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.
August 01, 2009 | The American Lawyer
Fading AwaySince January 2008, Am Law 200 firms have laid off more than 2,900 lawyers. As part of our annual midlevel survey, we asked 6,101 third-, fourth-, and fifth-year associates to assess how their firms handled layoffs.
By Ross Todd
12 minute read
February 02, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer
'Accidental Laterals' Find New HomesAnne Pitter practiced with the same group of corporate attorneys for 15 years. They stayed together even as the name on the door changed: Baer Marks & Upham merged into Brown Raysman Millstein Felder & Steiner, and Brown Raysman merged into Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner. But when Thelen fell apart last fall, Pitter was on her own.
By Ross Todd
13 minute read
October 01, 2006 | Corporate Counsel
A Very, Very Busy WomanThe list of pending lawsuits wasn't the only thing weighing on Wendy Hufford's mind when she accepted a job as chief litigation counsel at Cardinal Health, Inc.
By Ross Todd
3 minute read
February 06, 2012 | The American Lawyer
Kaye Scholer Helps Juniper Networks Win Dismissal of Bizarre Dubai Patent CaseAfter nearly five years of litigation in the United Arab Emirates and Washington, D.C., Juniper Networks and its outside counsel from Kaye Scholer won dismissal of a patent suit brought by a Saudi national wielding a U.S. patent in Dubai.
By Ross Todd
4 minute read
November 01, 2008 | The American Lawyer
San Diego's Fault LinesThree firms--Orrick, Vinson & Elkins, and Willkie--came to San Diego to sift through the rubble of the city's pension crisis. All three ended up as litigation targets. How routine investigation work turned into risky business.
By Ross Todd
20 minute read
June 08, 2009 | Legaltech News
Oregon Firm's Site Plays Up Pacific NorthwestA quick Google search will link you to Oregon-based firm Roberts Kaplan's new Web site, replete with a snazzy design and myriad references to the vaunted Portland lifestyle. Mouse over each of the 26 lawyer photos and a picture revealing a slice of Pacific Northwest life pops up.
By Ross Todd
3 minute read
June 07, 2007 | The Recorder
Willkie Farr Under Fire in Pension CaseSan Diego City Attorney Michael Aguirre claims Willkie Farr & Gallagher botched an investigation of the city's $1.4 billion understatement of its pension debt and then overbilled the city.
By Ross Todd
3 minute read
July 01, 2009 | The American Lawyer
Up from the RubbleRobins, Kaplan leads a complex fight to obtain damages for victims of the Minneapolis bridge collapse.
By Ross Todd
6 minute read
April 01, 2011 | The American Lawyer
Guinea BigsNeither a worldwide credit crunch nor a remote location could waylay the biggest project financing ever--a massive natural gas project in the South Pacific.
By By Ross Todd
5 minute read
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