Ross Todd

September 28, 2023 | Litigation Daily

Shook, Hardy & Bacon partners Charlie Eblen and Eric Hobbs had associate Caroline Gieser sitting third chair when they brought home a $189 million jury verdict for home security client CPI Security Systems in a trial showdown with rival Vivint Smart Home earlier this year.

By Ross Todd

7 minute read

September 27, 2023 | Litigation Daily

As if the tasks of a litigation partner weren't enough, here are four snapshots of life as a Big Law litigator and office managing partner.

By Ross Todd

7 minute read

September 26, 2023 | Litigation Daily

With a helpful nudge from the federal judge overseeing a case alleging a rate-setting conspiracy in the market for variable rate demand obligations, Quinn associates David LeRay and Nicolas Siebert successfully argued that the plaintiffs' expert opinions supported class certification.

By Ross Todd

5 minute read

September 25, 2023 | Litigation Daily

Joshua Davenport of Banner Witcoff co-hosts a college football podcast heavy on advanced metrics. He says living in that world helped him assess what generative AI tools have to offer lawyers.

By Ross Todd

7 minute read

September 22, 2023 | Litigation Daily

Davis Wright Tremaine partners Ambika Kumar, David Gossett and counsel Adam Sieff persuaded a federal judge in San Jose that the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act—a law passed last year with bipartisan support aimed at protecting children when they're online—likely violates the First Amendment.

By Ross Todd

9 minute read

September 22, 2023 | Litigation Daily

Bernstein Litowitz and Kessler Topaz were co-lead counsel in a $450 million securities settlement finalized last week with The Kraft Heinz Company and 3G Capital partners in a case stemming from major write-downs on the Kraft and Oscar Mayer brands post-merger.

By Ross Todd

6 minute read

September 21, 2023 | Litigation Daily

Baker McKenzie's Bradford Newman says with U.S. courts acting as de facto regulators on issues relating to decentralized finance, or DeFi, defense lawyers need to gear their approach to telling the industry's story to judges and juries.

By Ross Todd

10 minute read

September 20, 2023 | Litigation Daily

During a presentation on cross-examination sponsored by the ABOTA Foundation, Juan Delgado of Ford, Walker, Haggerty & Behar and Doris Cheng of Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberger discussed the advantages of letting some witnesses leave the stand without questioning them.

By Ross Todd

4 minute read

September 19, 2023 | Litigation Daily

Matthew Martens, co-chair of the securities litigation and enforcement practice group of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, has a new book out in November seeking to "reclaim the biblical conception of justice as an act of love."

By Ross Todd

12 minute read

September 18, 2023 | Litigation Daily

I still have a half-decade-old voicemail message from Girardi on my phone. Is it evidence of a lawyer who's slipping, or covering for himself?

By Ross Todd

5 minute read