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A South Florida lawyer on Friday received a 30-month prison sentence, the consequences of getting mixed up with Ponzi-scheme operator Scott Rothstein.

Russell Adler, one of three name partners in the now-defunct law firm Mr. Rothstein founded, received his sentence from a federal judge after pleading guilty to making illegal contributions to political campaigns at Mr. Rothstein’s request.

Mitchell Brand has joined law firm Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young LLP as co-chair of its finance and restructuring group. He most recently worked as a partner and co-chair of the special situations group at Otterbourg P.C. Mr. Brand works with lenders on financing transactions and counts hedge funds, private-equity firms and banks among his clients.

This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, a New Orleans celebrity chef put his business ventures in bankruptcy, and the rescuer of Twinkies may be eyeing an NFL creampuff. Also, Alec Baldwin got a key to the city.

A Minnesota liberal arts college that was once a beneficiary of Tom Petters’s largesse will return $600,000 of the $3 million it received.

In the 5 1/2 years since attorney Sheila Gowan began liquidating Marc Dreier’s former law firm, she’s collected $79 million to help repay the de