Iconic chocolatier brings nearly 175 years of expertise and quality to a beloved everyday treat

SAN LEANDRO, Calif., Oct. 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Ghirardelli Chocolate Company, the iconic San Francisco Bay Area based brand with nearly 175 years of chocolate craftsmanship, is bringing new excitement to the cookie category with the launch of Ghirardelli Crispy Cookies. Expanding the brand's portfolio, the new packaged cookie line debuts with two varieties that bring the quality and delicious chocolate consumers know and love from Ghirardelli to an everyday favorite.

Ghirardelli Crispy Cookies pair premium Ghirardelli chocolate with quality ingredients to elevate the classic cookie experience. Each cookie delivers a satisfying crunch, golden-tan toasted edges and rich chocolate in every bite.

"At Ghirardelli, we've always believed that everything tastes better when made with Ghirardelli," said Bobby Oliver, Vice President, Head of Marketing at Ghirardelli Chocolate Company. "Cookies are one of those simple, familiar treats people reach for every day, and we saw an opportunity to make that experience distinctly Ghirardelli by bringing the quality and delicious chocolate taste consumers know and love to the cookie aisle."

The Ghirardelli Crispy Cookies lineup includes:

- Classic Chocolate Chip Crispy Cookies: 10 Cookies in a 6.3 oz. (180g) package. Made with Ghirardelli chocolate chips as the #1 ingredient, these classic chocolate chip cookies balance buttery cookie notes with vanilla and brown sugar sweetness.

- Double Chocolate Crispy Cookies: 10 Cookies in a 6.3 oz. (180g) package. Crafted with Ghirardelli dark chocolate chips and a blend of Ghirardelli cocoa powder and chocolate in the dough, these decadent cookies deliver the ultimate cookie experience for chocolate lovers.

"Entering the cookie category marks an exciting new chapter for Ghirardelli and an important step in how we continue to grow the brand and be a part of consumers' lives," added Oliver.

Ghirardelli Crispy Cookies are now available online at Ghirardelli.com and will roll out at Kroger beginning October 11 and Walmart beginning October 24. The line will expand to additional retailers nationwide beginning January 2027.

Follow @Ghirardelli for more cookie inspiration and ways to make everyday moments A Bite Better™.

About The Ghirardelli Chocolate Company

Ghirardelli is passionate about quality bean-to-bar chocolate and all the ways its fans enjoy it. Founded in San Francisco in 1852, the company takes pride in producing premium chocolate products with the highest quality ingredients. Ghirardelli is one of the few large-scale U.S. chocolate companies that controls the entire manufacturing process, from cocoa bean sourcing and production to finished product. This approach, combined with Ghirardelli's proprietary bean blend and unique methods of roasting and processing, ensures customers are rewarded with the highest quality and richest products. Ghirardelli makes life A Bite Better™! For more information, visit https://www.ghirardelli.com/about-ghirardelli.

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Company validates continuous production of its proprietary AP-SALD technology at speeds exceeding 100 m/min, advancing the commercial future of recyclable high-barrier paper packaging

WATERLOO, ON, October 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Nfinite, the advanced materials company developing next-generation high-barrier paper packaging, today announced the successful completion of a major manufacturing milestone, demonstrating the continuous roll-to-roll production of its proprietary Atmospheric Pressure Spatial Atomic Layer Deposition (AP-SALD) technology at industrially relevant speeds.

Paper has long been viewed as one of the most promising alternatives to flexible plastic packaging. Despite significant advances in fiber-based materials, however, paper has struggled to replace plastic in many food and consumer goods applications because it cannot deliver the barrier performance needed to protect products throughout their shelf life.

Atomic layer deposition has long been recognized as a promising solution. By depositing transparent ultra-thin ceramic layers measured in nanometres, the technology can deliver exceptional water- and oxygen-barrier properties. Yet, until now, ALD has remained largely confined to industries such as semiconductors and electronics because of the challenge of adapting it to continuous roll-to-roll high-speed manufacturing on flexible substrates.

Nfinite has now demonstrated that this barrier can be overcome.

Using its pilot manufacturing platform in Waterloo, Ontario, the company successfully coated a continuous 24-inch-wide paper web over 100 meters while operating at a production speed of 100 meters per minute. The company is working towards coating thousands of meters in continuous length by the end of the year.

The demonstration validates that Nfinite's proprietary AP-SALD platform can operate continuously under industrial manufacturing conditions, representing a significant milestone on the path toward commercial production. Further, by demonstrating excellent coating uniformity across the web with moisture barriers achieving less than 0.2 g/m2/day in tropical conditions, the company has proven it can deliver paper with projected shelf-life equivalent to metalized plastic films. Achieving shelf-life parity is a key requirement to enable brand owners to move away from non-recyclable metalized film and towards 100% curbside recyclable paper.

"This milestone demonstrates that our vision is becoming an industrial reality," said Miguel Galvez, Chief Executive Officer of Nfinite. "For years, the industry has recognized the potential of spatial atomic layer deposition for packaging, but questioned whether it could ever be scaled for continuous manufacturing. We have now demonstrated that it can."

Nfinite's technology enables recyclable paper packaging with barrier performance that rivals or exceeds today's high-performance flexible plastic packaging. By delivering the protection required for demanding food and consumer goods applications, the technology gives brands a practical pathway to transition away from conventional multilayer plastics without compromising shelf life, product quality, or manufacturing compatibility.

"This achievement reflects years of innovation across our coating technology, equipment design, and process engineering," said Jhi Yong Loke, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Nfinite. "Maintaining atomic-scale coating precision while paper moves continuously through a production line at more than 100 metres per minute is an extraordinary engineering challenge. Demonstrating that capability validates both our technology and our manufacturing platform."

The milestone further supports Nfinite's strategy to scale production through its first commercial manufacturing facility and supply high-performance barrier paper to global packaging markets.

"The packaging industry doesn't need another promising laboratory technology. It needs solutions that can be manufactured reliably at industrial scale," said Guillaume Stal, Chief Operating Officer of Nfinite. "This demonstration shows that our technology is designed not only to deliver the performance brands require, but also to be manufactured continuously using processes compatible with commercial production."

The demonstration was completed at Nfinite's pilot manufacturing facility in Waterloo, Ontario, using the company's proprietary roll-to-roll AP-SALD platform.

About Nfinite

Nfinite is commercializing high-performance barrier paper enabled by its proprietary Atmospheric Pressure Spatial Atomic Layer Deposition (AP-SALD) technology. A spin-off from the University of Waterloo, the company is scaling its roll-to-roll manufacturing platform to enable recyclable paper packaging that can replace conventional flexible plastic packaging across food and consumer goods markets.

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Critical Materials Group Acquires Rocky Mountain Scientific Laboratory, Adding Travis Swanson as Chief Science Officer

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 7, 2026/PRNewswire/ -- Critical Materials Group (CMG), a privately owned U.S.-based manufacturing company modernizing domestic energetics production, today announced it has acquired Rocky Mountain Scientific Laboratory (RMSL), a national security research and rapid solutions laboratory for military and law enforcement agencies.

Travis Swanson, CEO and Co-Founder of RMSL, will serve as CMG's Chief Science Officer. Swanson co-founded CMG while already leading RMSL, and now will bring the two organizations together under one entity. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

The acquisition brings energetics research, formulation and testing together with CMG's production platforms inside a single organization. New energetic materials frequently stall between the laboratory and the factory floor, where scale-up, qualification and safety engineering are often handled by separate organizations working from separate data.

"Energetics programs lose most of their time in the handoff between the people who develop a material and the people who have to produce it at volume. Bringing RMSL into CMG puts that work in one place, with Travis leading the science and our platforms built to manufacture what his team develops," said Kevin Capozzoli, CEO and Co-Founder of Critical Materials Group.

Pairing RMSL's development and test work with CMG's modular, automation-ready manufacturing shortens that path, and adds domestic capacity alongside the government-owned and prime contractor facilities that carry most of the energetics workload today.

"The time is now to invest in the development and production of energetic materials and munitions. This merger brings both sides of the problem under one roof: RMSL researches and develops the materials, while CMG manufactures them safely at scale, so a material can move from concept to qualified production faster than the current system allows," said Travis Swanson, CSO and Co-Founder of Critical Materials Group.

About Critical Materials Group (CMG):

Founded in 2025, Critical Materials Group, Inc. (CMG) is a privately held, Texas-based manufacturing company modernizing energetics production facilities critical to national security. CMG delivers modular, automation-ready production platforms and integrated techniques that embed safety into every stage of the manufacturing process, enabling resilient, scalable, and responsible domestic energetics production. Led by industry experts from laboratory and operational backgrounds, CMG is committed to safely and responsibly enabling lethality at scale to support allied defense readiness.

