview, new Dean of Belmont University College of Law Deborah Farringer shared her vision for the future of the law school, what it means to be the school's first female dean and what sets Belmont Law apart. "I feel lucky to have witnessed how to create and maintain this culture, first as a professor and then, for the past five years, as associate dean more PR

NEW YORK, Aug. 14 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund posted the following news: * * * Multi-Racial Coalition of Boston Students and Parents Defend Equal Access to Selective Boston Public Schools * BOSTON, Mass. -- Today, Boston Education Justice Alliance (BEJA), the Asian Pacific Islanders Civic Action Network (APIs CAN), NAACP Boston Branch, and NAACP New England Area Conference filed a brief in the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit defending equal access to Boston's selective Exam Schools: Boston more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The National Consumer Law Center posted the following news release: * * * CFPB Hides Corporate Wrongdoing from Public View * Trump Administration Removes Consumer Reports from Public Database Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced a move to shield large corporations from public scrutiny by ceasing publication of the narratives people submit when they ask for help from the CFPB and the data visualizations that help the public understand the patterns in the more than 17 m more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, Aug. 14 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Paul Hastings, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Paul Hastings Advises TD Cowen, Mizuho, H.C. Wainwright & Co. and Lucid Capital Markets on FocalTherics' Underwritten Offering * Paul Hastings LLP advised TD Cowen and Mizuho as joint book-running managers and H.C. Wainwright & Co. and Lucid Capital Markets as co-managers for FocalTherics' pricing of its underwritten public offering of 8,425,000 American Depositary Shares (ADSs), each representing one ordinary share of th more PR

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 14 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The Tennessee Bar Association posted the following commentary blog: * * * Shelby Commission Sends Jail Study Proposal to Outgoing Mayor * The Shelby County Board of Commissioners voted 10-1-1 on Aug. 10 to send Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris a resolution advancing a comprehensive study for a new county jail. The proposal would use $350 million from the commission's contingency fund to solicit consulting firms through a request-for-qualifications process. The Daily Memphian reports that  more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 14 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Sidley Austin, a law firm, posted the following news release: * * * Sidley Advises on Janus Living's US$533.6 Million Public Offering * Sidley represented the underwriters in Janus Living, Inc.'s US$533.6 million public offering of 16,000,000 shares of Class A-1 common stock at a price to the public of US$29.00 per share. In addition, the underwriters exercised in full their option to purchase up to an additional 2,400,000 shares of its Class A 1 common stock at the public offering pric more PR