Martin & MacArthur, the Hawaii furniture, jewelry and accessories manufacturer and retailer, opened its second Las Vegas store at the Grand Canal Shoppes of The Venetian Las Vegas this week.
“Our new location at the Grand Canal Shoppes of the Venetian is a very large store with highly distinctive pieces made by the finest Hawaii craftsmen and some new craftsmen including Derek Bencomo,” said Martin & MacArthur President and CEO Michael Tam.
The new store will be the company’s flagship Las…
Workers at a Vietnamese factory used by Nike and Adidas continue to strike over a change in a government pension program, according to news reports.
The roughly 90,000 workers are protesting a change in a program that will prevent them from getting lump-sum payments if they leave a company, according to a Bloomberg report.
The factory, operated by Pou Chen Corp., makes footwear for numerous brands, including Nike and Adidas.
"We are monitoring the situation and are in close contact with our partners…
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G. Thomas Curran Jr.
May 8, 2014
New hire
Employer: Shumaker Loop & Kendrick LLP
Position: Associate
Summary: Curran has joined the Tampa office as an associate in the litigation department. He primarily focuses his practice in bankruptcy, creditors’ rights, and insolvency.
This is part of the Lawyers & CPAs on the Move section featuring new hires and promotions in 2014. 
Tyler Samsing
May 23, 2015
Promotion
Employer: Arnstein & Lehr LLC
Position: Non-Equity Partner
Summary: Samsing’s practice within the firm is focused primarily on creditors’ rights, bankruptcy, real estate and related commercial litigation.
This is part of the Lawyers & CPAs on the Move section featuring new hires and promotions in 2014. 
Jacqueline Simms-Petredis
May 23, 2014
New hire
Employer: Burr & Forman LLP
Position: Associate
Summary: Simms-Petredis has joined Burr & Forman LLP as a Tampa-based associate in the firm’s Financial Services Litigation practice group. She was previously with Akerman LLP. Simms-Petredis’ practice includes advising financial institutions, mortgage loan originators, loan servicers and investors in contested foreclosures, bankruptcy adversary proceedings, compliance issues, and direct filed… 
When Sujata Yalamanchili mentions working at Hodgson Russ while speaking to law students and young attorneys about career paths, she sees intimidation across many faces.
“They think, ‘Oh, it must be so hard to work there. It must be like a sweatshop,’ ” said Yalamanchili, a partner in the Buffalo law firm and leader of the real estate, finance and bankruptcy practice group.
While she acknowledges the need to work hard to be successful and advance at a law firm — that’s true of any professional,… 
The bidding war for RadioShack will continue this week in a U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington, Delaware.
The Fort Worth, Texas-based retailer is seeking approval for a bid made by the hedge fund Standard General that would keep more than 1,700 stores open and reportedly save roughly 7,600 jobs. Lawyers for RadioShack, Standard General spent last week presenting their bids to the court.
But Salus Partners is challenging the value of Standard General's bid and has a new bid of its own in the works.
RadioShack… 