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The company will demonstrate MAC-BESS™, its battery-agnostic technology that cuts battery project costs by half and optimizes how power flows through data centers and the grid

ANN ARBOR, Mich., October 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Volt Harbor, the Ann Arbor–based software-defined energy startup that publicly launched in May, will exhibit at The Battery Show North America 2026 hosted at Huntington Place in Detroit, October 12–15. Volt Harbor will be at Booth #6212, demonstrating how its MAC-BESS™ platform is a solution for the entire front-end power stack, from the grid to the data center, in a single battery-agnostic system.

Grid resilience depends less on how much storage gets built than on how intelligently power moves through it, and the layer with the most untapped potential is the power electronics. Unlike traditional energy infrastructure, which requires expensive hardware overhauls to adapt to new needs, Volt Harbor's platform uses software changes to adapt Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) dynamically. This supports any input or output, including new battery chemistries and "second-life" EV batteries, inside a single unified system. The result is roughly 40-50% lower capital and operating costs, 50% less physical footprint, and ultrafast energy response with no single point of failure.

This year's Battery Show comes at a pivotal moment for storage project economics. Today, a storage project is a fifteen-year asset bought through a day-one procurement process, and the architecture chosen determines almost everything that follows. Systems that manage their batteries as a single block age at the pace of their worst modules. This is why most projects that hold up, and those that get written down, were effectively decided long before commissioning. MAC-BESS™ takes a different approach: it manages every battery module independently, extending usable life while needing fewer batteries and letting operators augment or replace with whatever supply is available at the time, and making units swappable without taking the system offline.

"The Battery Show is where the people actually building the next generation of battery supply, infrastructure, and end-use storage systems come together, which makes us excited to be on the show floor," said Dr. Al-Thaddeus Avestruz, CEO of Volt Harbor. "The industry has spent a decade optimizing the batteries themselves. The layer that almost nobody has really touched is the power electronics architecture, and that is where the next step-change in cost, flexibility, and project life actually comes from."

Volt Harbor's platform is deploying a utility pilot in 2027 with DTE Energy, Michigan's largest utility, where second-life EV batteries will buffer high-power EV charging events that exceed local grid capacity. The same architecture is being readied for data center deployments, where AI loads swing energy facilities from 30% to full rated capacity within milliseconds and back. The legacy power stack was never designed to absorb this pattern, and it's part of why grid interconnection queues in major data center markets now run past four years. Storage and power electronics that absorb those spikes let the grid supply the average, which means more compute for every megawatt of existing interconnection, or a smaller interconnection that clears the queue sooner.

Visit Volt Harbor at The Battery Show North America 2026 at Booth #6212, October 12–15 at Huntington Place in Detroit. To book a meeting with the Volt Harbor team at the show or learn more about MAC-BESS™, visit voltharbor.com/contact.

About Volt Harbor, Inc.

Founded in 2024 by MIT alumni and based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Volt Harbor is a software-defined energy company transforming traditional energy management through advanced power electronics, battery energy storage, and intelligent control. Its MAC-BESS™ platform delivers the entire front-end power stack, from the grid to the data center, in a single, battery-agnostic hardware system that supports both new chemistries and second-life EV batteries. Volt Harbor is backed by MFV Partners and DTE Energy. For more information, visit voltharbor.com.

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Certification brings AI-powered capture and proposal work inside a government-grade security boundary for contractors and federal agencies

NEW YORK and WASHINGTON, Oct. 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Sweetspot, the AI capture and proposal platform for government contractors, today announced it has achieved Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) Class C Certification in partnership with Knox Systems (Knox), the largest, longest-running federal managed cloud. With this certification, federal agencies now have access to Sweetspot's AI capture and proposal platform that enables government contractors to identify new, relevant opportunities, track awards and recompetes, and write proposals.

Most government contracting teams are juggling SAM.gov, GovWin, Microsoft Word and SharePoint, and a handful of AI tools. Intelligence lives in one system, the pipeline in another, and the proposal in a third, with people moving data between them by hand. Proposals take weeks, institutional knowledge sits locked in past submissions, and teams miss opportunities they should have seen coming. Additionally, contractors handle their government customers' most sensitive work and the tools they use are part of that risk. AI has become a normal part of government contractor operations, however those tools commonly ask for contractors and agencies to take security on trust, which can result in those tools being blocked by security teams and primes or used in ways nobody has reviewed.

