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 09, 2024 | Litigation Daily

Litigators of the Week: Shaving a $366M Retaliation Verdict Against FedEx to Less than $249K

Kyle Hawkins and Leah Bower of Lehotsky Keller Cohn secured a ruling from the Fifth Circuit last week taking a $365 million punitive damages award to $0 in a case where a former FedEx manager claimed she was fired in retaliation for bringing claims of discrimination.

By Ross Todd

7 minute read

February 09, 2024 | Litigation Daily

Litigator of the Week Runners-Up And Shout Outs

A team at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman secured a ruling eliminating more than a half billion dollars in potential liability for client Teck Cominco Metals in a long-running environmental suit in the Eastern District of Washington.

By Ross Todd

7 minute read

February 08, 2024 | Litigation Daily

Big Law and Litigation Finance Seem to Be Having a Moment

In a recent webcast hosted by Burford Capital, Co-COO Aviva Will said the publicly traded litigation finance firm has seen a recent uptick in interest from companies and large law firms.

By Ross Todd

4 minute read

February 07, 2024 | Litigation Daily

3 Tips for Navigating Nerves to Give a Confident Court Presentation

Former New York City prosecutor-turned-communications consultant Laurie Gilbertson offered up some useful tips for dealing with nerves in a web presentation late last month sponsored by NITA.

By Ross Todd

4 minute read

February 06, 2024 | Litigation Daily

A Steady Litigation Year Helped Drive Big Law Revenue Gains

The latest annual numbers from Wells Fargo's Legal Specialty Group, a survey drawing on financial data from more than 130 law firms, found that revenues grew year-over-year by 6%, with some momentum coming into 2024 thanks to strength in countercycle practices and rate increases.

By Ross Todd

4 minute read

February 05, 2024 | Litigation Daily

An Art Case That Shows the Internet Is Not a Copyright Free-For-All

David Marriott of Cravath, Swaine & Moore discusses his work on behalf of photographers Donald Graham and Eric McNatt whose images appropriation artist Richard Prince infringed in his Instagram-based "New Portraits" series.

By Ross Todd

9 minute read

February 02, 2024 | Litigation Daily

Litigators of the Week: Rolling Back Elon Musk's $56B Tesla Compensation Package

A team led by Greg Varallo and Jeroen van Kwawegen of Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann and David Tejtel of Friedman Oster & Tejtel secured a post-trial ruling from Delaware Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick finding that when it came to the Tesla CEO's pay package "Musk launched a self-driving process, recalibrating the speed and direction along the way as he saw fit."

By Ross Todd

10 minute read

February 02, 2024 | Litigation Daily

Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout Outs

Kaplan Hecker & Fink won a second verdict against former President Donald Trump for client E. Jean Carroll.

By Ross Todd

7 minute read

February 01, 2024 | Litigation Daily

Some Thoughts on Securities Litigation Trends From Either Side of the Bar

Jerry Silk of Bernstein Litowitz and Scott Musoff of Skadden weigh in on what's going on behind the numbers in the latest Cornerstone Research annual report on securities class actions.

By Ross Todd

5 minute read

January 31, 2024 | Litigation Daily

With Crypto, COVID and SPAC Claims on the Wane, What Had Securities Class Action Filings Ticking Up in 2023?

Quick hint: Look back at the financial headlines from early in the year.

By Ross Todd

4 minute read

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