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Brinkema is presiding over a lawsuit challenging the creation of the fund and has already blocked the program designed to compensate people who claimed to have been treated unfairly by the US government.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

The presiding judge, Fakhr al-Din al-Aryan, had himself previously been sentenced to death by the regime he will now judge.

From Slate • May 27, 2026

Investors will soon be weighing whether to buy into that chaos, with Altman still presiding over it.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

The court's presiding judge Graciela Gatti Santana has ordered a full inquiry into the circumstances of Kabuga's death.

From Barron's • May 16, 2026

At the Main Deck landing, he went directly over to the Purser’s desk, where a good-looking girl in naval uniform was presiding at the moment.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger