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.
February 10, 2025 | Litigation Daily
With DEI Top of Mind, Black Judges Discuss Growing Up During Segregation, Efforts to Diversify the Profession“Segregation was an impetus for me. It was my life. It's my lived experience,” said Ninth Circuit Judge Johnnie Rawlinson. “No one can take that away because I lived it, and it's my story. And we can't take it away by pretending it didn't exist.”
By Ross Todd
8 minute read
February 07, 2025 | Litigation Daily
Litigators of the Week: US Soccer and MLS Fend Off Claims They Conspired to Scuttle Rival League’s ProspectFederal jurors in Brooklyn found the North American Soccer League hadn’t proven its conspiracy case, handing a win to the United States Soccer Federation, represented by Christopher Yates and Larry Buterman of Latham & Watkins, and Major League Soccer, represented by Bradley Ruskin and Kevin Perra of Proskauer Rose.
By Ross Todd
15 minute read
February 07, 2025 | Litigation Daily
Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout-OutsCleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett squared off with lawyers from the Federal Trade Commission in a seven-day bench trial over Tempur Sealy International Inc.’s $4 billion acquisition of Mattress Firm Inc.
By Ross Todd
7 minute read
February 06, 2025 | Law.com
'A Waste of Your Time': Practice Tips From Judges in the Oakland Federal Courthouse“If you’re filing a motion just because you can file it, it’s a waste of our time. It’s a waste of your time,” said U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers.
By Ross Todd
6 minute read
February 06, 2025 | The Recorder
‘Listen, Listen, Listen’: Practice Tips From Judges in the Oakland Federal Courthouse“If you’re filing a motion just because you can file it, it’s a waste of our time. It’s a waste of your time,” said U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers.
By Ross Todd
6 minute read
February 06, 2025 | Litigation Daily
‘Listen, Listen, Listen’: Some Practice Tips From Judges in the Oakland Federal Courthouse“If you’re filing a motion just because you can file it, it’s a waste of our time. It’s a waste of your time,” said U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers.
By Ross Todd
6 minute read
February 04, 2025 | Litigation Daily
How the Court of Public Opinion Should Factor Into Litigation StrategyCrisis management professionals at Sitrick and Company featured Matthew Schwartz, the newly minted chairman of Boies Schiller Flexner, in their debut podcast about the intersection of public relations and litigation.
By Ross Todd
6 minute read
February 03, 2025 | The Recorder
Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout-Outs: Davis Wright Tremaine, Wilmer and MoreRunners-Up this week include litigators at Davis Wright Tremaine, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, Gupta Wessler, Latham & Watkins, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, Steptoe, Sullivan & Cromwell and Susman Godfrey.
By Ross Todd
8 minute read
February 03, 2025 | Litigation Daily
An Eye on ‘De-Risking’: Chewing on Hot Topics in Litigation Funding With Jeffery Lula of GLS CapitalLula, a principal at litigation funder GLS Capital in Chicago and former Kirkland & Ellis litigation partner, chats about what he’s watching for in 2025.
By Ross Todd
9 minute read
January 31, 2025 | Litigation Daily
Litigators of the Week: A $630M Antitrust Settlement for Automotive Software Vendors—$140M More Than Alleged OverchargesMore than eight years ago, Michael Nemelka of Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick got a call from an automotive software company alleging CDK Global conspired with its main rival to eliminate competition. This week, on the eve of trial, Nemelka and partners Derek Ho and Dan Dorris helped a class of vendors reach a $630 million settlement with CDK.
By Ross Todd
6 minute read
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