Sweetspot allows contractors to address both challenges. Its platform replaces that patchwork approach to proposal development with one continuous workflow from discovery through award, in a familiar Word-like editor teams adopt without retraining. With FedRAMP Class C Certification, the full platform now runs inside the authorized Knox boundary. Agencies can adopt Sweetspot by reusing the existing authorization rather than running their own review, and contractors can bring the pursuits they were holding back, including work involving agency data, into the same platform they use for everything else.

"Government contractors lose bids because the work is scattered across a dozen tools and nobody has a full picture of a pursuit until it's too late," said Sachin Subramanian, CEO of Sweetspot. "Sweetspot is where the whole pursuit lives, from finding the opportunity to submitting the proposal, and it handles some of the most sensitive data a contractor has. That's why we built it to the government's own security standard. FedRAMP Class C Certification, alongside our CMMC Level 2 certification and SOC 2 Type II, means a contractor's security team and their agency customers can trust the AI platform their capture and proposal work runs on."

Knox eliminated the FedRAMP authorization bottleneck for Sweetspot, significantly reducing compliance timelines and costs. As a result, Sweetspot now has FedRAMP Class C Certification and a C3PAO-issued CMMC Level 2 certification, making it independently assessed across both frameworks federal buyers ask about. The platform is backed by zero data retention for AI, FIPS 140-validated cryptography, U.S.-only infrastructure, and U.S.-based personnel and support.

"Until now, Sweetspot was a commercial product. Agencies couldn't use it and contractors had to keep their most sensitive pursuit work – especially work involving agency data – out of it," said Irina Denisenko, CEO of Knox Systems. "With its FedRAMP Certification, Sweetspot can help contractors securely utilize AI, consolidate their capture and proposal work onto a single platform, and, ultimately, win more government work."

Contractors can learn more about Sweetspot's AI capture and proposal platform at sweetspot.so. To learn more about FedRAMP Certification via Knox, visit knoxsystems.com.

About Sweetspot

Sweetspot is a cloud-based, multi-tenant AI platform that enables federal agencies, government contractors, and enterprises to configure, run, and manage complex workflows using their data, institutional knowledge, people, and connected systems. For government contractors, Sweetspot automates work across the business development and bid lifecycle, including opportunity discovery, federal market research, teaming, pipeline and capture management, compliance and capability matrix development, and proposal drafting, with configurable human review and approval steps. Native Microsoft 365 integrations support workflow execution and collaboration across Outlook, Teams, SharePoint, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.

About Knox Systems

Knox Systems operates the largest managed federal cloud, trusted by top agencies and partners across defense and civilian sectors. Built for speed, resilience, and compliance, Knox delivers FedRAMP authorization in 90 days – turning the biggest bottleneck in government IT into the fastest path to modernization. Knox proudly serves Adobe, Celonis, OutSystems, Armis, BigID, and more AI and SaaS providers, accelerating secure innovation across the federal landscape. Learn more at knoxsystems.com.

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SPARKS, Md., Oct. 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- USA Lacrosse, the National Governing Body for the sport in the United States, has named TeamSnap its Preferred Mobile-First Engagement Solution, providing youth lacrosse organizations nationwide with access to industry-leading technology designed to simplify administration, strengthen communication and enhance the experience for players, coaches and families.

As participation in lacrosse continues to grow, local clubs, leagues and recreation programs face increasing demands to manage registration, scheduling, communication, team operations and video streaming. Through this partnership, TeamSnap will help USA Lacrosse-affiliated organizations spend less time on administrative tasks and more time delivering great experiences on the field.

"Strong youth organizations are the foundation of our sport, but many of them rely on volunteers and small staffs juggling countless responsibilities," said Will Blake, Vice President of Corporate Partnerships for USA Lacrosse. "TeamSnap gives those leaders a modern, mobile-first platform that helps them communicate more effectively, stay organized and create a better experience for every family they serve. That's what makes this partnership so valuable. It directly supports the people who are growing the game in communities across the country."

The partnership also expands TeamSnap's presence within one of the country's fastest-growing sports, connecting the company with thousands of lacrosse leaders responsible for creating opportunities for young athletes nationwide.

