Lawsuits

Todd L. Padnos has joined Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as a partner in the firm's Business Trial and Finance and Bankruptcy practice groups, based in the firm's 90-attorney San Francisco office. Padnos joins from Dewey & LeBoeuf in Silicon Valley.

“It completely depends,” said Clint Bolick, the vice president for litigation at the Goldwater Institute ... The N.H.L. bought the Coyotes out of bankruptcy in 2009 for about $140 million. The Coyotes, who make their first appearance ...

and lawyers interviewed for this story say Dewey's bankruptcy is virtually certain. And once it comes, the resulting slew of litigation will be especially ugly for partners. Apart from the usual claims brought against former partners in bankruptcy court ...

Well known in bankruptcy circles, he became one of the chief partners ... while Kessler, the former head of litigation at Dewey, is going to Winston & Strawn.

The Law Office of James C. White (http://jcwhitelaw.com), a law firm based in Durham, N.C., focusing on civil litigation and bankruptcy, has announced the release of a podcast on home loan modifications and mortgage options. In the podcast, James C.