April 8, 2026

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Law:

Job growth in legal industry slows for first time since 2024
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Law firms fighting Trump executive orders get backing from fellow firms
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Big Law Firms Who Surrendered to Trump’s Demands Ended up Losing
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Stanford tops latest US News law school rankings, while Yale slips to second placeStanford Ends Yale’s Reign As The #1 Law School2026 Best Law Schools
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U.S. News Rankings Lose Prestige, Retain Iron Grip On Legal Academia’s Soul
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Associate Mistakes, Compensation Part of Opening Arguments in DLA Piper Pregnancy Bias Trial
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2026 law grads at Indiana University will get diploma and $10K
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Private Equity Control in Law Firms Bill Advances in California
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Cyberattacks On Law Firms Are Rising. Here’s What’s Driving It.
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Philly Law Students Demand School Break Ties With ICE
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Georgetown Law Set To Reward Graduating Law Students By Replacing Graduation Gala With A School Happy Hour & Other Unpopular Changes
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Manual labor and college football shaped the trial lawyer he is today, litigator says
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Don’t Open That Email From Skadden.net
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AI’s Role in Law Under Scrutiny: California Attorney’s Case Highlights Challenges for Legal Professionals
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Drake Appeal in ‘Not Like Us’ Case Slammed by Legal Scholars: ‘It Is Dangerous’
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New Data on Whether Graduate Degrees Pay Off
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AI Startups Target Law Students for Legal Market Edge
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Alex Jones Asks His Lawyer How We Can Dump Trump Without Using The 25th Amendment
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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche says the DOJ isn't focused on Trump's enemies
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Acting DOJ chief Blanche says Trump has 'right' to influence investigationsBlanche says only Trump knows why Bondi was fired, defends president’s vision for DOJ
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Democratic-led states say new ethics policy would put DOJ 'above the law'
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Trump immediately sued as DOJ gives him permission to 'destroy numerous records'
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DOJ Moves Fraud Attorneys to New Division, Reversing Plans
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Ex-Mueller probe lawyer for Trump files complaint against DOJ attorney for lying to judge
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Historians, watchdog group sue Trump to preserve White House records
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Congratulations To Pam Bondi… Let The Bar Disciplinary Investigation Commence!
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Justice Dept.’s Civil Rights Division Is Investigating Star Witness Against Trump
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The $97 Million Utah Warehouse ICE Bought for $145 MillionUS soldier trying to halt deportation of wife detained on military baseThe ICE detention of Annie Ramos marks another low TSA has been tipping off ICE since Trump returned to White HouseThe United States damages millennia-old archaeological site with explosives to build the border wallUS Counties Are Making Millions Detaining Immigrants — And Why That’s Hard to StopDOJ Immigration Litigation Chief Faces Ethics Complaint for Misconduct Allegations
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Trump administration ends some civil rights settlements backing transgender students
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This GOP candidate seized a half-million ballots and says he may do it again
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Man who let pair live in his home is killed after he demands they leave, DA says
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Man set his wife's house on fire with her inside after she filed for divorce: Police
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Judges:

Bankruptcy Judge Jil Mazer-Marino has been appointed as the Chief Judge of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of New York
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Bankruptcy Judgeship Opportunity - Eastern District of Washington
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Scam Alert: Do Not Pay Callers Over the Phone Claiming to Call from the Bankruptcy Court
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Just when you thought you had your hands around the problem of the government violating court orders
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Independent Judges Defending Rule of Law Are Good for Business
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Judge to decide if Trump DOJ's 'incredible' attempt to explain itself gave away the game
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The best way to show respect for the Supreme Court is to demand its reform
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Investor-Owned Law Firms Targeted by Judge’s Standing OrderInvestor-Owned Law Firms Under Scrutiny by U.S. Judge’s Transparency Order
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Supreme Court denies hearing challenge to Illinois law banning concealed guns on public transportation
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Former judge convicted over ICE obstruction denied new trial
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Chris Taylor wins Wisconsin Supreme Court election to bolster liberal majority
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Wall Street:

Stock futures surge, oil prices slide as Trump announces two-week cease-fire with Iran
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Wall Street is gushing over Citrini's 'Analyst #3' and his wild report from the Strait of Hormuz
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Citadel Securities Sees Retail Exodus Setting Stage for S&P Run
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Layoffs:

Nonprofit welfare agency Crittenton lays off 144 workers
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GoPro Announces 145 cuts
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Raleigh software unicorn Pendo lays off 10% of workforce
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Sony Pictures Entertainment to Lay Off Hundreds
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Tech:

Wisconsin town revolts against a Trump-backed data center project
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Shots fired at home of Indiana politician, who found 'No data centers' note
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How Accurate Are Google’s A.I. Overviews?
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Deepfakes And The Future Of Litigation: Are We Ready?
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Anthropic's New Model Is So Scarily Powerful It Won't Be Released, Anthropic SaysThe wildest things Anthropic's Mythos pulled off in testing
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Culture:

Why so many Americans now sympathize with the villain
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Mail:

Amazon cuts back USPS deliveries in new agreement
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Agribusiness:

Former US officials raise red flag over looming widespread collapse of American agriculture
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Epic winter drought creates a bleak situation for farmers — and your food
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Consumer Finance:

Garnet Capital Completes $2.9 Billion Loan Portfolio Liquidation for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Trustee
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Education:

Texas Considers Required Reading List for Schools, Which Includes the Bible
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Colleges are swiftly shortening bachelor degree programs to three years
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Religion:

Pope Leo calls Trump’s threat to destroy Iranian civilization ‘unacceptable’
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Climate:

Heat Wipes Out Western Snowpack, Raising Fears of Drought, Wildfire
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Economy:

US core capital goods orders rose ahead of Middle East war
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Fed's Williams Expects Little Change To Underlying Inflation
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Our Vacations. Our Food. Our Mortgages. The Iran War Will Change Our Lives.
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Top economist Mark Zandi says the indicator that has called every recession since WWII just signaled we’re already in one
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New ‘Vicious Cycle Index’ Points to ‘Uncomfortably High’ Recession Risks
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Businesses are spending for the future despite uncertain times - a good omen for the economy.
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The upper middle class is now the largest income group in the US
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Gen Z Has a New American Dream
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‘Definitely a Sham’: As Tariffs Climb, Trade Fraud and Accounting Tricks Proliferate
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Only 22% of people felt their jobs were safe in 2025—manufacturers, warehouse workers, and women are the most scared
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Fact-Checking Republicans’ Misleading Claims About Problematic Elections
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Small businesses are ‘doing fine.’ That’s a problem for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce
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Equifax says 20% of consumers face debt strain as the gap widens
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CBO moves Social Security insolvency forecast to 2032
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The K-Shaped Economy’s Defining Statistic Has Some Problems
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US Debt Clock
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World Debt Clock
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Real Estate:

1st Look at Local Housing Markets in March
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Inflation Adjusted House Prices 2.3% Below 2022 Peak
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Distressed office sales are accelerating in 2025
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Owners keep thousands of San Diego homes vacant despite high rents. They could soon be taxed
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Municipalities:

New York City Can’t Afford Both Big Pensions and Free Buses
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Poll Shows Optimism in New York’s Future With Mamdani as Mayor
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Oil/Gas:

Oil Slumps Below $100 as US, Iran Agree to Two-Week Ceasefire
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Physical oil prices hit record highs near $150 a barrel as Hormuz crisis worsens
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Oil prices extend gains as Trump sharpens rhetoric on Iran
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Red lights are flashing on the scarcity of oil
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Iran war to throttle oil flows even if Strait of Hormuz reopens soon
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Large-scale resumption of oil shipping isn't guaranteed
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Gas prices are not just a number on a sign
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The question over Trump’s ‘historic’ refinery deal: $300bn or $40mn?
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Oil companies accused of massive accounting fraud in New Mexico
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“Economic Civil War”: States Push Laws to Shield Oil and Gas Companies From Accountability
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Politics:

Tracking approval and key issues
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This Is Not How Presidents Typically Communicate
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Political World Stunned by Trump’s Threat to Kill All of Iran in Latest Truth Social Post: ‘Evil and Madness’‘A whole civilization will die tonight’: Trump’s menacing Truth Social message in fullDonald Trump 'calls for nuclear strike' as demands grow for 'removal from office'Trump's openly 'genocidal' threat ignites global panic: 'Military needs to revolt'Iran cuts communication with Trump over threat to destroy civilization: report Trump’s Iran Threat That a ‘Whole Civilization Will Die’ Condemned by Both Sides of the Aisle: ‘Evil and Madness’Alex Jones Calls for Trump’s RemovalTrump’s gone too far: Invoke the 25th Amendment before it’s too lateGreene raises 25th Amendment after new Trump Iran post: ‘Evil and madness’GOP Sen. Johnson: I do not want to see the US blow up Iran infrastructureWith threat to destroy Iran’s ‘civilization,’ Trump fuels war crime fears'It's time to say no': MAGA influencers push back on Trump on Iran
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US Lawmakers Divided Over Trump Ceasefire AnnouncementMockery as Iran dupes Trump admin in ceasefire deal: 'No possibility of redemption'
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GOP patience with Iran operation growing thinner as Trump escalates tensionsJeffries calls on Republicans to ‘stop the madness’ after latest Trump Iran threat
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How Trump Took the U.S. to War With Iran 6 Takeaways From the Story of Trump’s Decision to Go to War With Iran
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House Democrat says she’ll move to impeach Hegseth over Iran warHegseth’s boastful claims about Iran war contradict reality, officials say
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‘Uh, I’d love to keep that a secret’: Trump awkwardly puts Gen. Caine on the spot to reveal key detail from rescue operation
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A President Without Restraints
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Allies Fear They Are Tied to an Erratic U.S. and Now Have Nowhere to Turn
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Trump lashes out at 'paper tiger' NATO while re-upping Greenland claim
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‘Vile on every level’: Tucker Carlson rips Donald Trump over Easter Sunday ‘f-word’ post
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House Democrat says he has filed articles of impeachment against Trump
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MAGA shop closes down after sales dip with owner blaming Trump’s Iran war
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How Much Humiliation Can JD Vance Take?Trump humiliates Vance by leaving him to learn of bombings from reporter
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Noem's embarrassing $145M last-minute blunder exposedWhat spending probes at DHS reveal about Kristi Noem’s time in office
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Utah Republicans are furious about their new congressional map. They blame one of their own.
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Bill Gates interview about Jeffrey Epstein by House Oversight set for June 10
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Krugman: MAGA Is Winning Its War Against U.S. Science
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Mike Johnson's 'bait-and-switch' leaves 'even closest allies furious': report
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MAGA media's great unraveling
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Cook Political Report shifts 5 House races toward Democrats
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Radio:

Cumulus Bankruptcy Faces Objections Over Royalties, Release
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Cumulus Locks In Executives Post-Restructuring With New Pay, Equity Packages.
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Retailing:

Only 15 Saks Fifth Avenue locations will remain after the latest wave of store closures
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Saks Global confirms $500 million Restructuring Support Agreement as Chapter 11 progresses
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Resorts:

This Dallas Billionaire Paid $289 Million For First Lien Debt On Sen. Jim Justice’s Greenbrier Resort
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Summer Camps:

Texas officials investigating hundreds of complaints against Camp Mystic amid license renewal bid
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Batteries:

More creditors may receive payouts after Northvolt bankruptcy asset sale
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Credit Reporting:

Homeowner sues Freedom Mortgage over bungled post-bankruptcy credit reporting
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Satellites:

Aiden Buzzetti: The FCC Should Make Sure EchoStar Creditors Are Paid Back Billions Owed
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  New Bankruptcy Opinions
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Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Recent Ch. 11 Filings (30 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (13 new filings today)
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Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Case Studies
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Small Business Bankruptcies Surge 67 Percent In First Quarter
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Southern District of Mississippi bankruptcy filings for 2025 up 7.5% over prior year.
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Avoidance Actions:

Must An Avoidance Lawsuit Against A Subsequent Transferee Under § 550(a) Name The Initial Transferee As Defendant? (Phillips v. SS Associates)
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Cross-Border:

Foreign Third-Party Releases Survive Purdue Pharma, At Least in Chapter 15
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Liability Management:

Liability Management 2026: For Better or Worse
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Orrick’s D’Aversa, Ross Discuss Revolver Lender Considerations in LME Transactions
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Conflicts:

Bankruptcy Rule 2014 in Practice: The High Cost of Incomplete Conflict Checks
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Mass Torts:

Committee wants archdiocese to accept bankruptcy plan
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Archdiocese Survivors Committee wants other insurers to follow Hartford's lead
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Aviation:

Asian airlines trim schedules and carry extra fuel as supplies tighten
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Jet Fuel Supplies To Take 'Months' To Recover From War Disruption: IATA
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Trump’s border chief threatens to close customs at top US airports
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Passenger gives birth on flight to US sparking citizenship confusion
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Here's the real reason these 3 airlines are raising their bag fees
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Ukrainian intelligence warns Azimut is nearing bankruptcy
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Zombie flights to nowhere
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Private Credit:

Moody's cuts outlook on Blue Owl fund to negative over surge in redemption requests
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Food/Beverage:

Red Lobster's push for cheap deals may be backfiring, say experts, as losses pile up
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Doritos at $7 a bag ended up costing PepsiCo billions
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World Food Mart Files For Bankruptcy, Shuts Houston Store
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This maverick Napa Valley winery couldn't sell. Now, it's headed for auction - and more wineries could follow
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Gas prices do impact restaurants, particularly full-service
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Autos:

First Brands judge delays sale of 12 brands to allow late bidBidding war breaks out in First Brands IP sale
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Fraud:

Ex-Northwestern Mutual Rep Gets 5 Years For Running $8.6M Ponzi Scheme
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Healthcare:

Long Covid to cost OECD economies up to $135bn a year
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Idaho Cut Services for People With Schizophrenia. Then the Deaths Began.
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Health workers pretended constipated man with dementia was dying and only had months to live so they could reap 'sham hospice' benefits, DOJ says
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Sports:

Bankruptcy Could Become LA28’s Legacy, Councilwoman Rodriguez Warns
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UK:

Sidley hits Clifford Chance for heavyweight restructuring duo as firm’s London hiring gathers pace
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Macfarlanes Hits £3.1m PEP – Proof That Staying Small Can Beat The Magic Circle At Its Own Game
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London Borough Yards development handed to lender amid struggle to find tenants
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Restructuring firm makes pair of senior appointments on South Coast
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Wireless Festival canceled after Kanye West blocked from coming to UK
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Britain Reinforces That U.S. Cannot Use British Bases for Attacks on Iran
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MENA:

Iran Calls for Human Chains to Protect Power Plants as Trump's Deadline NearsIranians Voice Shock and Defiance in Face of Trump’s Looming DeadlinePentagon expands Iran energy targets to avoid war crimes accusationsU.S., Israel and Iran Accelerate Strikes Ahead of Trump’s DeadlineIsrael Denies Reports It Bombed Synagogue in IranPakistan Seeks Extension as Trump Says Iran May ‘Die Tonight’
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US, Israel, Iran agree to ceasefire before Trump’s deadlineIran and America agree to pause their war Iran Reopens StraitIran's humiliating 10 demands for Trump include £1 million-a-ship fee for Hormuz StraitHere’s what smart people are saying about Trump’s ceasefire deal with Iran How Did Pakistan Broker A Temporary Truce Between Iran And The US?'Wow': Analysts taken aback by initial details of Trump's ceasefire with IranUS calls Iran ceasefire a ‘victory’, says Operation Epic Fury met goals earlyTrump’s ‘TACO Tuesday’ Leaves the US and Iran Still Mired in QuandaryTrump says US will be 'hangin' around' in Iran in midnight rant: 'Big money will be made!'Even as They Praise Iran Cease-Fire, World Leaders Are Whipsawed by TrumpChina Pressed Iran Toward Cease-fire, Iranian Officials SayGulf Nations Face New Reality, Whether Cease-Fire Holds or NotTrump administration expected to slash Iran war funding request Hodges: Iran has won and Donald Trump has lost. His war has only emboldened the regime and a new generation of radicals Vance calls Iran peace agreement a "fragile truce"How Iran's supreme leader reached a truce with Trump
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How to Solve the Strait of Hormuz Problem
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UN rejects Bahrain's Strait of Hormuz resolution after opposition from China, Russia
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The secret, never-before-used CIA tool that helped find airman downed in Iran: ‘If your heart is beating, we will find you’
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Iran attempting cyberattacks against U.S. critical infrastructure, officials say
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Hungary:

Vance’s Trip to Trump Ally Hit by Humiliating Putin Call LeakVance endorses Orban, accuses EU of election 'interference'
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Russia:

Russian colonel issues 10-day nuclear strike warning – 'The time has come'
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Japan:

Japan business mood worsens, bankruptcies seen rising as Iran war lifts costs
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Singapore:

Ashurst hires Singapore restructuring and insolvency partner
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The Vendor’s Dilemma: Letter Of Demand vs. The Liquidation Queue In Singapore
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India:

Discipline, speed and creditor control: How IBC overhaul changes the game for lenders
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China:

Underwater mortgages force China’s banks to get more creative
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