Ross Todd

September 07, 2023 | Litigation Daily

U.S. District Judges Trina Thompson and Beth Freeman, both of whom sit in the Northern District of California, discussed their approaches to jury selection last week and the differences, though subtle, were significant.

By Ross Todd

9 minute read

September 06, 2023 | Litigation Daily

Cheri Gatlin, a veteran litigator at Burr & Forman based in Jackson, Mississippi, sees a whole boatload of potential disputes coming around the bend.

By Ross Todd

9 minute read

September 05, 2023 | Litigation Daily

Wilmer's Bill Lee and trial consultant Jamie Laird say lawyers should not only strive to make their damages case "simple, clear and brief," but they need to link it to the overall trial story.

By Ross Todd

6 minute read

September 01, 2023 | Litigation Daily

Bryan Aylstock of Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis & Overholtz and Christopher Seeger of Seeger Weiss, the co-lead plaintiffs' counsel in the 3M Combat Arms Earplug Products Liability Litigation, say the settlement is evidence of an MDL process that worked.

By Ross Todd

9 minute read

September 01, 2023 | Litigation Daily

A trial team at Winston & Strawn brought home a defense verdict last week from federal court in Waco, Texas, for U.S. Well Services LLC in a patent showdown with electric fracking rival Halliburton Energy Services Inc.

By Ross Todd

8 minute read

August 31, 2023 | Litigation Daily

Jamie Laird, the president of Laird Trial Consulting LLC, says trial teams need to account for the damages tendencies of jurors early in the process.

By Ross Todd

7 minute read

August 30, 2023 | Litigation Daily

With the uptick in $10 million-plus verdicts, Wilmer's Bill Lee thinks lawyers should be focusing courts on consistently applying Daubert to challenges to expert damages testimony.

By Ross Todd

8 minute read

August 29, 2023 | Litigation Daily

Bill Lee of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr and Jamie Laird, the trial consultant he estimates he's taken to trial with him 50 times over the past decade-and-a-half, see a current rise in jury damages awards that mirrors what occurred after the 2007/08 financial crisis—and they have some ideas about what to do about it.

By Ross Todd

4 minute read

August 28, 2023 | Litigation Daily

After being the first Ivy Leaguer in a decade to be drafted by an NFL team and playing in the league for five years, Michael Catapano is forging a new career as a trial lawyer.

By Ross Todd

13 minute read

August 25, 2023 | Litigation Daily

The settlement announced this week with multiple banks over claims they colluded to prop up fees in the stock lending market comes after an earlier $81 million deal with Credit Suisse affiliates.

By Ross Todd

8 minute read