"We're proud to become USA Lacrosse's Preferred Mobile-First Engagement Solution," said Peter Frintzilas, CEO of TeamSnap. "Lacrosse is one of the fastest-growing sports in the country and this partnership puts TeamSnap directly in front of the club directors, league admins, rec leaders, coaches and families working every day to grow the game. It's a natural extension of our relationship with the lacrosse community and we're excited to help USA Lacrosse's organizations run smoother and more connected programs."

Through the partnership, USA Lacrosse member organizations will gain preferred access to TeamSnap ONE and its suite of communication, registration and team management solutions that help streamline operations, improve engagement and support sustainable program growth.

About TeamSnap

TeamSnap – the #1 sports management platform – has pioneered the future of youth sports technology for more than 15 years. Across more than 100 different sports and activities, TeamSnap has powered 19,000+ organizations and more than 30 million parents, players and coaches, making it the largest and most engaged online community in youth sports. Through TeamSnap, brands have invested more than $20 million in youth sports sponsorships, fueling communities and giving more kids the chance to play.

For more information, visit the TeamSnap website, and follow the company on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube.

About USA Lacrosse

USA Lacrosse, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation, is certified by the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee as the National Governing Body for the sport in the United States. USA Lacrosse works to fuel the growth, enrich the experience, and field the best national teams, supporting nearly 425,000 members across the country.

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Let There Be Light International uses data to better understand how clinic electrification projects support maternal care, patient access and healthier homes

CARY, N.C., Oct. 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Global data and AI leader SAS helped Let There Be Light International better understand how solar electrification affects health care and daily life in rural Uganda. Through a Data for Good project, SAS employee volunteers analyzed years of clinic and household data to measure what changes after the lights come on.

The analysis linked solar power at rural health clinics with longer service hours, more attended births and greater patient access. Electrified clinics reported an average of 11.5 additional operating hours per day, 107.3% increase in attended births and 48.9 more patients each week.

"Previously we had no reliable light and this affected our maternity service delivery at night," said Sylvia, a midwife at a Safe Births + Healthy Homes clinic. "But with the solar lamp incentive, clinic births have more than doubled within a period of less than a year. We are happy to have a reliable light source to better handle deliveries at night and not spend money on buying disposable flash torches and kerosene. We have high hopes that many more mothers will be delivering at the health clinic instead of going to traditional birth attendants."

Let There Be Light International works to address energy poverty by bringing solar power to rural health facilities and homes. Its Safe Births + Healthy Homes program supports maternal and infant health while helping families access safe lighting after mothers and newborns leave the clinic.

Two volunteer teams examined different parts of that work. One team analyzed whether electrified clinics could remain open longer, support more births and serve more patients. A second team studied participant data from Safe Births + Healthy Homes program data to better understand how solar lighting affected the health, safety and daily routines of mothers and their families.

For clinics, the findings show that the value of electricity extends beyond infrastructure. Additional operating capacity gives health workers more opportunities to provide care after sunset and respond to the needs of mothers, newborns and other patients.

"The real value of analytics was in connecting infrastructure to outcomes that matter to people," said Naveen Sundaresan, SAS Technical Support Engineering Manager and project volunteer. "Electrification is not just about whether a clinic has power; it is about whether that power translates into longer operating hours, greater patient access, stronger maternal health capacity and more reliable care."

"SAS analyzed more than a decade of data, giving us a clearer picture of how solar power improves health and health care in off-grid communities and who benefits most," said Hannah Schulman, Director of Programs and Impact at Let There Be Light International. "Better understanding what really works to support mothers, clinic staff and whole communities helps us strengthen our programs. It allows us to partner more effectively with local stakeholders and advocate for expanding solar safety net programming so that no one is left behind."

The household analysis included responses from 3,519 families. Of those surveyed, 88.1% reported improved health at home, while 56.9% reported reduced symptoms or illness. Families also described safer nighttime household chores and activities and greater confidence caring for children after dark.

The clinic and household findings give Let There Be Light International a clearer view of the outcomes associated with solar electrification. By combining clinic results, household experiences, illness patterns and geographic information, the organization can better understand past impact and make more informed decisions about where future support could have the greatest value, how to replicate elsewhere and how to best support communities.

Explore how data helped Let There Be Light International measure the power of light.

About Let There Be Light International

Let There Be Light International partners with grassroots NGOs to deliver clean, safe solar lighting to off-grid communities. Rooted in local knowledge and relationships, their work is collaborative and community-led. They prioritize reaching those most affected by energy poverty – especially people living with disabilities, women, children and the elderly – ensuring their programs are inclusive, equitable, and sustainable.

