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USA Today
5 days ago
- Sport
- USA Today
2025 Western & Southern Open: Pera [115th] vs. Lys [69th] Prediction, Odds and Match Preview
On Thursday, Bernarda Pera (No. 115 in the world) takes on Eva Lys (No. 69) in the Round of 128 at the Western & Southern Open. Lys is favored over Pera for this match, with -200 odds against the underdog's +155 in the Round of 128. Tune in to watch the Western & Southern Open on Tennis Channel from August 6-18. Tennis odds courtesy of BetMGM Sportsbook. Odds updated Wednesday at 6:35 PM ET. For a full list of sports betting odds, access USA TODAY Sports Betting Scores Odds Hub. Bernarda Pera vs. Eva Lys matchup info Watch the Tennis Channel and more sports on Fubo! Pera vs. Lys Prediction Based on the implied probility from the moneyline, Pera has a 66.7% to win. Pera vs. Lys Betting Odds Pera vs. Lys matchup performance & stats
Edinburgh Reporter
31-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Edinburgh Reporter
From stage to plate – the essential guide to eating and drinking your way through the Fringe
Edinburgh in August means one thing – festival fever. But with 3,352 shows competing for your attention at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe, where do you even begin? As an obsessive festival-goer, I've learned how to squeeze every drop of cultural and culinary goodness from August without emptying my bank account. Start smart – plan ahead and stay fuelled Don't go in blind. I've spent countless hours researching this year's lineup and created a comprehensive Fringe Recommendation Spreadsheet featuring 165 must-see shows, including plenty with food and drink themes. These aren't random picks – they're based on thorough research, trusted PR tips, and my reviews from previous years. You'll find everything from big-ticket productions to hidden gems in the PBH Free Fringe, plus money-saving offers throughout. My second piece of advice: factor in travel time between venues and build in 'pitstops' to refuel. Edinburgh in August is a marathon, not a sprint. Where to eat – beyond the beaten path Have a plan for your day and book restaurants ahead – they all get busy around the main venues. While street food stalls pop up around venues for quick bites, I recommend escaping the crowds. Jump on a tram to the Macdonald Road stop on Leith Walk, where my favourites include Pera (fabulous Turkish BYO), Brunswick Book Club (outdoor seating sun-trap), Vittoria's (Italian – Crolla dynasty excellence), and The Walnut (intimate restaurant with seasonal local ingredients). Venture further to the Shore for fabulous views and small plates at Port of Leith Distillery – the UK's first vertical distillery overlooking the Firth of Forth. Another couple of hidden gems are Café Domenico's, a bustling Italian with warm welcome and genuine cuisine and the fabulous Barry Fish, on the Shore. For something special, try Badger & Co on Castle Street, inspired by Kenneth Grahame's Wind in the Willows. This creative dining experience celebrates local seasonal produce, including foraged ingredients from local hedgerows. W Edinburgh's W Deck offers 360-degree city views, signature cocktails, and live music during W Sunset Sessions (Fridays 7-10pm). Their glass pod dining experience provides stylish private dining overlooking Carlton Hill, perfect for August's nightly fireworks displays from Edinburgh Castle. For night owls, Duck & Waffle Edinburgh's 9pm Club offers 25% off food and beverages from 9pm to close until September 2025. Shows with a culinary twist Australia's singing cook Michelle Pearson returns with her multi-award-winning Comfort Food Cabaret (Aug 1-3, 8-10 at 1 pm, New Town Cookery School). Join her for lunch, where you actually get fed! Taste dishes cooked before your eyes, paired with heartfelt storytelling, live music, and cooking demonstrations. In Pour Taste: A Comedy Wine Tasting Experience (Assembly Rooms, Bijou) sees comedians Sweeney Preston and Ethan Cavanagh and a wine expert guide you through five wine tastings and at least five jokes. Edinburgh Gin Presents Ready Steady Cocktail (Edinburgh Gin Distillery) – professionals face off against brave amateurs in a live cocktail challenge. Ingredients come from the Tombola of Taste – think seaweed, chilli, or lavender fudge. With welcome drinks and two outrageous creations, anything can happen. The Gin Tasting Show (Muse at Braw Venues – Hill Street) returns with tastings of three gins, history lessons, weird gin facts, and cabaret entertainment. For whisky enthusiasts, A Dram is Worth a Thousand Words with The Scotch Malt Whisky Society offers guided tastings of three exceptional cask-strength, single-cask whiskies. 2 Guys, 3 Drams: The Ultimate Live Blues and Whisky Experience (Big at the Space Triplex) – The Rhythm and Booze Project serves three superb Scotch whiskies alongside stomping blues music. In 65 minutes, learn to sound clever about whisky while enjoying raucous tunes. Whisky Under the Stars at Dynamic Earth's 360° Planetarium combines astronomy with three Holyrood Distillery whiskies – Embra, Ambir, and Pitch – for a stellar adventure. For night owls, Midnight Treats at the Fringe at Tipsey Midgie (Whisky Bar of the Year 2023-2025) features Colin Hinds pairing three hand-selected Scottish whiskies with bespoke canapes. One of my favourite experiences last year was a Thai Cooking Masterclass with chef Rujira Herd in her own home in Liberton. She reveals trade secrets while teaching three delicious dishes. Only 20 minutes from the city centre on buses 7, 37, or 47. Learn to Cook and Enjoy A Three-Course Meal with Local Chef Nell Nelson takes place in a 200-year-old historic Edinburgh home. Maximum six guests enjoy welcome drinks, then cook traditional Cullen Skink and Scottish shortbread before relaxing with their homemade creations. What's In the Kitchen (Assembly Rooms, Bijou) offers a tribute to Brazilian cuisine through five acts centred on the senses, featuring local ingredients with Brazilian touches. Stay refuelled and you'll pass the finish line with no problems. For timings and bookings: For my Fringe recommendations spreadsheet: Like this: Like Related
Business Insider
06-07-2025
- Business
- Business Insider
It's illegal in most states for private equity to buy a law firm. Lawyers have figured out a workaround.
Real estate, airlines, fashion. It might seem like private equity has climbed the mountain of the American economy, declaring everywhere the light touches as part of its kingdom. But one corner remains in the shadowlands: Law firms. Nearly every state has adopted a professional ethics rule from the American Bar Association forbidding lawyers from working for nonlawyer-owned firms. Lawyers, of course, have figured out a way around it. The loophole, known as a "managed services organization" — or MSO — allows non-lawyers to effectively own part of law firms through a second corporate entity. Business Insider spoke to two attorneys who advise law firms on the arrangement, which they said is becoming increasingly common. In June, Puerto Rico's high court allowed non-lawyer investment in law firms in order to spur economic development in the territory. Arizona, the only state that has done away with the ABA rule, in 2020, now has over 100 law firms that are open to outside investors, according to a recent Stanford Law School study. Large companies like KPMG and Rocket Lawyer now own law firms in the state outright. The MSO model, which isn't limited to only Arizona, could appeal to law firm owners who want to retire or who don't want to hand their firms over to a law partner. "We're in the midst of the largest rolling retirement of lawyers in history," said Lucian Pera, a legal ethics attorney at Adams & Reese who advises lawyers and businesses about setting up MSOs. "The baby boomers are getting old and retiring. And that's a real opportunity for some people." Using an MSO can give private equity firms — or other kinds of companies — a chance to effectively buy a slice of legal practices. And it gives lawyers the chance to sell stakes of their companies for cold, hard cash. It could also offer the chance to partner with a deep-pocketed company that could boost the firm and help scale it to new heights. No one says MSOs are not OK Traditionally, law firms have operated as partnerships among attorneys, where equity partners own shares in the firm and help manage it. That's partly because of ethics rules designed to maintain attorney independence, such as ABA Model Rule 5.4(d), which largely prevents nonlawyers from owning law firms or from having the right to control the professional judgment of a lawyer. The ABA's rules have made law practices distinct from many other white-collar professions, like finance or consulting, which may have robust ethical rules and norms but don't impose such stringent limits on ownership. There are plenty of publicly traded banks and consulting firms, but no publicly traded law firms. As a workaround, the law firms can set themselves up as two corporate entities, Pera said. One is the law firm itself, composed exclusively of lawyers and owned only by lawyers. The second is the service organization, which can be owned by anyone and acts as a vendor for the law firm. It is essentially the back office, taking care of all non-lawyer tasks, including marketing, accounting, human resources, real estate leases, and employing paralegals. The two corporate entities