October 8, 2026

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Law:

Kirkland Goes Dark on Reporting Revenue and Profits to Media
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Dechert Expands Restructuring Practice and Chicago Presence With Partner Jason Gott
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Polsinelli Names David Karp as Chair of Restructuring & Strategic Capital Practice, Andrew Nazar as Vice Chair
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Profits From AI Remain 'Stubbornly Out of Reach' For Big Law
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WilmerHale Recruits Latham’s Murtagh to Grow Restructuring Work
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EEOC Wants To Keep Biglaw Diversity Probe Docs Secret To ‘Protect’ Firms It Publicly Accused • Big Law Diversity Probe Documents Must Stay Secret, DOJ Argues
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Corporate Counsel Leader Taps Into AI as Path to Growing Ranks
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Ex-public defender assistant arrested on charges of impersonating lawyer
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This Attorney Advised Four Presidents Before A Rogue Bank Undid Him
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Cyber Insurance Is Not A Cybersecurity Strategy
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Why Autonomous Agents Cannot Be Given the Keys to Your Law Practice
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The Problem With Waiting for the AGI Moment
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Shock gloves purchased by ICE cause intense pain, study finds • Woman held by ICE after she showed up for citizenship interview must be released: Judge • ICE targets skateboarding store for helping register swing-state voters: report • Man Posing as ICE Agent at Miami Polling Site Faces Felony Charges
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Christa Pike is angry and confused after surviving execution attempt, attorney says • Texas court denies request to stop execution over Christa Pike’s failed lethal injection • Judge orders Tennessee to preserve evidence in failed execution of Christa Pike • Tennessee lawyer plays coy about whether Christa Pike will face execution again after botched lethal injection
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Lawyers Want A Watchdog To Look At Jeanine Pirro’s Reflecting Pool Case. Good Luck Finding One.
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‘Jane Doe’ solidarity posts flood social media after Cornell rape lawsuit • Cornell students stage sit-in to protest university’s handling of alleged 2024 gang rape • Sick threats against ‘Cornell 7’ Jane Doe revealed — including twisted phone call threatening to ‘shoot’ her family if she doesn’t drop suit • Two of the ‘Cornell 7’ still on campus — and teachers don’t know how to handle it: report • Cornell student claimed frat bros told her to keep secret: videos
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Maduro expected to face new charges alleging torture of Americans in Venezuelan prisons
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Amicus Brief Asking Court to Consider Lawyers' Free Speech Rights, in Eastman v. State Bar
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Satanic prayer causes uproar at city council meeting
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Christa Pike’s Lawyers Prepare to Argue Over Preservation of Evidence
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Couple turned mansion into 'horrific' surrogacy compound with 14 surrogate-born kids: DA
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Ohio man jailed for texting Shrek to state senator
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Driver ran over pedestrian, made wife take the wheel so they could go have dinner: Cops
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Mom tells kids 'I'm going to kill you' before crashing SUV, stabbing both of them: Police
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Man allegedly killed wife and played 'KPop Demon Hunters' to drown out her screams
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Parents 'locked away' teen in room and 'restricted' food for months, killing her: Police
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FBI says it stopped a teen's terror attack on the Mall of America
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Nick Reiner glared at prosecutors in latest murder hearing amid shocking new twist in security measures
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Man who told his ex 'I gave you a chance' before killing her and new man learns his fate
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Husband kills and packs wife into car passenger seat, drives to hospital to confess: Cops
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Judges:

Texas Supreme Court could allow AI-generated transcripts of depositions
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Chief Justice Roberts moves oldest active federal judge's fitness investigation to 11th Circuit • Complaint Against Judge Newman Transferred After What Felt Like an Eternity
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‘Use your majority’: In the unlikely event of a Supreme Court vacancy, Republicans are ready to act
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The New Supreme Court Term Looks Boring. That’s a Good Thing
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NY Attorney Clashes With Federal Judge After Discipline Referral
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Mar-a-Lago arguments should stay in place due to Cannon's 'undue delay': Court filings
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Wall Street:

Dow futures tumble 400 points as yields continue rising; oil surges 5%
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Dow falls 500 points as 10-year yield rises to highest level in 24 years
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Stocks made a record high. Two big bearish trades point to skepticism
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Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon, Top Executives to Earn Massive Bonus Payouts
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Layoffs:

Bethesda’s True Food Kitchen closes amid bankruptcy filing
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Autos:

After closing 60 stores, used car chain America's Car-Mart faces bankruptcy drop-dead date
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They paid $50,000 and waited nine years. Will Tesla’s Roadster live up to the hype?
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America shut out Chinese EVs. Britain welcomed them — and now faces a difficult choice
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Trucking:

Nationwide trucking company files for bankruptcy amid diesel price shock
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Gambling:

High-Stakes Poker Player Eric Persson To Rebuy, Reopen Washington Casinos
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Maverick repurchasing rural Nevada properties from a bankrupt Texas-based holding company
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Fraud:

Brothers of First Brands Say They’ll Blame Each Other at Trial
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The Million-Dollar Lie: How a ‘Cybersecurity Expert’ Allegedly Swindled Victims Out of Millions
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Solar:

One of the largest power plants files for insolvency
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Furniture:

Dutch Chesterfield Brand declared bankrupt: future of classic leather sofas and furniture uncertain
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Crypto:

Exchange Insolvency and Crypto Tax in Germany
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Food/Beverage:

Beyond the Vine: Evaluating Distressed Vineyard & Winery Assets in a Changing Wine Industry
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Golden Corral rival confirms highly anticipated ‘all-you-can-eat’ comeback after bankruptcy shutdowns
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Meritage fights Wendy’s attempt to enforce termination of franchise rights
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Economy:

Inflation fears on the rise as one-year outlook in Fed survey hits highest level since May 2023
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Fed Minutes Show Officials Saw More Work to Do to Quell Inflation • US Fed minutes show bank is unlikely to hike rates in October
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Americans grow pessimistic about finances, New York Fed finds — expert warns of ‘tough choices’ ahead
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China is coming, slowly, for the dollar
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The great boomer hoard: Americans 55 and over hold $140 trillion, roughly three-quarters of total net worth
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IMF chief urges countries to curb debt, regulate AI
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Trump admin proposes $70,000 fee for foreign graduates to work in US
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California Union Leader Pushes Billionaire Wealth Tax
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10-year Treasury note yield hits highest level since 2002 as traders brace for key bond sale
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Young people are fleeing Los Angeles for some surprising places. Fresno in, Texas out?
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Tariffs drove up prices for consumer goods, study finds
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Trump’s tariffs were meant to shrink the trade deficit but the $106 billion gap just reached its widest since before 'Liberation Day'
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Cost of living in NJ has risen by more than $40K for families since the pandemic
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After the penny, Congress looks to tackle the cost of the nickel
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US Debt Clock
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World Debt Clock
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Real Estate:

Refinance demand is now half what it was a year ago, as mortgage rates rise again
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High Frequency Data: Recent Surge in Mortgage Rates Impacting Existing Home Supply and Demand
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Wells Fargo shares dip as HUD probes programs to boost black homeownership
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LA.'s most iconic house can't find a buyer. 'It's a pair of golden handcuffs'
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Why REITs aren’t getting killed by rising interest rates this time around
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Oil/Gas:

Oil edges higher as concerns over Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia eclipse supply recovery • Oil prices elevated as Mideast tensions amplify supply concerns
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Chevron CEO warns against ‘unwise’ diesel export ban, saying it could make things worse
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Trump’s red-dyed diesel order sounds like a tax cut. Economists say it’s a 24-cent IOU that could raise prices for farmers
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Supertanker chartered from Gulf Coast to China for $76M, 10 times higher than pre-war level
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Kpler Suspects Gulf Producers Are Paying Iran for Safe Passage
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Healthcare:

A new owner took over central Missouri hospital. 9 days later, it cut labor and delivery
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Briner: Atrium plan could hasten SHP bankruptcy
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FTC Sends Warning Letters To 24 Healthcare Organizations Over Price Transparency
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RFK Jr. Reportedly Sent Nearly $800K to Project Linked to Russian Plague Lab
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Sen. Roger Marshall Gets Wrecked in Poll for Suing His Patients: ‘Total Scumbag’
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Politics:

Tracking approval and key issues • Trump Rails Against Nonexistent Democratic Candidate in Late-Night Post • Trump Texas Rally Descends Into Chaos as Hecklers Repeatedly Interrupt Speech • MAGA Fan Yanks Heckler by Hair as President Asks, ‘Anything Like a Trump Rally?’
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Trump seems pretty sore over Republicans not wanting to campaign with him
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Polling in Kansas gives the GOP a shock
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‘Astonishing’: Trump orbit rocked as he threatens to fire top advisers over NYT report
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Trump’s $90 Medicare rebate rolls out, but millions aren’t eligible. Critics see a political stunt
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No raise? No problem: House members expense DC hotels, meals on taxpayers’ dime
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Surprising El-Sayed Support Among Trump Voter Focus Group
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Arizona congressional candidate reports she was raped while fixing campaign signs
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DNC sues Trump administration, alleging taxpayer-funded ads violate propaganda law
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The extraordinary amount of money pouring into the midterm elections
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He said looking like Trump would get him elected. He got 161 votes.
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Ken Paxton ‘rescue effort’ threatened as latest leak insults Trump: ‘Lacks any gratitude’ • Why Ken Paxton’s Estranged Wife Is Making the Case for His Senate Campaign
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Maryland GOP gubernatorial nominee Dan Cox says he disagrees with son's antisemitic posts
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'Honey please': Kimberly Guilfoyle pushed donor to wire $100,000 to her Amex account
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A Mysterious Nonprofit Run by SpaceXAI’s Top Lawyer Is Paying the Salaries of Government Workers
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Fewer Americans support companies taking stances on hot-button issues: poll
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Trump Rages at Democrat for Not Switching Parties After He Pardoned Him
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GOP Gov Candidate On Pushing His Wife Into a Door: ‘I’d Do It Again’
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Tech:

Google ordered to halt work on two data centers in ‘Texas of Europe’
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Why the AI guys built tech that terrifies them
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Man Says He Was Mortified When His AI Agent Posted His Bank Balances and Exactly What He’s Spending His Money on in a Slack Work Channel
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Rogue AI Agents Have Gone Too Far Now That They’ve Infiltrated Wikipedia
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OpenAI Insider Tells NYT’s Ezra Klein They’ve Created ‘Alien Mind’
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Retired Air Force Colonel Warns Americans That It's Dangerous to Live Near Data Centers Because You Could Be Targeted or Killed
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OpenAI’s “ChatGPT for Teens” Is an “Unsafe” Mess, Testing Finds
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OpenAI publishes solutions to more than 370 outstanding math challenges. The results divide mathematicians but most agree: math will never be the same
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“Sabotage, Lying, and Manipulation”: What One AI-Safety Company Found in the Dark Mind of a Rogue Chatbot
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Finland Orders Google to Suspend New Data Centers After Contractors Pave Over Protected Forests
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Meta Is Refusing to Remove AI-Generated Facebook Videos of Graphic Child Abuse, Including a Baby Roasting in an Oven
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Inside the secret world of doomsday preppers
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MCAs:

Protection From What? Rethinking MCA Relief Through the Senior Lender Lens
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
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Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Recent Ch. 11 Filings (18 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (3 new filings today)
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Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Case Studies
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Mass Torts:

Baltimore Archdiocese reports largest priest numbers in 50 years after abuse settlements, bankruptcy
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Miscellaneous:

Weekly US Restructuring Insights
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

Florida Woman Convicted of Bankruptcy Fraud Following Federal Bench Trial
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Aviation:

Google just got a boost in its bid to buy Spirit Airlines’ data for AI training • Spirit, Google ensure passenger privacy will be protected in bankruptcy sale of airline’s business data 
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6 Broken Bathrooms Force Flight to Make an Urgent Landing
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Woman Makes Rubs One Out On American Airlines Flight
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Tax:

Whistle-Blower Says I.R.S. Leaked His Tax Records in Retaliation
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Agribusiness:

US farm debt is at a record. Official data might be undercounting it
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Sports:

Jon Rahm rejects LIV Golf 2.0 in bombshell bankruptcy court revelation • LIV Golf Loses Jon Rahm in Blow to League’s Bankruptcy-Exit Plan • Jon Rahm won't participate under LIV Golf's 'unacceptable' new terms amid league's bankruptcy, lawyers say • Jon Rahm's LIV Golf gamble is over and nobody won • Former world No.1 quits LIV golf as Smith’s lawyers seek exit from old contract • From US$500M defection to bankruptcy court: tracking Jon Rahm’s turbulent LIV Golf journey • Morikawa says LIV players face 'business decision' after Rahm exit • Patrick Reed has nearly earned his PGA Tour card back in Europe, and thinks other LIV Golf members need to do the same • 'I've Been the Smartest One': Ex-LIV Golfer Makes Snide Comment as League Heads to Court for Player Contract Battle • Fresh twist in LIV saga as Aussies make legal request • 'Greed Rules the Day': Phil Mickelson, Greg Norman Handed Reality Checks as LIV Golf Gradually Goes Up in Flames
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AS Monaco Basket Declared Insolvent as Liquidation Looms
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Retailing:

Can America’s Most Glamorous Department Store Return to Its Golden Age?
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Education:

CA charter school that blew millions on Hawaii trips, luxury ballparks and trips to Paris files for bankruptcy
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Rancho Mirage's Palm Valley School Campus Hits Market for $14M After Bankruptcy Collapse
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Boy, 6, yells ‘f–--- you b----’ after shooting teacher in chest in disturbing bodycam video: ‘Don’t care if I go to jail’
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Summer Camps:

Camp Mystic supporters pushing to have bigger voice in court
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Waste:

After being listed as fugitives, former Shoosmith landfill owners turn themselves in overnight
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Rail:

You're still booking Brightline. Here's what the bankruptcy means
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Celebs:

Deion Sanders' son Shilo facing one less legal headache after law firm drops suit • “Let Me Take Care”: Shedeur Sanders Steps Up to Help Brother Shilo With Housing Amid $11.9M Bankruptcy Battle
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UK:

UK Billionaire Wealth Exodus: $160 Billion Tied to Departing Residents
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Business confidence equals record-breaking slump
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Half of young adults face housing insecurity due to lack of financial education
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EU:

The Weil European Distress Index
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Canada:

How ongoing trade war uncertainty could lead to more financial distress
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Ireland:

Judge says questions raised by ‘similarities’ in Irish bankruptcy applications by German nationals
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MENA:

Trump says he doesn’t want Iran deal as U.S. reportedly prepares for ‘massive bombing’
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Rubio says Tehran missed ‘multiple’ chances for nuclear deal amid Iran stalemate
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Much of the world sees tragedy in Gaza. Many Israelis, scarred by Oct. 7, see only a threat
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Newly obtained footage, witness accounts detail attack -- and U.S. retreat -- at major Kuwait post... 'They hit us bad'
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France:

France is caught between angry students and unforgiving bond markets • ‘Get your house in order’: IMF chief’s stark warning for France over surging bond yields • Student protests in France spread to more cities
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Russia:

Russia Says It Found No ‘Emergency’ in Plague Lab
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Japan:

Why Japan's Wagashi Shops Are Going Bankrupt at a Record Pace
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Australia:

LCM Faces Adverse Australian Insolvency Ruling on Self-Funded Case
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Australian bishop jailed for sexual abuse of two Indigenous men
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Cuba:

More Than 600,000 Gallons of Fuel Bound for Cuba Seized at U.S. Ports
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India:

Bankrupt Personal Guarantor Cannot Withdraw Funds After Estate Vests In Trustee: NCLAT New Delhi
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NCLT: At 107, National Company Law Tribunal OKs record insolvency cases
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Attempt To Transfer Property To Defeat Creditors Not 'Act Of Insolvency' Under Provincial Insolvency Act: Madras HC
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NCLT approves record 107 resolution plans in Q2 FY27
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