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A federal judge expressed concern about close ties among bankruptcy professionals handling the fallout from ex-Judge David R. Jones’s resignationMay 23, 2025 8:57 pm ET|WSJ ProA federal judge in Texas questioned whether close ties among law firms are affecting litigation over a former bankruptcy judge’s undisclosed romance with a lawyer who appeared in his court on dozens of cases.

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Good day and welcome to WSJ Pro Bankruptcy's Daily Briefing. It's Tuesday, May 20. In today's briefing, 23andMe secured a bid to live on inside Regeneron, a steep fall from the $6 billion peak it reached just a few years ago. Regeneron to buy 23andMe out of bankruptcy for $256 million. The DNA testing company would sell for a fraction of its peak valuation of $6 billion to a biotech aiming to use its data troves for drug research.

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The agricultural giant is preparing to place its U.S. subsidiary Monsanto in bankruptcy if a settlement with tort plaintiffs failsMay 15, 2025 6:46 pm ET|WSJ ProBayer is making another push to resolve lawsuits linking the popular weedkiller Roundup to cancer, while exploring a bankruptcy filing for its Monsanto agriculture business in case the settlement plan fails, according to people familiar with the matter.

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The Indian ed-tech startup sent more than half a billion dollars to a hedge fund that it reported as available cash, court records showApril 11, 2025 10:18 am ET|WSJ ProWhen Indian education-technology company Byju’s was ordered last year to freeze over $500 million as part of a U.S. court battle with its lenders, it said the funds were safely within the business.

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Good day and welcome to WSJ Pro Bankruptcy's Daily Briefing. It's Friday, April 11. In today's briefing, a federal judge pulled cases involving former bankruptcy judge David R. Jones from the Houston court where he once presided. Elsewhere, At Home Group is nearing a bankruptcy filing, Prospect Medical is preparing to shut down its Pennsylvania hospitals and more law firms are cutting deals with the Trump administration.