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.
December 13, 2012 | The American Lawyer
Ruling for CFTC Ends Streak for Gibson Dunn's ScaliaEugene Scalia finally ended his unmatched winning streak in regulatory rulemaking challenges this week, failing to knock out new rules by the Commodities Futures Trading Commission requiring certain advisers to mutual funds and other investment companies to register with the agency.
By Ross Todd
2 minute read
September 30, 2013 | The American Lawyer
No Do-Over for SEC in Reserve Primary Fund CaseThe SEC lost its bid for substantial penalties or a new trial against executives of the Reserve Primary Fund, the money-market fund that "broke the buck" in September 2008.
By Ross Todd
3 minute read
January 18, 2013 | Law.com
Irell Moves to Toss Suit Claiming Bill Koch Corralled Oxbow ExecBy Ross Todd
1 minute read
February 26, 2013 | The American Lawyer
Some Foreign Investors Left Behind in Madoff Feeder Fund Class ActionA federal judge in Manhattan certified a global class of investors who sank billions into Fairfield Greenwich funds that fed Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme. But the judge excluded investors in 25 countries, singling out nations ranging from France, Switzerland, Israel, and China to the tiny islands of Picairn and Tokelau.
By Ross Todd
3 minute read
July 31, 2013 | The American Lawyer
Ninth Circuit Sides With Athletes in EA Video Games CaseElectronic Arts and its lawyers at Davis Wright Tremaine and Keker & Van Nest got mixed tidings Wednesday in a pair of decisions from the Ninth Circuit. But the news was mostly bad for the video game maker, and nothing but good for plaintiffs lawyer Steve Berman.
By Ross Todd
4 minute read
January 05, 2012 | Texas Lawyer
Baker Botts Files FOIA Suit Against SEC over Yukos DocsBaker Botts, representing Russia in the country's sprawling litigation over the renationalized Yukos Oil Co., sued the Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday in Houston federal district court, claiming that the agency illegally withheld documents that the firm first requested nearly a year ago. The firm alleges that the SEC refused to turn over attendance lists, minutes, notes, visitor logs, and other materials
By Ross Todd
2 minute read
June 25, 2012 | The American Lawyer
Eleventh Circuit Rejects Challenge to Shell Exploration PlanThe oil and gas industry notched a win Friday in the first legal challenge to federal approval of an exploratory drilling plan in the Gulf of Mexico since the Deepwater Horizon disaster.
By Ross Todd
3 minute read
September 13, 2013 | The American Lawyer
Judge Refuses to Name Lead Counsel in Saks Takeover FightA state court judge in New York slammed plaintiffs lawyers for their conduct in a shareholder M&A class action and warned them not to bet on a big payday in the case.
By Ross Todd
2 minute read
September 09, 2013 | The American Lawyer
Big Tobacco's SCOTUS Hopes Stay Dim After Latest Engle RulingThe Eleventh Circuit handed the tobacco industry its latest setback on Friday in the crush of cases spawned by Engle v. Liggett Group, making the chances for a Supreme Court intervention look even slimmer.
By Ross Todd
3 minute read
November 23, 2011 | The American Lawyer
Five Firms Advise on Japanese Exchanges MergerNagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu, Davis Polk & Wardwell, Nishimura & Asahi, TMI Associates, and Sullivan & Cromwell have all landed roles on Tokyo Stock Exchange Group's $1.1 billion takeover of the Osaka Securities Exchange, The Am Law Daily reports.
By Ross Todd
2 minute read
