LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Aug. 31 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada issued the following news release: * * * ACLU of Nevada sues NDOC, LVMPD for records related to in-custody killing at Southern Desert Correctional Center Family of Ryan Anthony Warren-Hunt seeks answers after he was brutally beaten and stabbed to death while in state custody - LAS VEGAS - The American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada filed a lawsuit on Aug. 24 against the Nevada Department of Corrections (NDOC) and the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 -- The Center for International Environmental Law issued the following news: * * * CIEL Statement: 'Managing' Overshoot is Not a Strategy Approaching 1.5 C Is a Call to Double-down on Fossil Fuel Phase Out, Justice and Remedy, Not Gamble on Carbon Removal. - A UN Environment Programme (UNEP) report released today, "Limiting Overshoot," warns of massive risks from rising temperatures, urges governments to stay focused on rapid emission cuts and equity, but fails to center a fast, fair, funded fossil fuel phase-out as the more PR

NEW YORK, Sept. 4 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Debevoise and Plimpton, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Debevoise Receives Legal Services Innovation Award at the New York Legal Awards * Debevoise & Plimpton LLP has received the Legal Services Innovation Award from The American Lawyer as part of its New York Legal Awards, recognizing the firm's STAAR 2.0 platform. STAAR is Debevoise's AI-powered client portal platform, designed to help organizations fast track their AI adoption and navigate the legal, regulatory and operational c more PR

NEW YORK, Sept. 4 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund posted the following news: * * * Federal Court Blocks U.S. Postal Service from Interfering with Mail Ballots in November Election * Preliminary injunction bars USPS from enforcing a rule that would have made voter disenfranchisement "practically inevitable" BOSTON - A federal District Court today issued a preliminary injunction blocking the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) from enforcing key parts of a rule that would have operationalized President Trump's Ma more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The Asian Americans Advancing Justice issued the following news release: * * * Federal Court Blocks U.S. Postal Service from Interfering with Mail Ballots in November Election * Contact Aleisha Flores (771)-233-8202 aflores@advancingjustice-aajc.org BOSTON - A federal District Court today issued a preliminary injunction blocking the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) from enforcing key parts of a rule that would have operationalized President Trump's March 31 executive order restricting mail voting. Un more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Sept. 5 -- The Institute for Justice posted the following news release on Sept. 3, 2026: * * * Freeport, Texas, Family to Appeal in Case to Keep Their Land From Port's Eminent Domain Abuse Freeport, Texas--Yesterday, a Texas trial court granted a motion for summary judgment against a group of property owners in Freeport's historically Black community of East End. The ruling comes after the Texas Court of Appeals rejected a previous attempt to seize the land and remanded the case back to the lower court. The group, repres more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, Sept. 1 -- The Maine State Bar Association issued the following news: * * * MSBA Launches Constitution Day Video Series What does the Constitution actually mean in our everyday lives? - Sept. 17, 2026, is Constitution Day, marking the anniversary of the signing of the United States Constitution in 1787. This year, the Maine State Bar Association is counting down to Constitution Day with a new video series exploring the Constitution--one Amendment at a time. Over the next 17 days, MSBA members will take on everything from  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- The Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund issued the following news release: * * * MALDEF PROMOTES MARTIN KLEIN TO SENIOR POLICY ATTORNEY CHICAGO - MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) has promoted Martin Klein to Senior Policy Attorney. Since 2022, Klein has served as a legislative staff attorney in MALDEF's Chicago regional office. In his new position, Klein will take a lead role in planning and leading legislative and policy advocacy in the Midwest Region. Working with MALDEF sen more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- Steptoe, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Steptoe Wins Runner-Up in AmLaw's "Litigator of the Week" for Full Defense Verdict for Mead Johnson in Infant Formula Case A Steptoe team, along with their co-counsel at Covington & Burling, has been recognized as the first runner-up in The AmLaw Litigation Daily's "Litigator of the Week" for securing a full defense verdict for Mead Johnson, the maker of Enfamil infant formula. The first bellwether trial to reach a jury verdict in the federal multidistrict  more PR

SACRAMENTO, California, Sept. 4 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The Pacific Legal Foundation issued the following news release: * * * Trump orders Department of the Interior to finalize gray wolf's listing status * Washington, D.C.; September 4, 2026: Today, President Trump signed an executive order directing the U.S. Department of the Interior to make a final determination on the listing status of the gray wolf under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). "During the previous administration, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's own scientists found that  more PR