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.
September 19, 2023 | Litigation Daily
A Christian Case for Criminal Justice ReformMatthew Martens, co-chair of the securities litigation and enforcement practice group of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, has a new book out in November seeking to "reclaim the biblical conception of justice as an act of love."
By Ross Todd
12 minute read
September 18, 2023 | Litigation Daily
A Hearing Grappling With Tom Girardi's Memory Sends the Lit Daily Looking to the PastI still have a half-decade-old voicemail message from Girardi on my phone. Is it evidence of a lawyer who's slipping, or covering for himself?
By Ross Todd
5 minute read
September 15, 2023 | Litigation Daily
Litigators of the Week: A $16B Win for Energy Company Shareholders in Expropriation Suit Against ArgentinaA federal judge in Manhattan sided with lawyers at Clement & Murphy, Kellogg Hansen and King & Spalding by landing on the high end of the damages sought over the Argentine government's 2012 move to seize majority control of YPF.
By Ross Todd
8 minute read
September 15, 2023 | Litigation Daily
Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout OutsWhen a $1 billion, top 20 all-time securities settlement is among the runners-up, you know it's been a crazy week.
By Ross Todd
9 minute read
September 14, 2023 | Litigation Daily
Maybe Taylor Swift Can Help? Defense Lawyers Turn To Tay-Tay for Tips on Addressing Nuclear VerdictsCertified Swifties Ashley Fetyko and Cayce Lynch of Tyson & Mendes say defense lawyers can learn from Swift's embrace of nostalgia, storytelling and vulnerability.
By Ross Todd
5 minute read
September 13, 2023 | Litigation Daily
A 'Quantum Physics' or 'World Wide Web' Moment for AI and LitigationLeading legal technologists discussed the implications that artificial intelligence and related technologies will have on litigation in a webinar yesterday sponsored by Burford Capital.
By Ross Todd
7 minute read
September 12, 2023 | Litigation Daily
A Defense Embrace for the 'Accountability' ThemeChrista Cottrell of Kirkland & Ellis shared some insightful observations with me a few months ago about how she thinks the pandemic has affected potential jurors. She said "accountability" is key to reaching them now.
By Ross Todd
4 minute read
September 11, 2023 | Litigation Daily
Litigation Leaders: Axinn's Denise Plunkett on the Value of Being Right-Sized and Focused"The size of our firm puts us in a sweet spot in which we have the diversity of experience and brute-force ability to handle the largest and most complex matters, while also being free of the institutional inertia that plagues larger firms."
By Ross Todd
9 minute read
September 08, 2023 | Litigation Daily
Litigators of the Week: Cravath and Cooley Clear a Path for Amgen's $27.8B Acquisition of Horizon TherapeuticsThe FTC and six state attorneys general dropped their challenge to the merger just 10 days after litigators at Cravath, Swaine & Moore and Cooley, repping Amgen and Horizon respectively, filed opposition briefs pushing back against the agency's preliminary injunction bid.
By Ross Todd
11 minute read
September 08, 2023 | Litigation Daily
Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout OutsLawyers at Debevoise & Plimpton, who represent the former CEO of Fox International Channels, and at Baker & Hostetler and Norton Rose Fulbright, who represent Argentine sports marketing company Full Play, got convictions against their clients tossed.
By Ross Todd
5 minute read
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