The former bankruptcy judge being sued over his hidden romance with a local attorney is bringing out the BIG GUNS now. Disgraced Ex-Bankruptcy Judge Taps Star Litigator David Boies

The SCOTUS ruling in Purdue Pharma is the right reading of the Code, but it'll keep a lot of lawyers busy unpacking bankruptcies from the past decade. It's gonna be a Mass Tort Summer.

If these mean anything to you i regret to inform you that the company that makes them is bankrupt now bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Coca-Cola is interested in smaller targets that can then be scaled “through our system to multiple markets," CFO John Murphy tells me in an interview for Bloomberg. Here's what else he said on deal making. bloomberg.com/news/newslette…

Enthusiasm for fake meat — a mix of plant-based ingredients designed to taste, look & even bleed like the real thing — appears to be waning. Read it here in The Brink. bloomberg.com/news/newslette… via Bloomberg Maria Clara Cobo Giulia Morpurgo Charles Daly Jef Feeley Jeremy Hill Lucca de Paoli

Credit nerds: Have you noticed this? Lenders are tightening terms on a key source of financing, sending troubled retailers deeper into distress. Read it in The Brink. bloomberg.com/news/newslette… via Bloomberg

Scoop: There are some hefty LME blockers added to the RRD debt sale. Apollo also the anchor order on the $650mm privately placed loan. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Markets

Hedge funds that are piling money into FTX debt just completed the largest claims trade since the exchange collapsed. Investors that bet early on the market that’s risen from FTX’s ashes are poised for big returns , via Bloomberg . bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

JetBlue’s loyalty program could be a source of collateral if the airline were to pursue financing in the debt capital markets, its chief financial officer said bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Markets

👀 US retailer J. Crew is feeling out investor interest in refinancing a loan it used to exit bankruptcy four years ago, according to people with knowledge of the matter. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Carmen Arroyo and Irene García Pérez

The turmoil in global markets is threatening to end a summer debt boom that helped some of the riskiest US companies cut borrowing costs, push out maturities and even defer interest payments. W/ Carmen Arroyo, Jill R. Shah & Paula Seligson bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

#Wine is experiencing a tidal wave of woe ales are down. Overproduction is rampant. And sobriety, crucially, is hip. Read my latest on the stresses emerging from an oversupply of wine 🍷 bloomberg.com/news/newslette…

Your weird Friday afternoon bankruptcy romance scandal update, via Evan Ochsner The ex-judge who hid a long-term relationship w/ a local lawyer was ordered to complete 7.5 hours of "ethics based continuing legal education" by his former colleague news.bloomberglaw.com/bankruptcy-law…

NEW: Private equity giant TPG should pay $4.5 billion to Endo International Plc unsecured creditors for its “profiteering” sale of Par Pharmaceutical Holdings Inc. to the company and helping fuel the opioid epidemic, a bankruptcy plan trustee said. news.bloomberglaw.com/bankruptcy-law…

Retail investors are facing steep losses from holding B. Riley’s subordinated “baby bonds”. Via ⁦Jill R. Shah⁩ and Claire Ballentine bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

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a senate committee is holding a hearing this morning focused on the crisis spawned by Steward’s financial woes. but CEO Ralph de la Torre said he won’t be showing up to testify Jonathan Randles Brooke Sutherland and i took a closer look bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Everton fans, Friedkin is back in conversations to buy the team, Silas Brown david hellier and I report. Here's a gift link: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…