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Arthur Armstrong Featured in Law360 Q&A on Cyberinsurance Sublimit Disputes (10)
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Aug. 21 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Barnes and Thornburg, a law firm, posted the following news release:
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Arthur Armstrong Featured in Law360 Q&A on Cyberinsurance Sublimit Disputes
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Partner Arthur Armstrong was featured in a Law360 interview discussing a growing area of conflict in cyberinsurance, coverage sublimits tied to ransomware claims. Armstrong, who represents policyholders, explains how insurers sometimes attach low-dollar endorsements to policies that otherwise carry much higher limits, creating confu more PR
Coldwell, Gerhardy, Mallick and Kara in The Texas Lawbook: Haynes Boone Pro Bono Team Secures Tax Relief for Dallas Habitat Homeowner (10)
DALLAS, Texas, Aug. 21 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Haynes and Boone, a law firm, posted the following news:
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Coldwell, Gerhardy, Mallick and Kara in The Texas Lawbook: Haynes Boone Pro Bono Team Secures Tax Relief for Dallas Habitat Homeowner
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Haynes Boone's Pro Bono Impact Report featured the story of a Dallas Habitat for Humanity homeowner whose case was recently covered by The Texas Lawbook. Partner Deborah Coldwell and Associates Austria Arnold Gerhardy, Sam Mallick and Mishan Kara spoke with the publication about their pro bono w more PR
DOJ Moves to Restore Gun Rights for Some Convicted of Felonies (10)
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 21 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The Tennessee Bar Association posted the following commentary blog:
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DOJ Moves to Restore Gun Rights for Some Convicted of Felonies
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The Department of Justice (DOJ) has finalized a process allowing people convicted of certain nonviolent felonies to apply to have their gun rights restored, Attorney General Todd Blanche announced on Monday.
According to The Hill, Blanche framed the move as ensuring the Second Amendment is not treated as a "second-class right," while emphasizing the more PR
Greenberg Traurig Advises TPG AG-Led Consortium on $628M Industrial Real Estate Portfolio Acquisition (10)
MIAMI, Florida, Aug. 21 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Greenberg Traurig, a law firm, issued the following news release:
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Greenberg Traurig Advises TPG AG-Led Consortium on $628M Industrial Real Estate Portfolio Acquisition
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NEW YORK - Aug. 21, 2026 - Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP represented a TPG AG-led consortium in its $628 million acquisition of a 53-building industrial real estate portfolio. The portfolio comprises approximately 5.4 million square feet of distribution, logistics, and manufacturing facilities across seven s more PR
Greenberg Traurig Represents Marquee Brands in Take-Private Acquisition of Roots Corporation (10)
MIAMI, Florida, Aug. 21 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Greenberg Traurig, a law firm, issued the following news release:
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Greenberg Traurig Represents Marquee Brands in Take-Private Acquisition of Roots Corporation
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NEW YORK - Aug. 21, 2026 - Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP is representing Marquee Brands, an affiliate of Neuberger, in connection with Marquee Brands' take-private acquisition through its strategic operating partner, of Roots Corporation (TSX: ROOT). As part of the transaction, Marquee Brands has partnered with JM&A more PR
HAITIAN BRIDGE ALLIANCE: DEPORTING HAITIANS INTO A HUMANITARIAN AND SECURITY CRISIS IS UNCONSCIONABLE -- URGES U.S. SENATE TO ACT NOW (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 [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:
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HAITIAN BRIDGE ALLIANCE: DEPORTING HAITIANS INTO A HUMANITARIAN AND SECURITY CRISIS IS UNCONSCIONABLE -- URGES U.S. SENATE TO ACT NOW
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AUGUST 21, 2026
Contact: media@haitianbridge.org, Paige Censale, pcensale@haitianbridge.org
SAN DIEGO, CA -Haitian Bridge more PR
Introduction to Veterans Law Program Set for October (10)
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 21 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The Tennessee Bar Association posted the following commentary blog:
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Introduction to Veterans Law Program Set for October
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The TBA will host "General Introduction to the Practice of Veterans Law" on Oct. 16 from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. CDT. The program will cover representation before the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), claims procedures, eligibility for VA benefits, appeals, disability compensation, dependency and indemnity compensation and pensions.
The program will feat more PR
Judicial Watch: Federal Court Orders Justice Department to Answer Records Questions on FBI 'Burn Bag Room' Documents (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 -- Judicial Watch issued the following news release on Aug. 21, 2026:
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Judicial Watch: Federal Court Orders Justice Department to Answer Records Questions on FBI 'Burn Bag Room' Documents
Judicial Watch announced today that a federal judge ordered the U.S. Department of Justice to provide answers about nearly 2 million pages of FBI records discovered in a "hidden room" at FBI headquarters, including whether the records have already been reviewed in response to other Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests and whet more PR
Kirkland Advises Cloverleaf Infrastructure on Strategic Partnership with NVIDIA to Accelerate Data Center Infrastructure Development (10)
CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 21 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Kirkland and Ellis, a law firm, issued the following news release:
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Kirkland Advises Cloverleaf Infrastructure on Strategic Partnership with NVIDIA to Accelerate Data Center Infrastructure Development
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Kirkland & Ellis advised Cloverleaf Infrastructure LLC on a strategic partnership with NVIDIA to advance digital infrastructure development across the United States. As part of the partnership, NVIDIA made a minority investment in Cloverleaf to further support the build out of AI fa more PR
LatinoJustice Statement of Support for Heidi Beirich and the Southern Poverty Law Center (10)
NEW YORK, Aug. 21 [Category: Law/Legal] -- LatinoJustice PRLDEF posted the following news release:
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LatinoJustice Statement of Support for Heidi Beirich and the Southern Poverty Law Center
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August 21, 2026
Press Contact:
media@latinojustice.org(link sends email)
NEW YORK - Civil rights organization LatinoJustice PRLDEF issued a statement in support of Heidi Beirich and the Alabama-based anti-extremist organization Southern Poverty Law Center, following an August 11 federal indictment that added Beirich to an 11-count indictment a more PR
LDF and Atlanta Community Groups Issue Letter Urging City Counsel to Block Data Center Proposal (10)
NEW YORK, Aug. 21 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund posted the following news:
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LDF and Atlanta Community Groups Issue Letter Urging City Counsel to Block Data Center Proposal
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Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) and Atlanta community and neighborhood groups issued a letter to the Atlanta City Council urging the Council to reject a proposal for the building of a large data center in the middle of an historically Black neighborhood.
Concentrating harmful industrial development in Black communities a more PR
Paul Hastings Advises on NJJ Continental's High-Yield Bond Offerings and New TLB Facility (10)
LOS ANGELES, California, Aug. 21 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Paul Hastings, a law firm, issued the following news:
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Paul Hastings Advises on NJJ Continental's High-Yield Bond Offerings and New TLB Facility
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Paul Hastings LLP advised a syndicate of initial purchasers led by Goldman Sachs, including BNP Paribas, BofA Securities, Credit Agricole, J.P. Morgan, Societe Generale and UBS AG, in connection with NJJ Continental's offering of CHF 205 million aggregate principal amount of 2.500% senior secured notes due 2031, which set a record more PR
Sidley Represents Werewolf Therapeutics in Merger with Ambros Therapeutics and Concurrent US$150 Million Private Placement (10)
CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 21 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Sidley Austin, a law firm, posted the following news release:
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Sidley Represents Werewolf Therapeutics in Merger with Ambros Therapeutics and Concurrent US$150 Million Private Placement
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Sidley represented Werewolf Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: HOWL), a biotechnology company developing therapeutics designed to stimulate the body's immune system for the treatment of cancer, in its definitive merger agreement with Ambros Therapeutics, Inc. in an all-stock transaction. In connection wi more PR
Status Unclear of DOJ Investigation Into CoreCivic Prison (10)
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 21 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The Tennessee Bar Association posted the following commentary blog:
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Status Unclear of DOJ Investigation Into CoreCivic Prison
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The status of a U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) civil rights investigation into Trousdale Turner Correctional Center remains unclear two years after it was launched, the Nashville Post reports.
The investigation began in August 2024 following reports of staffing shortages, assaults, murders and high turnover among correctional officers at the CoreCivic- more PR
Tens of Thousands of New Mexicans Could Still Have Pandemic Unemployment Debt on Their Accounts - And May Not Even Know It (10)
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Aug. 22 -- The New Mexico Center on Law and Poverty posted the following news release:
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Group Urges Nearly 30,000 New Mexicans to Seek Forgiveness for Pandemic Unemployment Debt
Nearly 30,000 workers have only six months to apply for forgiveness or risk continued collection efforts by the state
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Years after the Covid-19 pandemic, tens of thousands of New Mexicans may still have unemployment debt on their accounts from benefits they received in 2020 and 2021--and may not know that the debt can be forgiven. Nea more PR
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