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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February 22, 2024 | Litigation Daily

A DIY Approach to Mock Juror Focus Groups

Stuart Ratzan, founding partner of South Florida plaintiffs firm Ratzan Weissman & Boldt discusses what he gets out of hearing from seven to 12 mock jurors on issues varying from opening statements to witness credibility—sometimes 10 times or more on a particular case.

By Ross Todd

6 minute read

February 21, 2024 | Litigation Daily

The Value of Having an Appellate Specialist on Your Trial Team

"We are error-correcting courts," said Florida appellate Judge Morris Silberman. "Appellate lawyers know what appellate judges need to make a decision that is based on the law."

By Ross Todd

4 minute read

February 16, 2024 | Litigation Daily

Litigators of the Week: In Mobile Gaming Showdown, a Side-Battle Over 'Bots'

King & Spalding partners Lazar Raynal and Chris Campbell won a $42.9 million verdict for mobile gaming client Skillz Platform Inc. after jurors in San Jose, California found that rival AviaGames willfully infringed a patent for pairing like-skilled players.

By Ross Todd

8 minute read

February 16, 2024 | Litigation Daily

Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout Outs

Runners-up honors this week go to litigators at Cleary, Latham, MoFo, Simpson Thacher and Skadden.

By Ross Todd

7 minute read

February 15, 2024 | Litigation Daily

The Buzzword All Over the Early Am Law Returns: Litigation

Quinn Emanuel and Jenner & Block—two of the most litigation-centric in the Am Law 100—have posted some of the strongest financial numbers for 2023 reported so far.

By Ross Todd

4 minute read

February 14, 2024 | Litigation Daily

Hours Down. Revenues Up. What Gives?

"Billable hours worked, the market's favored measure of demand for legal services, is simply becoming a less useful measurement," write the authors of a report issued this week by The Thomson Reuters Institute.

By Ross Todd

4 minute read

February 13, 2024 | Litigation Daily

The Originalist Case for Forum Shopping?

Last week Ashley Keller and Zina Bash of Keller Postman discussed how they shaped the winning argument in a major personal jurisdiction case decided by the U.S. Supreme Court last year.

By Ross Todd

5 minute read

February 12, 2024 | Litigation Daily

Litigation Leaders: Brendan Johnson of Robins Kaplan on Driving a Case With a Jury in Mind

"Attorneys who have experience and confidence in their ability to try cases are more comfortable being creative and know better what issues will actually matter to a jury."

By Ross Todd

5 minute read

February 09, 2024 | Litigation Daily

Litigators of the Week: Shaving a $366M Retaliation Verdict Against FedEx to Less than $249K

Kyle Hawkins and Leah Bower of Lehotsky Keller Cohn secured a ruling from the Fifth Circuit last week taking a $365 million punitive damages award to $0 in a case where a former FedEx manager claimed she was fired in retaliation for bringing claims of discrimination.

By Ross Todd

7 minute read

February 09, 2024 | Litigation Daily

Litigator of the Week Runners-Up And Shout Outs

A team at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman secured a ruling eliminating more than a half billion dollars in potential liability for client Teck Cominco Metals in a long-running environmental suit in the Eastern District of Washington.

By Ross Todd

7 minute read

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