Ross Todd

January 26, 2024 | Litigation Daily

Natalie Bennett and Jason White of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius convinced Delaware jurors that Vector Flow and its three founders misappropriated HID Global trade secrets and infringed its patent willfully. They got their full ask of $45 million in damages.

By Ross Todd

8 minute read

January 26, 2024 | Litigation Daily

A Robins Kaplan trial team won a $42.5 million verdict for Willis Electric Co. Ltd. in a patent fight with Polygroup—the world's leading maker of artificial Christmas trees.

By Ross Todd

6 minute read

January 25, 2024 | Litigation Daily

In Baker McKenzie's annual survey of 600 senior legal and risk professionals from companies with more than $500 million in revenue based in the U.K., the U.S., Singapore and Brazil, 73% cited ESG disputes as a risk to their organization—by far the most commonly cited.

By Ross Todd

4 minute read

January 24, 2024 | Litigation Daily

Demand was up 3.2% in litigation according to the latest report from Thomson Reuters and Georgetown Law. But demand rose 4.4% year-over-year among midsize firms, compared to just 2.4% for Am Law 100 firms and 2.5% for Second Hundred firms.

By Ross Todd

5 minute read

January 23, 2024 | Law.com

According to court papers, Yale University and Emory University have agreed to pay $18.5 million apiece, Brown University has agreed to pay $19.5 million, and Columbia University and Duke University both agreed to pay $24 million to settle claims they colluded to limit the amount of need-based financial aid provided to undergraduates.

By Ross Todd

2 minute read

January 23, 2024 | Litigation Daily

David Perla, the co-chief operating officer of Burford Capital, outlines where he sees artificial intelligence helping the litigation finance firm make more and better investments.

By Ross Todd

5 minute read

January 22, 2024 | Litigation Daily

"A challenge of our structure is that, given its size, our litigation department must first and foremost be its own profit center, bringing in clients for litigation matters," says Mascherin, one of four co-chairs of the practice that makes up more than 80% of firm headcount and revenues.

By Ross Todd

10 minute read

January 19, 2024 | Litigation Daily

Since 2020, Desmarais LLP partner Kerri-Ann Limbeek has represented prenatal testing client Ravgen in eight patent cases in district court and at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. This week, in her first time as lead counsel at trial, she won a $57 million infringement verdict for the company.

By Ross Todd

7 minute read

January 19, 2024 | Litigation Daily

Litigators from Haynes and Boone and Skadden take home runners-up honors this week.

By Ross Todd

5 minute read

January 18, 2024 | Litigation Daily

Bethany Kristovich, co-chair of the professional liability defense group at Munger, Tolles & Olson, says the litigation exposure facing law firms is growing.

By Ross Todd

9 minute read