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Laurie Selber Silverstein Nearly a decade ago, attorney Laurie Selber Silverstein played a role in naming four new judges to sit on the Delaware bankruptcy bar in the largest expansion of the court’s history. Soon, Ms. ... Read full article

This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, one-half of a “Real Housewives of New Jersey” couple gets another jail sentence, and Crumbs reopened in midtown Manhattan . Also, 38 Studios’ bankruptcy trustee is looking for $232,800. ... Read full article

Marc Dreier Associated Press Marc Dreier won’t be leaving prison after all. ... Read full article

Energy Future Holdings Corp. will continue making its case next Wednesday in Wilmington, Del., to pay as much as $18 million in bonuses to upper management. A hearing on the matter began on Oct. 8 and spilled into Oct. 9, as the company faces a fight from ... Read full article

Marc Dreier Associated Press A bankruptcy judge has ruled that while Marc Dreier should testify at an upcoming trial, the imprisoned ex-lawyer can’t do so in his courtroom. < ... Read full article

This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, a judge handed down prison sentences to “Real Housewives of New Jersey” stars Teresa and Joe Giudice, and some other “RHONJ” stars are in the news as well. Also, Detroit has made a major impression on Ben Affleck, ... Read full article

Teresa and Joe Giudice arrive in court on March 4. Eduardo Munoz/Reuters “Real Housewives of New Jersey” star Teresa Giudice said filing for ... Read full article

Brothers Sandy Rosen, left, and Ken Rosen Growing up in northern New Jersey, fraternal twin brothers Ken and Sandy Rosen didn’t share a dream of becoming bankruptcy lawyers. ... Read full article

The London and Frankfurt offices of law firm Bingham McCutchen , as well as a number of partners from the firm’s Hong Kong office, will join Akin Gump in a move that will open Akin Gump’s first office in Germany. ... Read full article

Marc Dreier Associated Press Imprisoned ex-lawyer Marc Dreier is back to writing legal pleas, this time on his own behalf. ... Read full article

A bankruptcy judge Tuesday shut down an attempt by a former Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP executive to dismiss a lawsuit claiming he owes the defunct firm’s creditors $9.3 million. Dewey’s bankruptcy trustee in March sued the executive , former Chief Operating ... Read full article

Cal Poly fullback Akaninyene Umoh, front left, congratulates linebacker Johnny Millard after Cal Poly’s 42-14 victory over Northern Colorado in November 2013. Da ... Read full article

A new lawsuit seeks to hold M&I Bank, now owned by BMO Harris Bank, responsible for allegedly enabling Minnesota businessman Tom Petters to orchestrate a Ponzi scheme that cheated investors out of several billion dollars. The Wall Street Journal has ... Read full article

Burned out lights can be seen as a woman passes Trump Plaza Hotel & Casino on the boardwalk Sept. ... Read full article

“American Sniper” author Chris Kyle poses for this 2012 file photo. Mr. Kyle was fatally shot at a shooting range southwest of Fort Worth, Texas, on Feb. ... Read full article

[ Editor’s note: We received this post in response to our series of Examiners’ posts on work-life balance .] ... Read full article

This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, Vintage Associates is selling Jackson family memorabilia, and “Real Housewives of New Jersey” stars Teresa and Joe Giudice are selling their house. Also, the patriarch of “My Five Wives” is out of bankruptcy. ... Read full article

[Editor’s note: We received this post from five Weil, Gotshal & Manges partners in response to this Examiners blog post on the gender gap in the restructuring field.] ... Read full article