September 2, 2026

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Law:

Boutique Law Firm Steps Up With Milbank Raises As Biglaw Stays Put
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Wall Street Banks Demand Law Firms Slash Rates And Just Trust AI… No Way This Could Backfire!
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McDermott Will & Schulte adds bankruptcy litigator Julia Winters in New York
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HSF Kramer, Partners Hit in Ex-Client’s $1B Malpractice Suit
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Biglaw Firm’s Coaching Program Supports Lawyers Returning From Parental Leave
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Law Reviews And AI Detection, A Letter To Law Review Editors
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Washington Bar Takers Try Again After Cancellation and Waiver
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Willkie, WilmerHale Trade Conflict Allegations
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Lawyers withdraw as counsel for singer known as D4vd in murder trial of 14-year-old girl
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$42 Million Abu Ghraib Jury Verdict Is Overturned on Appeal
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Duquesne University law school looks to real-world legal AI use to inform curriculum
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Lawyer arrested on charge he made terroristic threat against 16-year-old family member
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ICE Plans to Spend $2M to Deploy Robot DogsDeported Milo Yiannopoulos says he is ‘ashamed’ of support for Trump
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Ty Cobb compares White House ballroom to a 'whorehouse and Las Vegas'
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The Hostage Standoff in a National Forest
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‘Please Sue Me!’ Hunter Biden Fires Back at Rudy Giuliani Lawsuit Threat
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FBI Now Allowing History of Bestiality Among New Recruits
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Lindsay Clancy jury says there’s no unanimous decision after 18 hours of deliberation – but are ordered back by judgeLindsay Clancy jury has five options for verdict not just guilty or not guiltyHow the Lindsay Clancy Trial Has Become a Social Media Circus
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US lawmakers demand investigation into Trump administration’s secret surveillance of Americans
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FBI director's 'choice' to 'chug' beer with Team USA doesn't actually help him: Court docs
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Bank of America VP killed in Times Square stabbingFordham Law Grad Killed In Times Square Knife Attack
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Judge sends Charlie Kirk murder case to trial with defendant facing potential death penaltyAccused Charlie Kirk killer must stand trial and is eligible for death penalty, judge rules
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Trump lawyers vow to 'seek sanctions' as BBC pursues ex-WH counsel's Jan. 6 testimony
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Panicked police officer shoots baby donkey HeeHaw dead as he ran over to greet ‘trespassing’ cop on farm
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Dad locked twins in car, refused to leave bar because 'people were dancing with him': Cops
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Homeowner fury after ‘HOA installs Flock cameras to watch them without permission’
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Mom 'sacrificed' her 3 children to live a kid-free life, left them to sleep on pizza boxes
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Elementary school assistant principal attacked wife after she couldn't find remote: Cops
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Woman flung Kroger shopper off hood of her car, dragged him over 300 feet to his death
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Woman fuming over $15 broken nail repair that she wanted for free shoots up salon: Police
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Judges:

Chief Justice John Roberts breaks with conservatives in White House ballroom ruling
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The Supreme Court Ballroom Decision Is Everything Trump Could Have Asked For
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High Court’s Ballroom Order Imperils Other Trump Building Cases
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Judge’s release of order with AI errors is ‘pretty serious matter,’ 5th Circuit says
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It’s Time To Tear Down The Supreme Court Building To Build A Bigger Ballroom… For, Um, National Security
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Federal judge tosses Trump lawsuit over young trans athletes in California school sports
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GOP Seeks Information on Ethics Probe of US Judge in Atlanta
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Judge alerted about 'grave' whistleblower report over Trump admin's mail-in voting rule
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Man blew away his sister's boyfriend because he asked for help to move a TV: Police
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Machine Gun Ban Passes Second Amendment Muster, 3rd Circuit Says
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Wall Street:

 

Is a Stock Market Crash Imminent Under President Donald Trump? More Than 85 Years of Historical Precedent Offers an Answer.
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Layoffs:

Wonder lays off 7% of staff in streamlining effort
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545 employees of VCU Health contractor face layoffs
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Media:

MAGA-Curious CBS Boss Bari Weiss Hit With Furious Staff Backlash Over Abdul El-Sayed Story
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Celebs:

Rented supercars, borrowed yachts & ‘less than £6k in bank’…staggering lies behind ‘trillionaire’ Andrew Tate’s wealth
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Shilo Sanders testifies as things get heated in day 2 of bankruptcy trialThe Shilo Sanders Bankruptcy Trial Is 'Not Going Well'“Belongs in Prison”: CFB Fans Attack Deion Sanders’ Son Shilo Sanders as $11M Bankruptcy Case Takes Ugly Turn'We'll forgive you': Deion Sanders sends blunt message as Shilo battles $11.89M bankruptcy caseCan Shilo Sanders escape the $11.89M judgment in his security guard case? Analyst reveals why Deion Sanders’ testimony could be crucial
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Personal Finance:

'Rich Dad Poor Dad' self-help author Robert Kiyosaki is $1.2 billion in debt: report
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Fraud:

August 2026 Ponzi Scheme Roundup
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Marin investment fund executives face federal fraud chargesExecutives of failed Marin lender charged with money laundering in alleged $103 million fraud scheme
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Theme Parks:

2 More Belugas Arrive at Shedd Aquarium as Final Whales Leave Defunct Canadian Marine Park
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Venues:

San Francisco Venue Rental Marketplace With 45,000+ Spaces Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
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Private Credit:

‘Private credit is in a Darwinian moment and returns are lower’
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Climate:

Climate change heaps more disasters on the Himalayas
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Global warming will exceed limit, UN says in a report that maps path to get back below danger zone
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Summer 2026 was the hottest since records began in 1884, Met Office says
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Economy:

10-year yield hits highest since January 2025 as higher oil prices stoke inflation worriesBond Sell-Off Threatens to Squeeze Borrowers Around the WorldWhy bond yields are rising and why everyone should careGlobal bond sell-off intensifies as US-Iran tensions stoke inflation fearsGovernments should heed the bond market’s warning
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Fed Governor Barr says he’ll support rate hike if inflation doesn’t ease
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Job openings inch up as hiring slows, affirming labor market stability
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Is $155,600 a working-class salary? More and more Americans say yes.
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Canada's Carney slaps Trump admin for 'doing memes ... throwing shade'Canada Tariffs Deepen North America’s Steel and Aluminum SqueezeNo negotiations with Canada right now: US trade rep
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U.S. House aims to avoid government shutdown amid GOP hard-liner resistance
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Billionaire Coinbase CEO Boasts That He Would Never Donate to Charity
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Congress funds government until December, averting preelection shutdown
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Two Democrats, in highly unusual move, cross the aisle to save GOP billsDemocratic leaders blindsided by two members who bailed out Johnson
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US Debt Clock
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World Debt Clock
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Real Estate:

Curing Home Mortgage Defaults Under A Subchapter V Plan (In re Koetters)
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Asking Rents Continue to Decline Year-over-year
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HOA bankruptcy can put more than finances at risk — one Nashville community is facing that reality
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Municipalities:

Determining the Historiographical Problem of Municipal Bankruptcy: Hatton Sumners and the Enactment and Amendment of Chapter IX, 1933-1979
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Oil/Gas:

Trump to meet with U.S. oil refiners as White House pushes to lower gas prices
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Why More Venezuelan Oil Won’t Solve America’s Gasoline Problem
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US diesel prices soar as Donald Trump hauls in refiners
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Politics:

Tracking approval and key issuesPresident Trump facing low approval in all polls, says Maggie HabermanDonald Trump approval stuck at 33 percent amid Iran war, inflation woes: Survey
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Bitter Trump razes 40 weeping willow trees outside Kennedy Center commemorating assassinated president
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The wheels are coming off the US world order
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Whistle-Blower Says USPS Is Secretly Proceeding on Trump’s Mail Voting Plan Before Midterms
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Hegseth’s Pentagon Lurches off the RailsDan Driscoll’s Parting ShotGOP senator ‘disappointed’ over departure of Army secretary who clashed with Hegseth
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Ted Cruz Celebrates Trump’s ‘Cast Iron Balls’Cruz Praises ‘Genius’ Trump’s Attack Against Him
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Trump White House Plans $250K Bowling Alley Renovation
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James Talarico Demanded 'Dismantling' of Capitalism in 2020
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JD Vance Confronted In Closed-Door Q&A About MAGA Allies Who ‘Platform Anti-Semites’JD Vance suspects Antichrist 'among us' as he defends Trump depicting 'himself as God'
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El-Sayed says Trump is making him ‘main character of the midterms’
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House Majority Leader Scalise Says He’ll Vote to Censure GOP’s Chuck EdwardsHouse censures Rep. Chuck Edwards for conduct toward former female staffers
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George W. Bush’s Code of Silence
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MapQuest tops Apple, Google Maps in downloads after refusing Trump’s ‘Lake America’ changeJoe Rogan Blasts Trump For Renaming Lake Ontario To Distract from Losing in Iran
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Summer Camps:

U.S. Trustee ‘seriously evaluating' dismissal or liquidation in Camp Mystic bankruptcy
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Banking:

FDIC defeats $1.71 billion claim over Silicon Valley Bank collapse, US judge rules
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Sports:

Jon Rahm Owed Nine Figures as LIV Golf Prepares Bankruptcy Filing
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Phil Mickelson Faces New Career Uncertainty Amid Ongoing Family CrisisPhil Mickelson Ripped by 6-Time Major Winner After Breaking Public Silence
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LIV Golf’s next steps: Bankruptcy, investor talks, contract buyouts
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LIV staff hit out as breakaway league heads for bankruptcy
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Inside the Dodgers purchase that launched Mark Walter’s sports empire
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Autos:

Researchers Alarmed as GPS Readings Suddenly Veer Off by 33 Feet, Enough to Crash Self-Driving Cars
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Healthcare:

Congo’s Ebola outbreak shows no signs of slowing as deaths top 3,000
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Accounting:

AI sounds the death knell for audit fee inflation
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

Federal officials meet in Albany on bankruptcy fraud referrals
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Education:

Aspira to let judge decide what happens to money from sale of taxpayer-funded school
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Cameras:

GoPro wants to save its action cameras from bankruptcy with a merger that expands into AI data centers
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Horse Racing:

California to Buy Defunct Horse Track and Turn It Into the Bay Area’s Newest Public Park
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Telecom:

EchoStar Says Subsidiaries Should be Able to Draw on FCC Trust
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Pensions:

Bankrupt Yellow Corp. settles remaining pension claims for $526M
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Credit Reporting:

New York Court Dismisses FCRA Suit Over Charged-Off Debt Reporting
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
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Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Recent Ch. 11 Filings (34 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (7 new filings today)
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Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Case Studies
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Mass Torts:

Diocese of Ogdensburg looks to end bankruptcy with $83M clergy abuse fund
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The asbestos Texas two-step: Inside the long legal battle freezing tens of thousands of cancer claims in North Carolina
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Solvent Debtors:

Voluntary Bankruptcy for the Solvent Debtor: A Constitutional Defense
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Bankruptcy Policy:

Chapter 11’s Quiet Competence: A Response to Coordes and Lubben
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MCAs:

Merchant Cash Advances Are Not Sales
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Tech:

California Democrats pass more than 20 bills to curtail AI and social media
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Alarming Study Suggests Using AI Is Making Humans More Robotic
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‘All it will take is one screw-up’: AI groups race to limit bioweapon risks
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Tim Cook to be paid $47mn as Apple’s executive chair
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Forget the maid. San Francisco is hiring humanoids to clean house
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Employees Absolutely Loath AI in the Workplace, Survey Finds
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The Music Industry's New Lawsuit Against Anthropic Should Have Dario Amodei Shivering With Fear
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Man Used Poisoned Google AI Overviews to Trick Women Into Thinking He Was an NFL Player, FBI Says
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Tim Cook hands over reins of Apple, but remains Trump whisperer
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Anthropic’s Court Win Sets Proper Limits on Government Conduct
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AI hits college graduates in the heart of America’s data center boom
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Consumer Protection:

The Trump administration’s plan for protecting consumers? Politely ask companies to behave
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Lawmakers Launch Major Legislative Effort To Overhaul The CFPB
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Food/Beverage:

7 Brew outbids Dutch Bros for defunct Salad and Go locations
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Denny’s rival dining chain files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
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Buttermilk Eatery files Chapter 11 bankruptcy after lawsuit
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Decades-old Napa winery Signorello Estate files for bankruptcy, faces $36M in debt
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Surveillance:

Flock Is in Major Trouble
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Utilities:

In surprise twist, California lawmakers fail to pass watered-down wildfire bill
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Gary’s Two-Week Blackout Is a Warning for America
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Sovereigns:

IMF agrees $2.2bn bailout for Senegal
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UK:

Freeths strengthens Restructuring & Insolvency team with Partner appointment
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British banks crack down on Covid loan defaulters after government pressure
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42% of small firms have been paid late over the past 12 months
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Households take £2,400 financial hit from Iran war
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EU:

European gas prices hit three-year high
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Canada:

Toronto accountant accused of Ponzi scheme declares bankruptcy
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Canada’s Liberals sweep special elections as voters back Carney’s crusade against Trump
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Historic century-old church deliberately set ablaze as Canada warned of growing wave of anti-Christian hate
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Malaysia:

The Cross Border Insolvency Act 2026: Malaysia Opens Its Courts
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Russia:

NATO scrambles fighter jets after drones cross border as Putin blitzes Ukraine for sixth night in row leaving nine dead
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Russia secretly helping Iran develop supersonic cruise missiles
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Venezuela:

Krugman: The Plot to Steal Venezuela’s Oil
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US oil deal stirs concern among Venezuelans
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South Korea:

Homeplus wins court approval for rehabilitation plan, averting bankruptcy
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MENA:

US launches retaliatory strikes against IranTrump Issues Stern Warning to Iran: The ‘Biggest Attack of Them All’ Is LoomingUS military completes latest strikes against Iran, while Trump vows more for Tehran's retaliationIran fires on Gulf neighbors after US military strikes Iranian military targetsIran crisis puts Xi-Putin’s anti-US bloc to the testSaudi and South Korean oil tankers hit in Strait of Hormuz
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Lawsuit Over Outing of Gay Saudi Residents by Lufthansa in Saudi Arabia Can Proceed
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Germany:

Görg bolsters Cologne restructuring and insolvency practice with Mark Boddenberg and Piero Sansone
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German industry pushes to increase work week to 40 hours
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France:

France’s debt crisis-in-waiting
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French developer bankruptcy leaves 1,200 off-plan homes unfinished
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Australia:

Insolvent Bathla Faces 24-Hour Deadline for Deal With Creditors
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Hanson lawyer accidentally emails editor in Burston bankruptcy notice bungle
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