SAS is a global leader in data and AI, helping organizations make confident decisions with AI they can trust. For decades, SAS has set the standard for delivering software that drives meaningful impact, incorporating deep industry expertise, transparency and governance. SAS gives you THE POWER TO KNOW®.

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Miami Florida Legal Firm Godoy Law P.A. Launches Bilingual YouTube Channel

Immigration firm led by attorney Hilmarys Godoy-Villard brings plain-language information to Spanish and English-speaking families across Miami-Dade

HIALEAH GARDENS, Fla., Oct. 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Godoy Law P.A., a Miami-based firm that has practiced U.S. immigration law exclusively since 2018, today announced the launch of its bilingual YouTube channel. The channel offers free, easy-to-follow videos in Spanish and English that explain immigration processes, answer common questions, and introduce viewers to the attorney behind the firm.

"I became an immigration attorney because I've lived it," says founder Hilmarys Godoy-Villard. "I know what it feels like to arrive with nothing and hope that somebody will guide you... I talk to my clients as I would talk to a friend. When I think you have a solution, I'll tell you, and when I think you don't, I will also tell you. I will never guide you the way that I wouldn't guide a family member."

The channel opened with two Spanish-language videos. The first, "Meet an Immigration Lawyer Who Actually Listens", introduces founder Hilmarys Godoy-Villard and the personal story that led her to immigration law. The second video, "Cómo consultar tu fecha de corte de inmigración en línea Paso a paso", explains how to check immigration court dates online, a task that can have serious consequences if a hearing is missed.

Godoy Law P.A. Experience in Miami and Hialeah Gardens Immigration Law

That same directness and compassion above shape how the firm works today. Clients speak directly with Godoy-Villard about legal strategy, receive written flat-fee quotes for most case types, and get an honest assessment of their options before anything is filed. Future videos will cover the firm's core practice topic areas:

- Family-Based Immigration

- Green Cards

- Citizenship and Naturalization

- Deportation Defense and Removal Proceedings

- Asylum

- Cuban Adjustment Act

From its office in Hialeah Gardens, the firm serves clients across Miami-Dade County, including Hialeah, Doral, Miami Beach, Coral Gables, and Little Haiti, and accepts cases from Broward, Monroe, and other South Florida counties. Because immigration law is federal, many matters can be handled regardless of where a client lives. The team works in English, Spanish, and Haitian Creole, so clients can discuss their case in the language they are most comfortable speaking.

About Godoy Law P.A. Immigration Law Firm

Godoy Law P.A. is a Miami-based immigration law firm founded in 2018 by Hilmarys Godoy-Villard, Esq., a member of the Florida Bar authorized to practice before USCIS, the immigration courts, and the Board of Immigration Appeals. The firm focuses exclusively on U.S. immigration law, handling family-based petitions, green cards, citizenship, deportation defense, asylum, TPS, and Cuban Adjustment Act cases in English, Spanish, and Haitian Creole. To schedule a consultation, call (786) 953-8219 or visit godoylawpa.com.

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Oct. 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- NLP Logix, an artificial intelligence and machine learning consultancy, today announced that it has been named an OpenAI Select Partner within the OpenAI Partner Network.

The OpenAI Partner Network is a global program for partners to build, sell, and deliver AI solutions with OpenAI. It brings together partners with deep industry expertise, delivery capabilities, and customer relationships while equipping them with resources, enablement, and support to help enterprises adopt OpenAI frontier models and products and turn them into measurable impact.

As an OpenAI Select Partner, NLP Logix will continue working with OpenAI to help organizations build, deploy, and scale AI solutions responsibly and effectively. This work will help organizations put GPT-6 Astra to work across more of their business, using deeper reasoning and computer use to complete complex workflows and deliver finished work. With more than 15 years of experience, NLP Logix integrates AI models, intelligent automation, software engineering, and human-in-the-loop controls into secure, production-ready business workflows across the private and public sectors.

"Being named an OpenAI Select Partner strengthens our ability to help organizations turn advanced AI models into practical business systems that deliver measurable outcomes," said Ted Willich, Co-Founder and CEO, NLP Logix. "By working with OpenAI, we can help customers integrate AI into the workflows, applications, and systems their teams use every day, supported by the right data, governance, user experience, and production support."

