Ross Todd

March 28, 2013 | The American Lawyer

When Facebook Inc. offered $1 billion for a company with 13 employees and no revenue, Instagram's team hammered out a deal in a single weekend.

By Ross Todd

15 minute read

November 02, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

Wayne Hoehn, one of the defendants that Righthaven has unsuccessfully sued for copyright infringement, has asked a Las Vegas federal district court judge to allow him to seize Righthaven's assets in order to enforce a judgment he won in August.

By Ross Todd

4 minute read

May 14, 2012 | New York Law Journal

The Second Circuit rejected claims by a proposed class that company executives violated securities laws by ignoring red flags that CBS needed a stress test to assess its financial state as the economic crisis gained steam in 2008.

By Ross Todd

3 minute read

June 21, 2012 | The American Lawyer

Greenberg Traurig and Quarles & Brady have agreed to fork over a combined $87.5 million to resolve claims that they failed to put the brakes on a $900 million Ponzi scheme carried out by two mortgage-industry clients.

By Ross Todd

4 minute read

February 01, 2008 | National Law Journal

Firms that retain lateral partners seem to excel at three things: understanding a lateral candidate's practice during the recruiting process; providing professional staff to ease the partner's move; and tracking the new partner's progress through mentoring and productivity analysis. The American Lawyer tracked 2,423 moves in and out of The Am Law 200. Read more about the star laterals, the firms with the top gains and biggest losses, and firms' techniques for keeping their lateral partners on board.

By Ross Todd

13 minute read

November 01, 2011 | The American Lawyer

In the sizzling natural resources sector, Canada's mining companies are highly desirable targets. So, increasingly, are Canada's law firms.

By Ross Todd

13 minute read

October 01, 2012 | The American Lawyer

When one of Brazil's top firms needed to reinvent itself, it sought advice from a handful of leading Am Law 100 firms.

By Ross Todd

14 minute read

June 28, 2007 | The American Lawyer

The American Lawyer's fifth annual A-List proves anew that breaking into the top tier of elite firms, and staying there, requires consistent effort, and that attaining a perfect score on any one measure -- revenue per lawyer, pro bono, associate satisfaction and diversity -- isn't enough to snag a place on the list. One firm that's an A-List perennial is Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler. As that firm's experience illustrates, money alone won't buy a spot among the elite.

By Ross Todd

16 minute read

June 25, 2013 | Law.com

Lawyers from firms including Arnold & Porter; Dechert; Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson; and Sullivan & Cromwell donated thousands of hours of pro bono time last year seeking to block voter ID laws enacted in the run-up to last year's presidential election. Tuesday's Supreme Court decision striking down a key provision of the Voting Rights Act took away—at least for now—one of their key weapons.

By Ross Todd

13 minute read

November 01, 2011 | The American Lawyer

Ex-Winston & Strawn partner Jonathan Bristol did what client Ken Starr wanted--even when it was illegal.

By Ross Todd

17 minute read