Ross Todd

August 01, 2008 | National Law Journal

As recently as the mid-'90s, incoming associates, be they new law school recruits or potential lateral hires, all tended to ask the same question: How long does it take to make partner here? But today, nobody seems to ask that. The shift isn't due to a reluctance by firms to promote or associates' insecurity over the economy. Instead, American Lawyer's annual midlevel survey indicates that, although most associates think they could make partner, they're just not sure they want to.

By Ross Todd

10 minute read

October 02, 2013 | New York Law Journal

A hyperlink is the modern-day equivalent of a footnote, at least as far as defamation law is concerned, a federal judge in Manhattan held in a defamation lawsuit that casino magnate, GOP donor, and serial libel claimant Sheldon Adelson brought against the National Jewish Democratic Council.

By Ross Todd

3 minute read

October 04, 2012 | New York Law Journal

George Conway III has been cataloguing the reverberations of 'Morrison v. National Australia Bank' ever since he successfully argued the case at the U.S. Supreme Court in 2010, persuading the court to rein in the extraterritorial reach of U.S. securities law. Now Conway is looking to ensure that its effects also extend to criminal conduct.

By Ross Todd

4 minute read

June 18, 2012 | New York Law Journal

Early this year, Robert J. Alessi of DLA Piper entered a minefield of fossil fuel politics, high-stakes appellate litigation, and career upheaval tied to the collapse of Dewey & LeBoeuf. Last week, he not only emerged intact, but victorious.

By Ross Todd

6 minute read

May 05, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

"And talking to some of our friends in Charlestown, it seems you made quite a reputation for yourself. ... Come on, Finn. Guys like us never really change our spots. I've seen that same viciousness at the law firm — in the way you rip witnesses to shreds, or handle cases for the partners. You're a take-no-prisoners kind of guy. It's a more genteel world, but your instincts are still there."

By Ross Todd

5 minute read

October 01, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

With litigation wins and a favorable inspector general report, it was a helluva week for the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, its former executives, and their defense lawyers.

By Ross Todd

3 minute read

April 09, 2009 | National Law Journal

Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker has some words of advice for students facing deferred start dates: "Stop looking at it as a deferral. Start looking at it as an opportunity." Booker, a Yale law alum and former Skadden Fellow, answered questions Wednesday at a deferred associate job fair organized by New Jersey's Volunteer Lawyers for Justice. Booker says that his experience doing public interest legal work was "really foundational," and notes, "To be paid to do good in many ways is a privilege."

By Ross Todd

4 minute read

February 04, 2008 | Daily Report Online

The day Walfrido Martinez joined Hunton Williams to open the firm's Miami office in 1999, all he had to do was show up and start working. The firm had in place a receptionist, a head of office services and secretaries ready for him and the four colleagues who moved with him from Holland Knight. A group of associates had already been flown in from other Hunton offices to work on their matters.

By Ross Todd

13 minute read

January 11, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

For employers banking on the U.S. Supreme Court's decision last year in AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion to uphold arbitration clauses in employment agreements, the National Labor Relations Board's recent ruling was quickly labeled a game-changer.

By Ross Todd

4 minute read

August 29, 2012 | The American Lawyer

James Brosnahan of Morrison & Foerster has defended "American Taliban" John Walker Lindh, alleged IRA member Kevin Artt, and the defendant in a giant tax evasion case.

By Ross Todd

5 minute read