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.

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February 05, 2021 | Litigation Daily

Litigators of the Week: How Robbins Geller Landed a $1.2B Settlement in the Valeant Pharmaceuticals Securities Case

Jim Barz and Darren Robbins of Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd got sign-off this week on the ninth-largest PSLRA settlement ever.

By Ross Todd

8 minute read

February 05, 2021 | Litigation Daily

A Stacked Week of Litigator of the Week Runners-Up

Featuring a long-awaited result in an antitrust challenge to a 2013 merger that went to trial in bankruptcy court in 2019.

By Ross Todd

5 minute read

February 04, 2021 | Litigation Daily

Why This New York Litigation Boutique Is Bringing an Executive Coach Onto Client Service Teams

Harris St. Laurent & Wechsler managing partner Jonathan Harris says the 20-lawyer firm brought on Dr. Monica Delgado as a client resource and to help lawyers keep a focus on the end goal for clients.

By Ross Todd

4 minute read

February 03, 2021 | Litigation Daily

If a Remote Trial Can Work in a Patent Case …

U.S. District Senior Judge Thomas Zilly, who this fall became the first federal judge to conduct a virtual civil jury trial, earlier this week tried a patent case remotely to a jury verdict. "We as judges feel patent cases are as difficult and complex and as hard to manage as any are. I thought this case went smoothly," Zilly said.

By Ross Todd

9 minute read

February 02, 2021 | Litigation Daily

A (Hopeful) Case Study in Juror Group Dynamics During the Pandemic

What can we all learn from this case study of a federal criminal jury that navigated the complicated early days of the pandemic?

By Ross Todd

5 minute read

February 01, 2021 | Litigation Daily

Justice in the Pandemic: In Praise of Trial by 'In-Person' Jury

A lawyer and trial consultant reflect on their conversations with Kentucky jurors in the wake of a trial that was profoundly affected by the onset of the coronavirus pandemic.

By Becky Smith Jones and Randy Sue Pollock

35 minute read

February 01, 2021 | Litigation Daily

'Poetic Justice': Gibson Dunn Client Goes from Suing the Federal Agency Behind Voice of America to Being Its Interim Leader

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher client Kelu Chao, a veteran Voice of America journalist, joined a lawsuit fighting political interference at the U.S. Agency for Global Media during the Trump administration only to be named the agency's interim head by President Biden.

By Ross Todd

4 minute read

January 29, 2021 | Litigation Daily

Litigators of the Week: The Beveridge & Diamond Team that Made Sure Newark Didn't Face the Same Safe Drinking Water Act Woes as Flint

A Beveridge & Diamond team led by Bina Reddy, Eric Klein, and Roy Prather fended off two preliminary injunction efforts by the Natural Resources Defense Council before favorably settling the case for the New Jersey city this week.

By Ross Todd

10 minute read

January 29, 2021 | Litigation Daily

Another Week of Lit Daily Runners-Up and Shout Outs

Husch Blackwell convinced the Eighth Circuit a Missouri politician wasn't user her Twitter feed fo "official governmental activity," but as communication "akin to a campaign newsletter" leaving her free to select her audience as she sees fit.

By Ross Todd

4 minute read

January 28, 2021 | Litigation Daily

How and Why Schulte Signed onto the Public Nuisance Suit Over the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

Schulte Roth & Zabel this week announced that the firm is joining the legal team in a lawsuit seeking to "remedy the ongoing nuisance" caused by the mob attack which leveled the Greenwood community in Tulsa, left hundreds of Black residents dead, and thousands homeless.

By Ross Todd

10 minute read

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