Ross Todd

April 21, 2011 | New York Law Journal

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

March 12, 2011 | The American Lawyer

Blockbuster Inc., with bankruptcy counsel from Weil Gotshal, averted immediate liquidation Thursday as a Manhattan federal bankruptcy judge approved a deal for the Dallas-based movie rental chain to be sold at auction.

By By Ross Todd

3 minute read

June 01, 2010 | The American Lawyer

GrayRobinson did everything a law firm isn't supposed to--it stayed independent, regional, and kept its leverage low--and it worked.

By Ross Todd

12 minute read

July 31, 2009 | The Recorder

Am Law 200 firms have laid off almost 3,000 associates this year. Who did it well — and who didn't?

By Ross Todd

8 minute read

August 01, 2008 | Law.com

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

January 27, 2010 | Law.com

In the days following the earthquake that hit Haiti on Jan. 12, Sutherland Asbill & Brennan's employees contributed to ServeHAITI, a faith-based organization that works on the ground in the Caribbean nation. In addition, firm partner Peter Anderson, a board member of the nonprofit, traveled with two U.S. doctors to volunteer in Haiti. Setting out on Jan. 18, he returned home to Georgia a week later. Shortly after his return, The Am Law Daily spoke with him about the enormity of the struggles that Haitians are now facing.

By Ross Todd

7 minute read

August 27, 2009 | Corporate Counsel

Based on the briefs they submitted, the SEC and Bank of America heard two different orders from Manhattan federal Judge Jed Rakoff on Aug. 10, when he told both sides to supply additional details on the preparation of BofA's proxy and disclosure materials for its September 2008 merger with Merrill Lynch

By By Alison Frankel and Ross Todd

6 minute read

April 01, 2006 | Law.com

The long freeze in first-year associate salaries is finally over.

By Ross Todd

4 minute read

November 01, 2007 | The American Lawyer

By Ross Todd

4 minute read

January 26, 2010 | The American Lawyer

Sutherland Asbill & Brennan partner Peter Anderson traveled to Haiti along with two American doctors last week. The Am Law Daily caught up with him by phone Tuesday afternoon to talk about ServeHAITI and its work amid the devastation.

By Ross Todd

7 minute read