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.

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July 10, 2024 | Litigation Daily

Litigator of the (Past) Week: In First SCOTUS Arg, Gibson Dunn's Evangelis Tackles Thorny Policy Issues Around Homelessness

Theane Evangelis represented Grants Pass, Oregon, in a case where the court found the city's public-camping ordinance did not violate the Eighth Amendment.

By Ross Todd

11 minute read

July 09, 2024 | Litigation Daily

Runners-Up and Shout-Outs From Before the 4th

Here's a look at some of the wins that landed in the run-up to the Independence Day holiday.

By Ross Todd

7 minute read

July 08, 2024 | Litigation Daily

Litigation Leaders: Don McMinn of Hollingsworth on Going Where the Work Takes You

"We have argued before federal and state courts nationwide, and we do not shy away from going toe-to-toe with plaintiffs' counsel in their preferred home-turf courthouses, whether that be suburban California or small-town Mississippi."

By Ross Todd

9 minute read

July 03, 2024 | Litigation Daily

Defense Lawyer Barry Pollack On the Questions Left Unanswered After Julian Assange's Plea Deal

As Barry Pollack of Harris St. Laurent & Wechsler was handling a high-profile sexual assault case for a lawyer-defendant last month in D.C. Superior Court, he was also helping negotiate the guilty plea that allowed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to return to Australia a free man.

By Ross Todd

6 minute read

July 02, 2024 | Litigation Daily

Leading an Am Law 50 Office While Maintaining a Litigation Practice

Some insight from Nancy Chung, who leads Sidley Austin's New York office, Megan Nishikawa of Hogan Lovells in San Francisco, Petrina Hall McDaniel, of Squire Patton Boggs in Atlanta, and Anthony (Tony) Barkow, of Jenner & Block in New York.

By Ross Todd

5 minute read

July 01, 2024 | Litigation Daily

The Tough Part About the Transition to the Bench … and Then to the Appellate Bench

Speaking at the federal courthouse in Seattle last week, Ninth Circuit Chief Judge Mary Murguia and her colleagues Consuelo Callahan and Kim McLane discussed their career paths and the biggest challenge about taking on trial and appellate court roles.

By Ross Todd

6 minute read

June 28, 2024 | Litigation Daily

Litigators of the Week: Eliciting a Mea Culpa From the IRS For Citadel Founder Over Leaked Tax Records

After William Burck, AJ Merton and Peter Fountain of Quinn Emanuel sued the Internal Revenue Service on behalf of billionaire investor Ken Griffin, the agency this week apologized to him and thousands of others whose tax information was leaked to the press by a contractor.

By Ross Todd

10 minute read

June 28, 2024 | Litigation Daily

Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout-Outs

Runners-up this week include litigators from Steptoe and Quinn Emanuel.

By Ross Todd

7 minute read

June 27, 2024 | Litigation Daily

Litigator of the (Past) Week: SCOTUS Unanimously Preserves Access to Abortion Pill Mifepristone

Jessica Ellsworth of Hogan Lovells represented pharmaceutical company Danco Laboratories throughout a court challenge to the way the FDA regulated the use of mifepristone.

By Ross Todd

9 minute read

June 26, 2024 | Litigation Daily

Deep Breaths and Clenched Toes: Tips For Making It Through Jury Selection

Chris Beeman of Northern California civil defense firm Clapp Moroney Vucinich Beeman + Scheley and Richard Schoenberger of San Francisco plaintiffs firm Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberger offer some nuggets on managing voir dire.

By Ross Todd

5 minute read

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