Ross Todd

March 12, 2021 | Litigation Daily

Quinn lands up as runner-up this week for scoring an early win in the battle over whether XRP, the cryptocurrency backed by Ripple Labs, is a security.

By Ross Todd

3 minute read

March 11, 2021 | Litigation Daily

The ugly allegations are flying back and forth in dueling lawsuits between the founding partners of Roche Cyrulnik Freedman, a Boies Schiller Flexner spinoff. Litigators, it seems, spawn more than their fair share of litigious breakups.

By Ross Todd

5 minute read

March 10, 2021 | Litigation Daily

Winters, who is in the process of retiring from Sidley Austin to deal with a painful nerve disease in his feet, said a lightbulb went off for him when a friend asked if he would refer a client to himself knowing what he knows about his condition.

By Ross Todd

8 minute read

March 09, 2021 | Litigation Daily

"Firms have to allow clients to get to know the associates and the young lawyers, not just when it comes time to do the arguments, but to be part of trial team calls, to be part of the pitch that brings in the case," says Susman Godfrey's Beatrice Franklin.

By Ross Todd

5 minute read

March 08, 2021 | Litigation Daily

"Our best client relationships are those where we are working with multiple teams within the client's legal and business departments," says Hopson. "We are also honest with our clients in terms of what we can and, sometimes more importantly, what we can't do. Clients appreciate that honesty."

By Ross Todd

11 minute read

March 05, 2021 | Litigation Daily

After a six-day trial, it took jurors less than four hours of deliberations to side with the Irell team led by Morgan Chu, Ben Hattenbach and Alan Heinrich and their client, VLSI Technology LLC.

By Ross Todd

5 minute read

March 05, 2021 | Litigation Daily

After three years of litigation on behalf of crew members of the USS Pueblo and their families, a team from Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp last week won a $2.3 billion damages award against North Korea–among the largest ever awards in a state-sponsored terrorism case.

By Ross Todd

8 minute read

March 04, 2021 | Litigation Daily

The folks at McDermott Will & Emery say their in-house artificial intelligence tools allow them to visualize data, spot potential compliance issues, and surface key documents quickly.

By Ross Todd

7 minute read

March 03, 2021 | Litigation Daily

What if you had to walk away from your career, right at its height, because of a debilitating disease? Vern Winters, who is in the process of retiring from Sidley Austin, writes about having to face those facts—and to find a way past them.

By Vern Winters

9 minute read

March 02, 2021 | Litigation Daily

Progressives are calling on the Biden administration to expand the pool of potential federal judicial nominees beyond the Am Law 200 partners and prosecutors who have routinely filled vacancies during the Obama and Trump administrations.

By Ross Todd

4 minute read