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Veteran litigation partner Mike Padden's move to Levenfeld Pearlstein from Howrey, LLP was recently noted in several legal publications, including Law360, the ABA Journal, The Lawyer, and most recently, Legal Week.

First it was associates, but these days it's income partners who are feeling the pain of layoffs.

Kurt Stitcher, Chair of the Litigation Practice Group, was quoted in this article about the likely fallout – in terms of litigation, investigation, and legislation – of the recent Toyota recalls over accelerators and braking systems, published by Product Liability Law 360.

Partner Gary Blackman commented to ABC local News on a Supreme Court case in which a local suburban company accuses the NFL of price-fixing.

Kurt Stitcher, Chair of the Litigation Practice Group, was quoted in this article about legislative and case law changes that prominent product liability defense lawyers would like to see come to fruition in 2010, published by Product Liability Law 360.

Partner Christopher Griesmeyer is quoted in the September 2009 Business & Legal Reports national update, What to Do About Personnel Problems. Employers have long attempted to protect their trade secrets, clients, and employees from departing workers with several types of covenants. Mr. Griesmeyer discusses how those covenants can be endangered.