enter into a long-term contract. Under this MSO arrangement, non-lawyers can invest in the service corporation, though not the law firm itself. Presto! You have an ethically independent group of lawyers who are exclusively working with a company that can sell shares, Pera says. According to Pera, no state bars have issued ethics opinions that expressly bless the MSO model, but no court or regulator has found a problem with it, either. "The pieces fit well, and there's no regulatory approval required for a law firm to do it, just like there's no regulatory approval required for a law firm to take out a bank loan," Pera said. A spokesperson for the American Bar Association said its Center for Professional Responsibility doesn't have any ethics opinions on non-lawyers investing in MSOs. "Lawyers are not subject to the ABA Model Rules," the spokesperson said. "Instead, they are regulated by the state supreme courts in which they are licensed." Opportunities for both lawyers and investors Tom Lenfestey is the founder and CEO of The Law Market Exchange, a sort of Craigslist for law firms. He says private equity companies are typically interested in consumer-driven firms, like personal injury. Investors might be able to introduce new efficiencies into those firms and get a steady stream of revenue in a larger portfolio, said Lenfestey, who also advises on law firm mergers and acquisitions. Private equity companies might be warier of investing in Big Law firms, which typically service corporations and have fewer but bigger clients, he said. Lawyers could always jump ship and take clients with them, but consumer law firms tend to do steadier business, he said. "Personal injury is brand-marketed — it's the billboards, it's the TV, it's the digital marketing," Lenfestey told Business Insider. "It's not attorney relationship-based." Because law firms aren't required to disclose their use of service organizations, it's difficult to know how widespread the practice is. Both Pera and Lenfestey declined to list the firms they've worked with using the structure, citing confidentiality obligations to their clients, but said it's becoming more common. Pera said he knows of one firm that used the structure as far back as 2006. In more recent years, more law firms and investors have become interested in using MSOs, Pera and Lenfestey said. "There are many more that are in process right now, and some of them are quite large," Pera said. "There's a fairly large insurance defense firm in this country that's looking at doing this. There's a fairly large AmLaw-ranked law firm that's looking at this. So there's a non-trivial number of these that are going on." Lawyers who have built up their practices, and who want to cash out, can do so by effectively selling part of their firm to someone else to manage. They can also help firms scale. Selling shares of an MSO could help finance lead generation or advertising. Catalex Network, which launched earlier this year, is using the MSO model to invest in law firms with a longer time horizon. While a private equity firm might want to stick with a law firm for a few years before selling its stake, Catalex Network says it aims to form long-term partnerships with law firms by helping them establish MSOs, buying substantial stakes in them, combining their back-offices, and giving the firms the resources to compete with Big Law. Catalex Network offers bread-and-butter services like IT, payroll, compliance management, and accounting. But also services that are more specific to the legal industry, like recruiting and sophisticated enterprise software that would be cost-prohibitive for smaller firms. "I've seen kind of what big law resources are and I've seen what small law resources are," said Jeffrey Goldenhersh, a Catalex Network founding partner, who previously worked at the Big Law firm Skadden Arps before moving to a boutique firm. For Catalex Network, the MSO structure offers a way for the company to grow with law firms. The American Bar Association's rules meant to preserve attorney independence, such as limits on fee-sharing with non-lawyers, are a non-issue. And while Catalex Network handles the back office, the lawyers can do less managing and more lawyering, Goldenhersh says. "There's a real consolidation going on at the top end of the legal market and some of these smaller, midsize, boutique-type firms are getting a little bit left behind," Jesse Hamilton, another Catalex founding partner, told BI. "So we're trying to help them catch up and be able to step into the ring with some of the larger firms that have consolidated, have the best technology, the best AI, the best back office staff, and have them be able to compete and stay relevant in the industry."
India Today
19-06-2025
- Politics
- India Today
BJP slams Bengal government over Muslim shops making Jagannath temple prasad
West Bengal's Digha Jagannath Dham finds itself in controversy after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) raised objections to the preparation and distribution of the prasad by Muslim-owned IT Cell head Amit Malviya on Tuesday took to social media, criticising the Trinamool Congress-led government. Malviya posted a document online listing several names he identified as Muslim sweet shop shops, he alleged, have been involved in preparing Gaja and Pera, sweets that are being distributed as prasad associated with Lord Jagannath. Sheet shared by BJP IT Cell head Amit Malviya highlighted the list of shop owners. advertisement 'Mamata Banerjee is trampling on Hindu sentiments with impunity in West Bengal! In the Suti 1 Block of Murshidabad district, sweet shops and ration dealers - majority of them Muslim - have reportedly been entrusted with the preparation and distribution of Gaja and Pera, which are being labelled as Prabhu Jagannath Dev's sacred prasad,' he wrote on added, 'This is not just administrative carelessness. This is a deliberate provocation. In Puri, even today, non-Hindus are not allowed to enter the Jagannath Temple - such is the sanctity attached to the Lord and His traditions. And yet, in Mamata Banerjee's Bengal, prasad meant for devotees of Lord Jagannath is being sourced from shops run by those who do not even follow the faith!'Calling the incident 'targeted sacrilege,' the BJP leader claimed that Hindus and Jagannath devotees are 'deeply hurt,' terming it a violation of tradition and religious similar concerns, Suvendu Adhikari, Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, criticised the distribution of Digha Jagannath Dham prasad through Muslim-run establishments. 'It is hurting our sentiments,' he response, senior Trinamool leader Firhad Hakim rejected the allegations, calling them 'mean thinking".Defending the state government's position, Hakim said, 'Bhagawan is for everyone and his prasad is also for everyone. This whole world is created by God and if a prasad is for him, then it is for everyone. One who is willing will accept it, and one like Suvendu Adhikari, who is an atheist, will not accept it.'West Bengal's Jagannath Temple in Digha was inaugurated by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on April 30 this year. The temple is a replica of the main Jagannath Temple in Puri, new temple has since led to several political controversies between BJP and Trinamool.
Al Bawaba
12-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Al Bawaba
Afra Saraçoğlu and Furkan Andıç to star in Disney Plus series 'Pera'
ALBAWABA - Afra Saraçoğlu, Furkan Andıç team up for Disney's 'Pera' series As the series 'Yalı Çapkını' came to a close, Afra Saraçoğlu, who has been one of the most talked about names in recent times, signed a new project. Disney Plus will be the platform where the highly awaited series 'Pera' will be shown, and the stunning actress will play the lead role in the show. Afra Saraçoğlu's partner in the series is established to be the accomplished actor Furkan Andıç, as indicated by the information that has been gathered. An enigmatic and fascinating baker named "Adam" will be portrayed by the handsome actor Furkan Andıç in the series. It is intriguing to speculate about the impact that this persona, which Andıç would represent, will have on the narrative. A trending subject on social media was the sequences of the couple that would be featured in the series, which will consist of eight episodes. These events occurred before the programs had even been broadcast. Afra Saraçoğlu Instagram profile The audience has shown a significant amount of interest in the fact that Afra Saraçoğlu and Furkan Andıç have collaborated on a project for the very first time through their collaboration. The date on which the romance drama series will be made available to the public has not yet been decided. "Pera" is widely regarded as one of the initiatives that has generated the most buzz among those who are working behind the scenes right now. As a result of Furkan Andıç's support for his lover Aybüke Pusat, he was recently removed from the cast of the series "Muhabir" that was broadcast on the TRT Tabii platform. As a result of this significant event, the television series "Pera" initiated a fresh chapter for Andıç. Furkan Andıç Instagram profile OGM Pictures is now working on preparing the new series "Pera" for digital platforms, and it will soon be made available to the audience. The production, which features Afra Saraçoğlu and Furkan Andıç, delves extensively into contemporary topics such as the impact of social media on individuals, the quest for digital identity, and the inherent paradoxes that are inherent in the present era. Attracting attention with both the psychological dimension it contains and its sociological observations, the series, which focuses on the complicated relationship that individuals in today's world have with the virtual world, is getting ready to do so.
