A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Thursday approved jewelry chain Claire's bid to begin closing some of its 1,500 North American stores and selling off merchandise as the company races to find a buyer for the business in Chapter 11.
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Claire's Gets OK To Start Closing Stores As It Hunts For Buyer

By Alex Wittenberg

A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Thursday approved jewelry chain Claire's bid to begin closing some of its 1,500 North American stores and selling off merchandise as the company races to find a buyer for the business in Chapter 11.

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Ex-Data Co. Execs Charged With $25M 'Round Tripping' Scam

By Pete Brush

Two executives from bankrupt California data company Near Intelligence Inc. fraudulently inflated the company's revenues by $25 million in a conspiracy that involved a third executive from advertising company MobileFuse LLC, according to a Manhattan federal court indictment unsealed Thursday.

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Lyten To Buy Bankrupt Northvolt's Swedish, German Factories

By Emily Lever

Lithium-sulfur battery maker Lyten announced Thursday that it will buy bankrupt Swedish battery manufacturer Northvolt AB's factories in two countries and all its remaining intellectual property in a move that Northvolt said averted a "complete shutdown" of the business.

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POLICY & REGULATION

CFPB Mulls Cuts To Oversight Reach In 4 Nonbank Markets

By Jon Hill

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is considering formally scaling back the reach of its nonbank oversight, floating a series of early stage proposals that contemplate sharply reducing the number of firms it would supervise in four key financial services markets.

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CHAPTER 11

Eventide Creditors Seek Trustee To Take Over Ch. 11 Case

By Vince Sullivan

The official committee of unsecured creditors in the Chapter 11 case of consumer lending company Eventide Credit Acquisitions has asked a Texas judge for the appointment of a trustee to oversee the proceedings, saying the debtor and its principal have flouted the rules of bankruptcy since the case began in 2023.

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Brief

Reality TV Persona's NYC Plastic Surgery Practice Files Ch. 11

By Ben Zigterman

The practice of celebrity plastic surgeon Michael E. Jones filed Thursday for Chapter 11 bankruptcy relief in New York, listing less than $50,000 in assets and between $1 million and $10 million in liabilities.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Series

Creating Botanical Art Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Pressing and framing plants that I grow has shown me that pursuing an endeavor that brings you joy can lead to surprising benefits for a legal career, including mental clarity, perspective and even a bit of humility, says Douglas Selph at Morris Manning.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Bonus Spotlight

Milbank Offers Summer Bonuses Of Up To $25K To Associates

By Anna Sanders

Milbank LLP has become the first BigLaw firm to announce summer bonuses this year, offering up to $25,000 for associates and counsel after smaller shops also unveiled midyear payouts.

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'Breakdown In Civility' Gets Boies Schiller Sanctioned

By Grace Elletson

A California federal judge slapped Boies Schiller Flexner LLP with a $15,000 sanction Thursday in a former worker's suit claiming Levi Strauss & Co. declined to promote her out of sex bias, faulting the firm for a "uniquely eye-opening breakdown in civility and professionalism."

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Federal Courts Disclose New Cyberattacks On PACER System

By Lauren Berg

The federal judiciary on Thursday disclosed there have been escalating cyberattacks on its case management system, putting sealed and sensitive case documents at risk, and that it is taking steps to strengthen its security.

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Fox Rothschild Must Face Litigation Funding Suit, Court Told

By Rose Krebs

A married couple is urging a New Jersey state judge to reject Fox Rothschild LLP's bid to exit a malpractice suit alleging that they were unlawfully steered to cover medical expenses with high-interest loans from the firm's litigation funder client, saying they've "amply" pleaded claims of misconduct.

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Ex-Boston Heart CEO Defends Jenner & Block Fee Bid

By Rose Krebs

Boston Heart's former CEO is urging the Delaware Chancery Court to order the medical testing company to advance her legal fees to pay Jenner & Block LLP for its defense of her in criminal and civil cases, disputing Boston Heart's claims that the law firm's rates are "grossly inflated."

