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India’s Sesa Sterlite Ltd. has lost a bid to block a bankruptcy-court order requiring it to pay an $82.75 million judgment stemming from its failed attempt to acquire Asarco LLC, a U.S.-based copper miner. Read Peg Brickley’s story in the Daily Bankruptcy Review.

Stephen Darr is no stranger to complex bankruptcies, but one case tops the list.

In June, a bankruptcy judge authorized Mr. Darr to take control of TelexFree LLC, a Massachusetts-based company accused by federal securities regulators of operating a massive pyramid scheme.

“I’ve been involved in a lot of interesting cases,” said Mr. Darr, a senior managing director at Mesirow Financial Consulting LLC in Boston. “TelexFree is number one.”

David Benick has joined consulting firm Gavin/Solmonese as a senior director and will work with the litigation consulting team. He has experience in bankruptcy valuation, dispute valuation and other types of valuations. Most recently, Mr. Benick worked with advisory firm Grant Thornton. He is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute and the Turnaround Management Association.

This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, Ne-Yo’s accusing his ex-manager, who invested his money in a company that went bankrupt, of conning him. Also, investor and reality-TV host Marcus Lemonis owns a bakery that supplied cupcakes to Crumbs.

A group Argentina banks are working on a last-minute plan to help the country avoid default, The Wall Street Journal reports.