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.
November 22, 2024 | Litigation Daily
Litigators of the Week: A Trade Secret Win at the ITC for Viking Over Promising Potential Liver DrugEric Dittmann and Kecia Reynolds of Paul Hastings helped client Viking Therapeutics Inc. secure a seven-year exclusion order from an administrative law judge at the ITC against Ascletis—a rival also developing a potential treatment for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.
By Ross Todd
11 minute read
November 22, 2024 | Litigation Daily
Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout-OutsLitigators at Sidley Austin capped a 24-case winning streak for Aspen American Insurance Co. in COVID-19 business interruption litigation with no case surviving past a motion to dismiss.
By Ross Todd
7 minute read
November 20, 2024 | Litigation Daily
Helping Lawyers Move Away from ‘Grinding’ and Toward a ‘Flow’Plaintiffs lawyer Tom Drew of the Drew Law Firm in Des Moines, Iowa, discusses the changes in fitness, nutrition and mindset he’s made with the help of a lifestyle coach.
By Ross Todd
5 minute read
November 19, 2024 | International Edition
Trying a Case for Abu Ghraib Prisoners Two Decades After AbusePatterson Belknap partners Muhammad Faridi and Michael Buchanan discuss the firm’s work that helped three men held prisoner at the notorious Iraqi prison win a $42 million verdict against a military contractor.
By Ross Todd
5 minute read
November 19, 2024 | Litigation Daily
Trying a Case for Abu Ghraib Detainees Two Decades After AbusePatterson Belknap partners Muhammad Faridi and Michael Buchanan discuss the firm’s work that helped three men held prisoner at the notorious Iraqi prison win a $42 million verdict against a military contractor.
By Ross Todd
5 minute read
November 18, 2024 | Litigation Daily
Remembering Ted OlsonSome thoughts on covering a titan of the appellate bar.
By Ross Todd
6 minute read
November 15, 2024 | Litigation Daily
Litigators of the Week: Simpson Thacher and ACLU Team To Challenge Louisiana's Ten Commandments LawWith Jonathan Youngwood of Simpson Thacher and Heather Weaver of the ACLU arguing for plaintiffs, a federal judge in Baton Rouge blocked the law requiring the display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms.
By Ross Todd
11 minute read
November 15, 2024 | Litigation Daily
Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout-OutsRunners-up this week include trial teams at Patterson Belknap and Susman Godfrey.
By Ross Todd
6 minute read
November 14, 2024 | The Recorder
Two Judges. 60-Plus Years on the Bench. Plenty of Advice.U.S. District Senior Judges Maxine Chesney and William Alsup spoke last month at the San Francisco federal courthouse about things they’ve picked up during their decades on the bench.
By Ross Todd
7 minute read
November 13, 2024 | Litigation Daily
Two Judges. 60-Plus Years on the Bench. Plenty of Advice.U.S. District Senior Judges Maxine Chesney and William Alsup spoke last month at the San Francisco federal courthouse about things they’ve picked up during their decades on the bench.
By Ross Todd
7 minute read
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