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 08, 2024 | Litigation Daily
Big Law and Litigation Finance Seem to Be Having a MomentIn a recent webcast hosted by Burford Capital, Co-COO Aviva Will said the publicly traded litigation finance firm has seen a recent uptick in interest from companies and large law firms.
By Ross Todd
4 minute read
February 07, 2024 | Litigation Daily
3 Tips for Navigating Nerves to Give a Confident Court PresentationFormer New York City prosecutor-turned-communications consultant Laurie Gilbertson offered up some useful tips for dealing with nerves in a web presentation late last month sponsored by NITA.
By Ross Todd
4 minute read
February 06, 2024 | Litigation Daily
A Steady Litigation Year Helped Drive Big Law Revenue GainsThe latest annual numbers from Wells Fargo's Legal Specialty Group, a survey drawing on financial data from more than 130 law firms, found that revenues grew year-over-year by 6%, with some momentum coming into 2024 thanks to strength in countercycle practices and rate increases.
By Ross Todd
4 minute read
February 05, 2024 | Litigation Daily
An Art Case That Shows the Internet Is Not a Copyright Free-For-AllDavid Marriott of Cravath, Swaine & Moore discusses his work on behalf of photographers Donald Graham and Eric McNatt whose images appropriation artist Richard Prince infringed in his Instagram-based "New Portraits" series.
By Ross Todd
9 minute read
February 02, 2024 | Litigation Daily
Litigators of the Week: Rolling Back Elon Musk's $56B Tesla Compensation PackageA team led by Greg Varallo and Jeroen van Kwawegen of Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann and David Tejtel of Friedman Oster & Tejtel secured a post-trial ruling from Delaware Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick finding that when it came to the Tesla CEO's pay package "Musk launched a self-driving process, recalibrating the speed and direction along the way as he saw fit."
By Ross Todd
10 minute read
February 02, 2024 | Litigation Daily
Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout OutsKaplan Hecker & Fink won a second verdict against former President Donald Trump for client E. Jean Carroll.
By Ross Todd
7 minute read
February 01, 2024 | Litigation Daily
Some Thoughts on Securities Litigation Trends From Either Side of the BarJerry Silk of Bernstein Litowitz and Scott Musoff of Skadden weigh in on what's going on behind the numbers in the latest Cornerstone Research annual report on securities class actions.
By Ross Todd
5 minute read
January 31, 2024 | Litigation Daily
With Crypto, COVID and SPAC Claims on the Wane, What Had Securities Class Action Filings Ticking Up in 2023?Quick hint: Look back at the financial headlines from early in the year.
By Ross Todd
4 minute read
January 30, 2024 | Litigation Daily
From the Bench to the Booth: 2 Former Judges Now at Gibson Dunn Pair for PodcastGeorge Hazel joined the firm last year in Washington, D.C. after serving on the District of Maryland bench. Gregg Costa joined in Houston in 2022 after time on both the Fifth Circuit and the trial bench in the Southern District of Texas. They're pairing for the podcast "A View from the Bench."
By Ross Todd
10 minute read
January 29, 2024 | Litigation Daily
Appealing to Jurors' Sense of What's RightDaralyn Durie of Morrison & Foerster says trial lawyers should be making "an argument for why the jurors should feel good about the decision that they are willing to make if it is a decision in your favor."
By Ross Todd
7 minute read
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