Ross Todd

October 25, 2024 | Litigation Daily

Michael Ng and Daniel Zaheer of Kobre & Kim represented renewable fuels company Propel against Phillips 66 Co. alongside colleagues in a month-long trial in California state court. Ng argued at closings that a juror question elicited a "confession" from a Phillips executive admitting to liability and trade secret misappropriation.

By Ross Todd

9 minute read

October 25, 2024 | Litigation Daily

A team at Susman Godfrey secured a $1.6 billion win for client BML Properties in a dispute with China Construction America Inc. over delays at the Baha Mar resort casino in the Bahamas.

By Ross Todd

7 minute read

October 23, 2024 | Litigation Daily

Paul Andre, Liza Kobialka and James Hannah of Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, who have won three trials in the past 10 months, say trying to oversimplify technology for juries is a mistake.

By Ross Todd

6 minute read

October 22, 2024 | Litigation Daily

Litigation Daily explores the chicken/egg question of how plaintiffs lawyers secure leadership appointments in multidistrict litigation with three Seeger Weiss lawyers: Parvin Aminolroaya, Jennifer Scullion and Shauna Itri.

By Ross Todd

11 minute read

October 21, 2024 | Litigation Daily

"Unlike full-service firms where a young associate has the option of trying different practices, junior lawyers (and senior lawyers) come to Quinn because they want to be the very best litigators—and want to learn from the best."

By Ross Todd

13 minute read

October 18, 2024 | Litigation Daily

After a month-long bench trial earlier this year, Roman Silberfeld and Tommy Du of Robins Kaplan and Mark Rosenbaum of Public Counsel secured a ruling voiding the Veterans Administration's leases of portions of the campus to private entities and requiring the construction of new housing for class members.

By Ross Todd

7 minute read

October 18, 2024 | Litigation Daily

Runners-up this week include litigation teams at Wilmer and Kirkland.

By Ross Todd

6 minute read

October 17, 2024 | Litigation Daily

Several of the recent Women, Influence, and Power in Law Conference honorees offered thoughts about addressing gender disparities in the legal industry.

By Cedra Mayfield

4 minute read

October 16, 2024 | Litigation Daily

In 2022, the American Board of Trial Advocates Foundation launched a multi-year study in partnership with law schools and the National Center for State Courts aimed at improving the jury selection process. Study participants at UC Law San Francisco discussed their preliminary findings yesterday.

By Ross Todd

4 minute read

October 14, 2024 | Litigation Daily

In the post-pandemic era, two new types of juror behaviors have emerged that every attorney should be aware of: Conspiracism and Safetyism.

By Derek Foran, Geoffrey Warner, and Laura Dominic

11 minute read