NLP Logix supports organizations across healthcare, education, government, financial services, human capital, logistics, and other industries with AI strategy, custom AI solutions, intelligent document processing, predictive modeling, AI-powered application development, workflow automation, and long-term production support. Its work includes an AI-enabled chart-processing platform for a healthcare organization that eliminated 30 to 45 minutes of manual effort per chart, generated more than 700,000 hours of annual effort savings, and maintained greater than 99% uptime, as well as intelligent document-processing workflows for a nonprofit education organization that exceeded 70% automation for invoices and 80% automation for receipts.

Looking ahead, NLP Logix plans to expand its OpenAI-related offerings, invest in talent and enablement, and scale secure AI deployments that connect frontier models with enterprise data, applications, and workflows, helping customers translate AI ambition into business outcomes.

Learn more about the OpenAI Partner Network: https://openai.com/business/partners/

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Paul J. Toland Named to Boston Super Lawyers Rising Stars 2026 List

Boston Attorney Paul J. Toland Named to Super Lawyers Rising Stars List for Seventh Consecutive Year

BOSTON, Oct. 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Toland Law, LLC announced today that founder and managing attorney Paul J. Toland has been selected to the 2026 Massachusetts Rising Stars list by Super Lawyers, marking his seventh straight year of recognition since 2020. The selection honors his work at the intersection of immigration law and criminal defense, where a single criminal charge can decide whether a non-citizen stays in the United States. Immigrants and families facing an immigration matter in Massachusetts can find more information at https://www.paultolandlaw.com/immigration/.

"Everyone accused of a crime, whether guilty or innocent, needs an experienced criminal attorney who will provide sound legal advice, protect their rights, and defend them vigorously and effectively," says Founder Paul J. Toland. "You can't take a chance on an inept or inexperienced attorney."

Super Lawyers selects Rising Stars through a peer-influenced, research-driven process, and no more than 2.5 percent of lawyers in each state receive the designation. Toland has been licensed in Massachusetts since 2012 and is admitted to the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Toland's commitment to immigrants is personal. Raised by a Colombian mother and an American father in a bilingual, bicultural home, he came to understand the immigrant experience early on and built Toland Law to help immigrants succeed on their journey to the United States. Today, he and his team serve clients in English, Spanish, and Portuguese and are active on social media and YouTube.

That combination drives how Toland Law handles every case. For a non-citizen, a conviction that a citizen might absorb can lead to deportation or permanent inadmissibility. So, before a plea is considered, the firm weighs the immigration consequences, and before an immigration application is filed, it screens for criminal history that could derail the application. Toland has vacated dozens of criminal convictions for immigrant clients, protecting them from removal and opening paths to lawful status.

How Toland Law Helps Clients in Boston, Massachusetts

Few legal problems carry higher stakes than a threat to your freedom or your future in the United States, and for many of Toland Law's clients, both are on the line at once. The firm represents immigrants, families, and employers before the immigration courts, USCIS, the Board of Immigration Appeals, the federal courts, and U.S. consulates abroad. It also defends individuals in District and Superior Courts across Massachusetts. Because the firm practices both immigration law and criminal defense in Boston, each client receives a single coordinated strategy: no plea is weighed without considering its immigration consequences, and no application is filed without screening for criminal history that could derail it. Services include:

- Family-based petitions, green cards, and citizenship for immigrants and their relatives

- Asylum, Temporary Protected Status, and Special Immigrant Juvenile status for those seeking protection

- Removal and deportation defense, including ICE custody matters

- Vacating prior criminal convictions that threaten immigration status

- Defense against OUI, drug crimes, including trafficking, theft, property, fraud, and white-collar charges

- Representation in domestic violence, violent crime, sex crime, and homicide cases

- Probation violation defense and sealing criminal records

About Toland Law, LLC

Toland Law, LLC is a Boston law firm concentrating on immigration law and criminal defense. It was founded by Paul J. Toland, Esq., a former Worcester County Assistant District Attorney and a graduate of the University of Rochester and the Massachusetts School of Law at Andover. The firm represents immigrants, their families, and employers in matters ranging from family petitions, green cards, citizenship, and asylum to removal defense. It also defends individuals facing criminal charges throughout Massachusetts. Their attorneys bring backgrounds rooted in the United States, Colombia, and Ghana to their work, and the firm serves clients in English, Spanish, and Portuguese from its office in downtown Boston.

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