Ross Todd
Ross Todd is the Editor/columnist for the Am Law Litigation Daily. He writes about litigation of all sorts. Previously, Ross was the Bureau Chief of The Recorder, ALM's California affiliate. Contact Ross at [email protected]. On Twitter: @Ross_Todd.
January 22, 2025 | Litigation Daily
MoFo Associate Sees a Familiar Face During Her First Appellate Argument: Justice BreyerMorrison & Foerster associate Diana Kim clerked for Justice Stephen Breyer for two terms at the U.S. Supreme Court before joining the firm about two years ago. She learned about a week before she argued her first appeal at the First Circuit this month that the retired justice would be sitting on the panel hearing the case.
By Ross Todd
7 minute read
January 21, 2025 | Law.com
Quiet Retirement Meets Resounding Win: Quinn Emanuel Name Partner Kathleen Sullivan's Vimeo VictoryIn a case that’s been running for a decade and a half of Sullivan’s 20 years at the firm that bears her name, the Second Circuit found that video-sharing website Vimeo was entitled to safe harbor under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act from claims brought by music rightsholders—handing a win to Sullivan and partners Todd Anten and Owen Roberts.
By Ross Todd
10 minute read
January 21, 2025 | Law.com
A Lesson on the Value of Good Neighbors Amid the Tragedy of the LA FiresSteve Foster, a litigation partner at Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp, remained in his Pacific Palisades neighborhood despite evacuation orders to try to protect his childhood home and the homes of his neighbors.
By Ross Todd
8 minute read
January 21, 2025 | Litigation Daily
Amid the Tragedy of the L.A. Fires, a Lesson on the Value of Good NeighborsSteve Foster, a litigation partner at Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp, remained in his Pacific Palisades neighborhood despite evacuation orders to try to protect his childhood home and the homes of his neighbors.
By Ross Todd
8 minute read
January 17, 2025 | The American Lawyer
Quiet Retirement Meets Resounding Win: Quinn Emanuel Name Partner Kathleen Sullivan's Vimeo VictoryWhen you’re the only woman-name partner in the Am Law 100, it’s hard to walk away without anyone noticing—especially when Sullivan and her partners notched a win in a long-running case they've been handling for video-sharing client Vimeo.
By Ross Todd
10 minute read
January 17, 2025 | Litigation Daily
Litigators of the Week: Shortly After Name Partner Kathleen Sullivan’s Retirement, Quinn Emanuel Scores Appellate Win for VimeoIn a case that’s been running for a decade and a half of Sullivan’s 20 years at the firm that bears her name, the Second Circuit found that video-sharing website Vimeo was entitled to safe harbor under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act from claims brought by music rightsholders—handing a win to Sullivan and partners Todd Anten and Owen Roberts.
By Ross Todd
10 minute read
January 17, 2025 | Litigation Daily
Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout-OutsWhite & Case scored a significant turnaround at the U.S. International Trade Commission for client Voltage in a patent dispute over solar panel technology.
By Ross Todd
6 minute read
January 15, 2025 | Delaware Business Court Insider
Defending Against a $290M Claim and Scoring a $116M Win in Del. Drug Patent FightA trial team led by Latham’s Mike Morin and David Frazier and Finnegan’s William (Bill) Raich helped Sarepta Therapeutics come out victorious as the counter-claimant in a patent trial concerning treatment for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, a degenerative muscular disorder.
By Ross Todd
10 minute read
January 15, 2025 | Litigation Daily
In-House Lawyers Are Focused on Employment and Cybersecurity Disputes, But Looking Out for Conflict Over AIThe 20th annual litigation trends survey by Norton Rose Fulbright also found that general counsel and in-house litigators have a growing concern about so-called “nuclear verdicts.”
By Ross Todd
5 minute read
January 14, 2025 | Litigation Daily
While Antitrust Enforcement Might Have Been Hot in 2024, Cartel Fines Were NotSimpson Thacher & Bartlett released a year-over-year analysis of cartel fines in select jurisdictions across the globe as part of their 2025 Global Cartel Forecast released yesterday.
By Ross Todd
9 minute read