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DOJ's Boasberg Complaint Violates Judicial Privacy, Sen. Says

By Jake Maher

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., has accused the U.S. Department of Justice of misusing private comments from a meeting of the Judicial Conference of the United States to pursue ethics charges against a federal judge who found probable cause to hold President Donald Trump's administration in contempt of court.

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2nd Circ. Says Trial Atty With Brain Disease Not 'Ineffective'

By Bonnie Eslinger

The Second Circuit on Thursday affirmed the convictions of a former New York City law enforcement union president along with its ex-financial adviser for defrauding members out of $500,000, rejecting among contentions that one defense lawyer's abilities were impaired at trial by a fast-moving neurodegenerative disease.

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Calif. Ethics Panel Clarifies Judge DQs In Racial Justice Cases

By Madison Arnold

A California judicial ethics committee has issued a formal opinion advising a judge who is a former prosecutor that a pending case involving a discovery motion under the state's Racial Justice Act does not require the judge's recusal.

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California Anti-Deepfake Law Struck Down By Judge

By Jared Foretek

A California federal judge has agreed to block a California anti-deepfake law as constitutionally and legally invalid, siding with conservative media companies and content creators who argued that the law infringes platforms' First Amendment rights to moderate content on their own and pressures them to censor speech.

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Democracy Forward Launches Appellate Practice

By Lynn LaRowe

The Democracy Forward Foundation has formed an appellate practice on the heels of a hiring spree that has doubled the nonprofit's legal staff since November with former BigLaw and government attorneys, as some private firms have pulled back from taking on cases that challenge the current White House.

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Trump Admin Asks Justices To Halt ICE Arrest Limits In LA

By Hailey Konnath

The Trump administration on Thursday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to pause a California federal court's order temporarily blocking the government from conducting immigration arrests in the Los Angeles area without probable cause, arguing that it threatens officials' ability to enforce immigration laws.

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Sentencing Commission Plans To Reassess Fraud Guidelines

By Stewart Bishop

The U.S. Sentencing Commission on Wednesday said it will consider potential reforms to the federal sentencing guidelines for fraud offenses, including the outsized role of loss calculation in sentencing, one of several priorities the agency has marked for closer examination.

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Trump Taps Economic Adviser Miran For Fed Board Vacancy

By Sarah Jarvis

President Donald Trump said Thursday that he has chosen Stephen Miran, the chairman of his Council of Economic Advisers, to fill a vacancy on the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors until early 2026 while continuing to search for a permanent replacement.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Bell Nunnally

Binder & Schwartz

Boies Schiller

Cahill Gordon

Clayman Rosenberg

Cole Schotz

CourtLaw

Downey Brand

Fox Rothschild

Hamilton Lincoln

Heyman Enerio

Jenner & Block

Kirkland & Ellis

Martin LLP

Mayer Brown

Meadows Collier

Milbank LLP

Morris Manning

Morvillo Abramowitz

Otterbourg PC

Paul Hastings

Potomac Law Group

Richards Layton

Vartabedian Hester

Wilentz Goldman

WilmerHale

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Alliance Defending Freedom

Amazon.com Inc.

American Civil Liberties Union

Boston Heart Diagnostics Corp.

Campaign Legal Center

Democracy Forward Foundation

Electronic Privacy Information Center

Eventide

Google LLC

Harvard University

Kohl's Corp.

Law Enforcement Employees Benevolent Association

Levi Strauss & Co.

Lexington Plastic Surgeons

Public Counsel

Tesla Inc.

The Home Depot Inc.

Uber Technologies Inc.

United Farm Workers

X Corp.

YouTube Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

California Attorney General's Office

California Supreme Court

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Delaware Court of Chancery

Federal Reserve System

Internal Revenue Service

Judicial Conference of the United States

Kansas Judicial Branch

Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians

U.S. Attorney's Office

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York

U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware

U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

U.S. Sentencing Commission

U.S. Supreme Court