Ross Todd

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

August 25, 2023 | Litigation Daily

The latest batch includes runners-up dealing with data breaches, boatbuilding, bankruptcy and bad tax advice.

By Ross Todd

5 minute read

August 24, 2023 | Litigation Daily

In a case with nearly a century of history and some key nuggets unearthed in discovery, lawyers at Wiggin & Dana decided to explain why the change in ownership at storied shipbuilder Sparkman & Stephens led the company to attack a 1989 agreement with the firm's client, the Mystic Seaport Museum in Connecticut.

By Ross Todd

7 minute read

August 23, 2023 | Litigation Daily

The American Lawyer's annual survey of midlevel associates is both an apt and cruel way to rank large law firms.

By Ross Todd

4 minute read

August 22, 2023 | Litigation Daily

Building a rapport with a witness, especially a fact witness testifying for the first time, can pay dividends—as can a pre-deposition sweep of the target's social media presence.

By Ross Todd

5 minute read

August 21, 2023 | Litigation Daily

"Rather than competing with my colleagues for business, I have been able to partner with so many of my former Big Law colleagues who routinely refer me clients because of conflicts," says Cohen, who launched her boutique with colleagues from McKool Smith.

By Ross Todd

12 minute read

August 18, 2023 | Litigation Daily

The court sided with a joint defense team led by Bob Giuffra at Sullivan & Cromwell and Kannon Shanmugam of Paul Weiss in finding a mismatch between the targeted drop in Goldman's stock price and the bank's generic statements about conflicts of interest and business ethics.

By Ross Todd

9 minute read

August 18, 2023 | Litigation Daily

Boies Schiller Flexner, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann, Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check and Grant & Eisenhofer won more than $600 million in damages for shareholders of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac at trial against the Federal Housing Finance Agency.

By Ross Todd

7 minute read

August 17, 2023 | Litigation Daily

Gwen Richard of McKinney Taylor in Houston, Texas likes to refer to direct examination as "the unsung hero of trial practice."

By Ross Todd

5 minute read

August 16, 2023 | Litigation Daily

In a split decision, the Seventh Circuit Court rejected Salesforce's argument that Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act shielded the company from a participant liability claim stemming from its relationship with the shuttered website Backpage.

By Ross Todd

5 minute read