September 22, 2026

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Law:

Gibson Dunn Lawyers Lead Fight of News Media Banned by Trump
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Former Trump Attorney Alleges Misconduct In Prosecution Of Tom GoldsteinFormer Trump, DOJ Lawyer Blasts Conduct of Goldstein Prosecutors
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Weil Seeks To Strengthen Its ‘Platform’ As Merger Rumors SwirlWeil Gotshal Reaffirms Strategic Stability Amidst Merger SpeculationWeil Gotshal Merger Talk: What Happens When You Lose 30 Partners And Your RainmakerWeil denies merger report amid partner departures
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Big Law Salary Scale 2026: NQ to Partner Pay (US, UK, AU, NZ)
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PE, Hedge Funds Are Barred From Steering Law Firms in California
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David Lat: Judicial Notice
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David Boies Says AI Will Force New Outlook on Fair Use Doctrine
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Sullivan & Cromwell and Cooley among early adopters as OpenAI unveils new legal AI platform
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‘The days of throw the latest and newest at every problem are over’: Legal AI’s shift to consumption-based pricing
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Traditional Lateral Hiring Needs a Modern Approach, Better Data
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Woman hit by city bus gets $37M for pain and suffering alone
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Attorney disbarred after stealing $385 in food from Walmart where he worked
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California bar candidates win $1.35M after troubled 2025 exam
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University of Chicago, Berkeley and Columbia Rewrite AI Rules for Law Students
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As AI Enters Legal Practice, US Law Schools Rethink What Belongs in the Classroom
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How Trump turned a refugee bureau into a $410 million deportation operationICE hides the locations of thousands of detainees subject to final deportation ordersMan shot by ICE officer is detained in Texas with a bullet still in his back, attorney’s office saysReport offers rare insight into the risks and challenges facing US deportees in HaitiDisturbed staffers add trigger warnings to reports on what their own State Dept is doingExtreme overcrowding and abuse plague Florida facilities
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Trump’s ‘grand conspiracy’ probe presses on with subpoenas after the lead prosecutor’s exit
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Kyrsten Sinema Denies Affair Allegations in North Carolina’s Alienation of Affection Lawsuit
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Cybercrime feud erupts on dark web as notorious group claims hijack of rival's website
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Jury convicts Vermont man of attempted murder in shooting of 3 Palestinian students
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Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer asks judge to investigate holdout juror’s phone records in new court filingMore than $370K has been raised for holdout Lindsay Clancy juror
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Drug cartels are making alarming drone advances, US assessment warns
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Cops Are Giving Complete Nonsense Reasons to Search Thousands of Flock Cameras
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Teen charged after fatally shooting boyfriend while vlogging
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SpaceX Manager Arrested for Allegedly Stabbing a Tesla Contractor Over Karaoke Performance
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‘Welcome to the Family’: Inside the Sex Cult of Miami’s Most Diabolical Pimp
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Looksmaxxing influencer Clavicular, 20, charged with rape after ‘drugging woman for sex’ as he faces 20 years in jail
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Man 'hunts down' acquaintance, shoots him dead with bow and arrow after argument: Jury
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Woman chucked a glass jar of vegan mayonnaise at driver in road rage incident, cops say
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Mom 'kills child, 5, and stabs two others before turning knife on herself' in horror 'murder-suicide attempt’
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Mom dumped baby with complete stranger she met at bus stop: Police
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Judges:

Gan reappointed to 9th Circuit bankruptcy appeals panel
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Judge appointed by Trump will oversee news outlets’ lawsuit over White House ban
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Is it time to rethink the office of the chief justice of the United States?
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Antonin Scalia Prepares for His Confirmation Hearing: An insider’s account of choking up, running, eye rolling, and a smoking warning
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Tom Goldstein, poker and the Supreme Court
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Barrett Sidesteps Question About Trump Attacks on Supreme Court
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Chief judge says 'Kavanaugh stop' opinion helps construction worker detained on the job
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Secret donors paid millions to Clarence Thomas-linked law firm with Supreme Court cases
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'AI slop' is threatening courts' ability to function, appeals court says
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Supreme Court ‘Shadow’ Docket Is Now Bigger Than The Real, ‘Transparent’ One
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Wall Street:

Stock futures are little changed after S&P 500 posts best day since early AugustWall St futures steady after AI-fueled rally; U.S.-China summit awaited
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As the S&P 500 nears a new record high, there are cracks below the surface
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We’re All AI Investors Now, and That’s Risky
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Layoffs:

PeaceHealth announces 150 layoffs in November
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CarMax lays off 145 corporate employees
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Illinois company facing financial issues to lay off hundreds of workers
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Chart: People Worry About AI Job Losses, Just Not Their OwnMost People Believe in AI Job Losses, Not Gains
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Sports:

Saudi wealth fund presses LIV Golf’s savior to prove its commitment to tour
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‘I needed an IV’: shoes melt as turf temperature reaches 157F in Eagles-Titans game
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Tech:

Trump says there are ways to 'rein' in AI 'if we have to'Trump scoffs at AI apocalypse warnings and vows to hit the gas on ‘super intelligence’
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Rifts ahead of US-China talks on AI safety
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Bloomberg Finds That the AI Industry’s Finances Are a “Wobbly House of Cards”
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Jamie Dimon says hyperscaler AI spending could hit $1 trillion next year
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Arthur Hayes Says US Insurers Are Insolvent Over AI Debt: What if He's Right?
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The hottest part of the AI trade could be turning into its biggest weakness
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AI Shorts Spread Beyond Chips
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Wall Street Is Growing Skeptical of the Data Center Boom
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US data centers ‘are short six NYCs of electricity’
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Texas Gov. Abbott orders data center permit halt weeks after issuing moratorium
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Google AI Said Man Killed 3 People. Defamation Defense: ‘LOL, No One Trusts AI Summaries!’
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Nvidia CEO Promises Not to Kill Everybody Before 2030
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OpenAI sued by Canadian province over role in mass shooting
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An engineer's viral post captures the soul-crushing downside of AI coding
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AI energy demand accelerates China’s quest for nuclear fusion
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A Highly Trafficked Space News Site Invented a Fake NASA Engineer and Used Her Name to Publish to AI-Generated Slop
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Scientists Create New Humanoid Robot That Flinches in Fear When You Come Close
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US Federal Register Caught Using Chinese AI Model for Document Search
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Google Now Asking For Users’ Video Selfies to Verify Their Identities
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Nvidia’s Stock Is Flashing a Warning Sign as Valuation Falls
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Microsoft Director Admitted in Internal Document That AI Is Creating a “Doom Loop” That Destroys the News Media by Stealing Its Content Without Providing Anything in Return, in Turn Making the AI UselessMicrosoft Director Privately Admitted AI Was the “Largest Theft of Labor in Human History,” Unsealed Court Documents Show
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AI “Actor” Tilly Norwood Glitches Out During Interview, Starts Rambling in Chinese
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“Slop Grenades”: Shopify CEO Who Pushed Staff to Use AI Is Now Horrified by What He’s Wrought
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Irish privacy regulator fines Google €403 million over location data processing
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Economy:

Federal Reserve official says fighting inflation likely to be ‘painful’Federal Reserve’s inflation response may need to be more ‘aggressive’, says official
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How Warsh can be a Fed chair of few words
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Markets Can Handle a Hawkish Fed, Not Uncertainty
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Has the Bond Market Already Done the Fed's Job?
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Indeed CEO says the job market is stuck in a ‘vicious cycle’ if 1,000 qualified candidates can’t get hired: ‘Something’s wrong’
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Global trade turmoil risks food price shock
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Donald Trump’s crusade against tariff cheats may tangle up trade in red tape
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The Bank of Mom and Dad has a new line item: guilt
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Structural shift ends era of low inflation and interest rates in US economy
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FOMC Summary of Economic Projections, September 2026
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Bulls and doomers are both right, says Ray Dalio—AI will be ‘miraculous’ for productivity but fuel a ‘devastating’ bubble and wealth inequality
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High-Paying Jobs Growing the Fastest in America
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US Debt Clock
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World Debt Clock
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Real Estate:

Lawler: Update on MBS Yields and SpreadsPart 2: Current State of the Housing Market; Overview for mid-September 2026
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Gold-domed NYC penthouse fetches barely a third of its $25M ask
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U.S. office real estate stress shifts to CMBS investor losses
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US office sector faces $289bn refinancing test as cities compete for corporate investment
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The housing market is shifting toward buyers. They’re still not feeling it
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Americans are turning to AI to survive a brutal housing market—37% would let it buy their next home with ‘minimal human involvement’
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WSJ lays bare new crisis about to crash Trump’s economy as ‘chickens come home to roost’
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Donald Trump and Zohran Mamdani strike friendly tone in New York City housing talks
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Arizona HOA U-Turns on Foreclosure of $475K Home Over Owner's $977 Debt
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Oil/Gas:

Why the world is ‘freaking out’ about diesel
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Krugman: Of Donald and Diesel
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Oil prices reverse gains as UN talks lift hopes for Iran war diplomacyOil dips below $100 as Iran reportedly offers to reopen Hormuz amid diplomacy push
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GOP lawmakers sound alarm on diesel fuel costs
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Surging fuel prices heat up polls across US, Brazil and EU
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Trump has a ‘sledgehammer’ way to slash diesel prices. But it could boomerang back on the US
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Proposed diesel export ban pits GOP senators against each other
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Ranked: The World’s Largest Oil Importers
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A diesel-powered panic for GOP in Iowa 
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Qatar’s LNG Loss Revives Projects From Argentina to Timor-Leste
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Politics:

Tracking approval and key issuesTrump Approval Crashes to 29% Weeks Before ElectionTrump heads into a week of diplomacy, hampered by a lack of allies
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Much of Trump’s promised midterm election spending has yet to surface, new filing shows
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Republican support for Trump’s handling of war in Iran shows cracks in new CNN poll
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‘I Was Sold a Bill of Goods’: Americans and the Distrust Election
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Belarus says there is no potash in Belarus left to sell to the US
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Trump Warns He Will ‘Be the Last Republican President’ If His Voter ID Bill Doesn’t Pass
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Senior GOP appropriator pours cold water on funding Trump’s arch
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Senate GOP sees battleground map widen amid voter anger over economy
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Networks Suspend Pool Coverage of President After White House Bans CNNNatalie Harp Got Trump to Ban CNN From WH?Trump White House suddenly moves to ban 'free press' in replay of episode from 1st termNewsmax admits Trump’s media ban ‘backfiring’ as network airs near-silent live remarksWhite House shredded for promoting its own news app after Trump’s media ban: ‘State run media’Trump has repeatedly weighed moving entire press corps out of White HouseTrump Banned Three News Outlets And Handed Gibson Dunn A Sequel It Already Knows How To Win
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Can Democrats Reclaim the Christian Moral High Ground?
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Jake Paul says civilians should be allowed rocket launchers and drones after Pentagon visit
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World leaders face global cloud of wars and AI fears at UN
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Democrat and Republican Politicians Are Both Terrified to Go Against the AI Industry, Even Though a Huge Majority of Both Their Voting Blocs Want Them to Do Exactly ThatThe Majority of Americans Are Now Terrified of AI
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Republican group slashes ad spending in NC Senate race
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‘Giant walking red flag’: Spy world horrified at report Huckabee aide solicited cash gifts
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Trump moves to weaken endangered species protections
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U.S. to reopen Cold-War era military base in Greenland under security deal
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The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
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Surveillance:

Signs of Crisis at Flock as It Offers Employees Buyouts to Quit and Get Off Payroll
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Retailing:

J.C. Penney loses share, launches marketplace as sales continue to slide
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Solar:

Florida’s solar boom promised lower electric bills. What happens when the lender goes bankrupt?
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Solar Power Is Getting So Cheap That It’s Almost Unbelievable
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Education:

MIT Report Finds That AI Is Leading to “Cognitive Surrender” Among Students
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How colleges can adapt to a shrinking market
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Metals:

Copper production falls, leading to concerns over longterm supplies
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Movie Theaters:

AMC Is Overhauling Billions in Debt After Box Office Successes
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Books:

Forgive Us Our Debts Now Available
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Radio:

Olympic Achievement: AM Owner Grabs FM From Bankrupt Seller
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Banking:

Fed’s Preliminary SVB Review Prompts Push For Supervisory Reform
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Banking Bargain Hunter Is Looking for His Next Big Acquisition
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Utilities:

US officials move to rein in utility profits as power bills rise
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Average Utility Bill Payments Up 5% This Summer
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Private Credit:

Private Credit Review: Sep 21 Insights
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Interior Design:

Simply Interior Homes’ liquidation okayed by bankruptcy court
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
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Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Recent Ch. 11 Filings (20 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (8 new filings today)
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Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Case Studies
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Mass Torts:

Asbestos Claimants Take Saint-Gobain’s ‘Texas Two-Step’ to Supreme Court
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Bankruptcy Strategy:

Joel Moss Discusses Amend-and-Extend Debt Strategies
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MCAs:

Rockland County Flooded With Sketchy Merchant Cash Advance Lawsuits
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Aviation:

Another airline ends in bankruptcy, hundreds of flights off
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The FAA Is Spending Nearly a Billion Dollars to Make AI the “Brain” of Air Traffic Control Towers, Starting This MondayBeyer calls on FAA to suspend AI system for DC-area airports: ‘Guinea pigs’
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Circuit failure grounds flights at JFK, Newark and LaGuardia airports, wreaking havoc on US air travelHundreds of flights into Newark, New York, Philadelphia disrupted after Verizon fiber line cut
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The World’s 25 Biggest Airlines by Revenue in 2026
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Theme Parks:

Disney woos visitors with $59 tickets as Universal, SeaWorld struggle with weaker attendance
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Litigation Finance:

Litigation funder Burford resolves lawsuit against client in price-fixing cases
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Entertainment:

Paramount Settles State Antitrust Case Clearing Obstacle to W.B. DealBlock the Merger Group ‘Disappointed’ and ‘Angry’ Over Paramount Settlement: ‘Not the Last You Will Hear From Us’Paramount, Warner Bros. Stocks Surge on State AG SettlementThat’s All? Team Paramount Nabs Warner Bros. With Only Minor Concessions to StatesDavid Ellison slays foes of his $110bn goliathOf course Larry and David Ellison got their way
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Ride Hailing:

Waymo Calls Cops on Passengers With Assault Rifle
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Cybercab Gets Trapped in Hotel Parking Lot, Drops off Passenger Right Where He Started
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Food/Beverage:

Wendy’s franchisee blames bankruptcy on weak marketing and beef costsA big Wendy's bankruptcy reveals the chain's challenges Another major franchisee files for bankruptcy Wendy’s Says Bankrupt Franchisee Lost Rights to 314 Stores
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Upscale fried chicken chain files for Chapter 11 bankruptcyYardbird files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
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Puckett’s Restaurant closes locations
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Agribusiness:

Farmers Are 'Pissed' Over Trump's Moves on Beef and Tariffs
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Mutiny bubbles up inside rural America over GOP’s ailing farm bill
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Climate:

I’m Nebraska’s attorney general. No state can dictate the law for America.
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State of emergency declared for all of California ahead of strong El Niño forecast
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Bear encounters are rising across the United States
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Healthcare:

Breast cancer patients face devastating costs, some hope in emergency aid
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Pennsylvania measles cases near 800 as outbreak grows
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Starbucks baristas reel from surges in health insurance costs: ‘I’m considering a second job’
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Can you sell your kidney? Not legally—but maybe you should be able to.
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Consumer Protection:

House Financial Services Committee Advances Sweeping CFPB Reform Bill
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Festivals:

'Best MAGA event' in the country collapses days before gates open amid lousy ticket sales
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Sovereigns:

Euro area debt bourses face risk drag from Paris debt trajectory
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UK:

Azets restructuring and insolvency partner explains the August rise in corporate insolvencies
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Designers Guild takes a step toward bankruptcy
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UK homeowners take £840-a-year mortgage hit from Iran war
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One in four worry about making their money last until pay day
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Canada:

Natasha MacParland on joining Dentons and the future of restructuring in Canada
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NS judge approves asset transfer for debt-laden company owned by seafood tycoon
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Macron and Carney announce closer France-Canada ties amid Trump tensions
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MENA:

Houthis Push to Expand Territory as Tensions With Saudi Arabia RiseTrump Gets Caught in a Dilemma Over a Saudi Plea for Military HelpTargets picked, bombs loaded: Trump called off strikes on Houthis at the last minuteUK to provide military support to Saudi Arabia in its fight with Houthi rebelsHouthis Say Saudi Arabia Conducts Deadly Strike On Key Port City
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Iran is suffering yet surviving under Trump's economic warfareIran’s economy cracks under U.S. pressure, but Tehran won’t bend to Trump Trump considers major escalation in Iran conflictTehran threatens to use ‘new weapons’ as Trump weighs meeting with Iranian presidentIran reportedly says it can reopen Strait of Hormuz within 7 days if U.S. eases military pressure
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Gulf states urge reset with Iran as conflict drags on
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Russia:

Humbled Putin launches mammoth assault after 1000s more drones target Russia
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Donald Trump presses Volodymyr Zelenskyy to stop hitting Russian refineries
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Ukrainians are bracing for worst wartime winter of airstrikes
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New vids show Russian army brutally torture their own soldiers
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How a Russian forgery scheme evaded sanctions
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How France and Luxembourg fatally wounded the EU’s Russia sanctions regime
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New U.S. Sanctions Law Threatens India’s Huge Russian Oil Trade
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Australia:

Australian regulator warns private credit firms of more enforcement after Bathla insolvency
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Buyers agency Dashdot chased customers for services not delivered
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North Korea:

North Korea tests new hypersonic weapon as Kim Jong Un rebuffs talks
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Spain:

Spanish PM’s wife to face trial over influence peddling, embezzlement allegations
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Mexico:

Mexican Bank Delinquency Ratio Rises to 2.49%, Highest Since 2022
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India:

No Shield For Directors? BHC Analyses The Applicability Of The Moratorium Under Sections 96 And 101 Of The IBC To Prosecutions Under Section 138 Of The NI Act
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