WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary: * * * Kremlin Vote-Fakers Crush the Liberals The Yabloko party seemed suddenly popular as Duma elections approached. This rattled the Kremlin and brought a familiar despotic response. By Mikhail Komin September 18, 2026 - With Russia's parliamentary elections now imminent, the registration and subsequent hurried removal of the liberal Yabloko's federal list from the State Duma ballot stand out as the campaign's most consequential event -- bot more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary: * * * Russia's Rigged Elections Still Serve a Purpose Putin's regime fixes election outcomes, but relies on the real numbers to assess resistance. By Vsevolod Bederson September 18, 2026 - The outcome of Russia's parliamentary elections is predetermined. Yet the Kremlin cares about much more than the figures announced once the ballots are (mis)counted. Vladimir Putin's regime can of course falsify almost any result. Independent election moni more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- The Democratic Governors Association posted the following news: * * * Retail Association of Nevada Dumps Lombardo, Endorses Aaron Ford For Governor Sep 17, 2026 RAN President: "We Want a Governor Who's Willing to Fight...Help us Lower Costs" - This week, the Retail Association of Nevada changed course after endorsing Joe Lombardo in 2022 and backed Attorney General Aaron Ford for governor. This is the first time the association has backed a Democrat in recent history, after the Lombardo-Trump agenda has driven up  more PR

MIAMI, Florida, Sept. 18 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Greenberg Traurig, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Lori Cohen, Mathew Rosengart Named to Forbes' 2026 America's Top Lawyers List * NEW YORK - Sept. 18, 2026 - Greenberg Traurig, LLP Shareholders Lori G. Cohen and Mathew Rosengart have been named to Forbes' 2026 America's Top Lawyers list. Cohen, vice chair of the firm and co-chair of its Global Litigation Practice and Trial Practice Group, was recognized for the second consecutive year. Rosengart, co-chair of the firm more PR

EVANSTON, Illinois, Sept. 18 -- The Northwestern University Institute for Policy Research posted the following news: * * * Prosecutor Politics * The United States incarcerates more people than any nation in the world, according to internationally available data. Today's mass incarceration can be tracked back to the 1970s, when President Richard Nixon's "law and order" agenda and "tough on crime" messaging resonated with a public anxious about crime and social unrest. That shift ushered in harsher sentencing policies, expanded policing power more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 18 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Sidley Austin, a law firm, posted the following news release: * * * Sidley Secures US$640 Million Settlement for Genesis Healthcare Special Restructuring Committee Following High-Stakes Bankruptcy Litigation * On behalf of the Special Restructuring Committee of Genesis Healthcare, Inc., Sidley secured a major victory following high-stakes bankruptcy litigation concerning the transfer of hundreds of millions of dollars of debt and other payments to a company insider. Among other claims, more PR

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Sept. 18 -- Stockholm University issued the following news: * * * Human dimension important when IT systems to make government decisions Without being able to program, can administrators or lawyers at an authority check that the decision logic in an IT system actually corresponds to the legal text? The question interested Victor Olsson before he would write his degree project on the Master's programme in open e-government at DSV. The results have now also been published in a scientific journal. Victor Olsson's essay was b more PR