Ross Todd

November 01, 2007 | Legaltech News

It's a long, sad journey to a hard drive's final resting place.

By Ross Todd

4 minute read

January 27, 2010 | Law.com

The existence of a criminal investigation into Shepard Fairey's behavior during a copyright dispute with The AP over the photo that he used as the source of his iconic Obama "Hope" image became public during arguments before a New York federal judge Tuesday. In a sealed motion, Fairey's lawyers were asking the judge for a six-month extension of the discovery deadline in Fairey's copyright suit against The AP -- in part, it turns out, to allow Fairey to delay his deposition in the face of the criminal probe.

By Ross Todd

3 minute read

August 18, 2009 | Corporate Counsel

A federal judge has ruled that the heirs of Superman cocreator Jerry Siegel are co-owners of copyrights to the first two weeks of Superman daily newspaper strips and other early Superman material, reports sibling publication The Am Law Litigation Daily

By By Ross Todd

2 minute read

August 23, 2010 | The American Lawyer

A pro bono consortium of firms led by Robins, Kaplan helped negotiate the settlement with URS Corp., the San Francisco-based engineering company responsible for inspecting the bridge prior to its collapse.

By Ross Todd

3 minute read

August 24, 2009 | The American Lawyer

It was as if the two sides heard different orders from the judge who refused to approve their $33 million settlement on August 10. The SEC brief included the details Rakoff asked for. BofA's reiterated the bank's innocence.

By Alison Frankel and Ross Todd

6 minute read

January 07, 2010 | Law.com

The $100 million damages award that Quinn Emanuel won at trial against Mattel rival MGA Entertainment in August 2008 is just one reason the firm was able to rise above the competition in this year's IP Litigation Department of the Year contest. Yes, the other finalists boasted solid results in big cases for major clients. But none posted as many huge victories, ranging across multiple venues and disparate subject matter. On top of all that, no other firm enjoyed so many wins from so many different partners.

By Ross Todd

6 minute read

April 21, 2011 | Law.com

The Wall Street Journal's Law Blog lifted the curtain Monday on JD Match, an algorithm-based product that seeks to pair firms with job-seeking law students based on each others' rankings. JD Match's driver -- consultant and Adam Smith, Esq. blogger Bruce MacEwen -- discusses the new service in a Q&A.

By Ross Todd

6 minute read

May 02, 2008 | The Recorder

What can the deposed kings of the plaintiffs bar expect to find when the jailhouse doors slam shut?

By Ross Todd

6 minute read

August 25, 2009 | Law.com

When a federal judge refused to approve a proposed $33 million settlement of SEC charges that Bank of America failed to inform shareholders of its agreement for billions in bonuses to Merrill Lynch employees in advance of their merger, he said he wanted to know more. An SEC brief claims that Wachtell, Shearman & Sterling and BofA's in-house lawyers decided exactly what to put in and to keep out of the merger agreement and proxy statement. Bank of America argues that it didn't fail to disclose the bonuses at all.

By Alison Frankel and Ross Todd

6 minute read

June 01, 2007 | Corporate Counsel

When companies push their outside counsel to hire more minorities, are they also pushing them to break the law?

By Attila Berry, Ross Todd, and Lisa Schuchman

5 minute read