receivership

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The firm has been placed in a receivership and is unwinding what has been described as a tangled and only partially documented web of holdings.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

After failing to clear the encampment, the county pushed for evictions in the condominium and has filed for receivership.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

De Min said payments to contractors had been delayed amid the wider financial situation surrounding the Citadel development, including the ongoing receivership, but "legitimate contractor costs" would be "addressed".

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

In 2017, that business lost a lawsuit against a shareholder and went into receivership.

From Barron's • Mar. 2, 2026

On the night of Thursday, May 5, officials of the National Cordage Company, a trust that controlled 80 percent of America’s rope production, placed itself in receivership.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson