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Corporate Restructuring & Litigation Partner Todd Padnos Brings Insurance and Bankruptcy Expertise to Sheppard Mullin San Francisco - msnbc.com

05/11/12

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.

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Corporate Restructuring & Litigation Partner Todd Padnos Brings Insurance and Bankruptcy Expertise to Sheppard Mullin San Francisco - Market Wire

05/11/12

SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - May 11, 2012) - 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.

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Corporate Restructuring & Litigation Partner Todd Padnos Brings Insurance and Bankruptcy Expertise to Sheppard Mullin San Francisco - Arlington Heights Daily Herald

05/11/12

SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 05/11/12 -- 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 ...

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Top bankruptcy lawyer to leave Dewey - Reuters

05/11/12

May 11 (Reuters) - Martin Bienenstock, a prominent bankruptcy lawyer who advised on General Motors ... while Kessler, the former head of litigation at Dewey, is going to Winston & Strawn.

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Congressman calls asbestos attorneys who contacted him 'parasites' - Legal News Line

05/11/12

House Resolution 4369 would require bankruptcy trusts, which were created by companies that went bankrupt from asbestos litigation, to disclose claims and exposure allegations while providing third-party discovery in civil lawsuits. The trust system ...

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The Daily Docket: Publisher Houghton Mifflin to File for Bankruptcy - Wall Street Journal

05/11/12

Half a century after the first wave of lawsuits were filed for illnesses linked to exposure to asbestos, the asbestos-litigation business is booming, reports Reuters. Follow Bankruptcy Beat on Twitter.

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Judge rules on the limits of powers held by bankruptcy courts - SmartBrief

05/11/12

U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff has ruled that bankruptcy judges can't make final decisions on claims of fraudulent transfers and unjust enrichment. The ruling came in a case involving the Refco litigation trust. Rakoff allowed the owners of the New York ...

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McKool Smith Opens Silicon Valley Office - Yahoo Finance

05/11/12

In 2009, McKool Smith expanded into bankruptcy litigation with the opening of its Houston office. With the expansion into California, McKool Smith has solidified its national footprint from coast to coast.

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EMI Adds Insult To Bankruptcy In Misguided Gloating Over MP3Tunes Demise - Tech Dirt

05/10/12

We already wrote about EMI's success in bankrupting MP3Tunes via overly aggressive litigation. But, now the company has decided to add insult to bankruptcy with a bizarrely gloating statement provided to News.com's Greg Sandoval. Since November ...

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Exclusive: Music locker service MP3tunes.com files for bankruptcy - CNET News

05/10/12

He did say that typically in bankruptcy cases, unfinished litigation is stayed. That would mean that we may not get a final ruling in EMI vs. MP3tunes.com. Robertson said if EMI's goal was to use the lawsuit to drive MP3tunes out of business ...

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