WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 [Category: Union] -- The AFL-CIO American Federation of Teachers issued the following news release: * * * AFT, APEA, AaNA Slam Trump Attack on Alaska Voters * JUNEAU, Alaska--Alaska Public Employees Association President Sandy Thompson Wallace, Alaska Nurses Association President Shannon Davenport and AFT President Randi Weingarten issued the following statement after the Trump Justice Department said it would sue to block certification of Alaska's U.S. Senate race results if the Republican candidate loses. APEA and AaNA more PR

PHOENIX, Arizona, Oct. 24 -- The Arizona Supreme Court issued the following news release: * * * Oct. 23, 2026 Court Rules Clean Elections Commission Cannot Review Secretary of State's Ministerial Contribution Certification PHOENIX - The Arizona Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that the Citizens Clean Elections Commission does not have the authority to decide whether the Secretary of State incorrectly certified contributions used to qualify candidates for public campaign funding. The case involves separate letters sent by the Commission' more PR

SACRAMENTO, California, Oct. 23 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Celebrates Ninth Circuit Ruling Upholding Order Against President Trump's Unlawful and Unconstitutional Federalization of California National Guard * OAKLAND -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Governor Gavin Newsom today issued the following statements after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld a lower court's order blocking the Trump Administration's federalization and deployme more PR

SACRAMENTO, California, Oct. 23 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta to U.S. Supreme Court: The Texas Two-Step Allows Corporations to Evade Accountability, Sidestep Financial Liability. This Is Wrong. * OAKLAND -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta today joined a bipartisan coalition of 21 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to review a lower court's decision permitting a profitable corporation to exploit bankruptcy and Texas state l more PR

RUSSELLVILLE, Arkansas, Oct. 23 -- Arkansas Tech University issued the following news: * * * Cox Recognized for Tenure on ATU Board of Trustees * Arkansas Tech University President Dr. Russell Jones presented Cory Cox with a symbol of the institution's appreciation for his service on the ATU Board of Trustees. The presentation took place on Thursday, Oct. 22, while Cox was on the ATU campus in Russellville as part of the Arkansas Supreme Court Appeals on Wheels program visit to Arkansas Tech. A resident of Perryville, Cox served on the AT more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, Oct. 24 -- Fisher Phillips, a law firm, issued the following Insight: * * * Massachusetts High Court Makes it Harder to Win Injunctions in Trade Secret Cases: 4 Takeaways for Employers Oct 23, 2026 Massachusetts employers trying to stop former employees from launching a competing business should no longer assume that having a strong trade secrets claim will automatically allow them to also secure a court injunction. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court just ruled in Daikin Applied Americas Inc. v. Russo that employers  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- Georgetown University Law Center posted the following news: * * * Harvard Law's Nikolas Bowie and Daphna Renan Call for an Alternative Vision of the Supreme Court in 2026 Hart Lecture * Leading constitutional scholars Nikolas Bowie and Daphna Renan of Harvard Law School visited Georgetown Law on Oct. 20 to deliver the 2026 Philip A. Hart Memorial Lecture. In conversation with Dean M. Elizabeth Magill, a constitutional scholar as well, Bowie and Renan discussed the rise of judicial supremacy and pathways for greater d more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- Rep. Chris Deluzio, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Deluzio Completes Successful October Town Hall Tour * CARNEGIE, PA - Congressman Chris Deluzio (PA-17) held a three-part October Town Hall Tour across Pennsylvania's 17th Congressional District. The in-person events were in Penn Hills on October 5th, Carnegie on October 13th, and Beaver Falls on October 17th. More than 220 people attended the three events to hear from Congressman Deluzio and ask him questions. "Congressman Deluzio's O more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Justice Department Opens Investigation into Alleged Firearm Permitting Abuses in Two Connecticut Municipalities October 22, 2026 Today, the Justice Department opened an investigation into Middletown and Waterbury, Connecticut, to determine whether they unnecessarily delay the issuance of firearm permits to their residents. The Second Amendment protects the right of law-abiding citizens to keep and bear firearms -- including the right to carry fire more PR

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Oct. 23 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, a law firm, posted the following news: * * * Justin Winerman and Daniel Reynolds write about third-party releases in Reuters and Westlaw * Partner Justin Winerman and Associate Daniel Reynolds, both in BCLP's Finance Transactions practice, discussed the different approaches courts are taking to determine what constitutes consent for third-party releases in Chapter 11 plans after the 2024 Supreme Court ruling in Harrington v. Purdue Pharma in an article pub more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 23 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news: * * * Mexico: Delay in Legal Reform Harms People With Disabilities * (Mexico City) - Mexico's Senate should amend legislation approved by the Chamber of Deputies on October 20, 2026, to ensure that people with disabilities can appoint supporters to make legal decisions by April 1, 2027, as originally planned, Human Rights Watch said today. The current legislation would postpone the deadline for implementing the National Code of Civil and Family Proc more PR

OTTAWA, Ontario, Oct. 22 -- The Canadian Department of Justice, an arm of the Canadian government, posted the following news release: * * * Minister of Justice launches national Judicial Symposium series to encourage outstanding lawyers to consider judicial service * October 22, 2026 - Ottawa, Ontario - Department of Justice Canada and the Canadian Bar Association An independent and highly qualified judiciary is essential to the rule of law and to Canadians' confidence in the justice system. Ensuring that talented lawyers from across the c more PR

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Oct. 24 -- New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella issued the following news release: * * * Date: October 23, 2026 Attorney General Formella and Secretary of State Scanlan Provide Voters with Update on Use of Student ID Cards Ahead of General Election Concord, NH - On October 22, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court stayed the District Court's October 2 injunction in a case challenging HB 323, which the legislature enacted to prohibit the use of student ID cards when registering to vote and voting. The Supreme Court's  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 [Category: Financial Services] -- America's Credit Unions posted the following news: * * * Opening arguments in appeals court challenge to Regulation II * The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments Thursday in a lawsuit involving the Federal Reserve's debit interchange fee caps under Regulation II. America's Credit Unions filed an amicus brief in June in Linney's Pizza v. Federal Reserve, which involves a small business that sued the Federal Reserve over its Regulation II rule, claiming it improperly include more PR

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, Oct. 23 -- Seton Hall University posted the following news: * * * P-PAC's First Year of Pre-Law Advising * From Vision to Community: P-PAC's First Year of Pre-Law Advising Friday, October 23, 2026 Last spring, twelve Seton Hall undergraduates traveled to Washington, D.C., where they visited the Supreme Court, attended a congressional hearing and met with senior attorneys in the executive branch. The experience offered students a firsthand look at the legal profession and reflected the experiential learning opport more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 24 -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * In Bloomberg Law and Law360, Gregg Weiner and Alex Simkin Discuss $60M NYC Civil Rights Settlement October 23, 2026 Bloomberg Law and Law360 covered the preliminary approval of a $60M class action settlement in Dorce v. City of New York, with litigation & enforcement global co-chair Gregg Weiner quoted in the Bloomberg Law article and litigation partner Alex Simkin quoted in Law360. The settlement in the case, which was reached with the City of Ne more PR

JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, Oct. 24 -- Verisk Analytics Inc., a data analytics provider, issued the following news: * * * Verisk Comments on Delaware Supreme Court Order Regarding AccuLynx JERSEY CITY, N.J., October 23, 2026 - Verisk (Nasdaq: VRSK), a leading strategic data analytics and technology partner to the global insurance industry, today issued the following statement in response to the Delaware Supreme Court order regarding the AccuLynx transaction: "We respect the Delaware Supreme Court's order to affirm the judgment of the Delaware  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The Washington Legal Foundation issued the following news release: * * * WLF Urges Supreme Court to Clarify Whether Federal Courts May Certify Damages Class With Uninjured Members * Washington, DC--Washington Legal Foundation (WLF) today urged the U.S. Supreme Court to review a Ninth Circuit decision to uphold certification of a California damages class. In its amicus brief, WLF argues that review is warranted because the petition raises a recurring and consequential question about Article III's  more PR