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.
September 18, 2023 | Litigation Daily
A Hearing Grappling With Tom Girardi's Memory Sends the Lit Daily Looking to the PastI 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
September 15, 2023 | Litigation Daily
Litigators of the Week: A $16B Win for Energy Company Shareholders in Expropriation Suit Against ArgentinaA federal judge in Manhattan sided with lawyers at Clement & Murphy, Kellogg Hansen and King & Spalding by landing on the high end of the damages sought over the Argentine government's 2012 move to seize majority control of YPF.
By Ross Todd
8 minute read
September 15, 2023 | Litigation Daily
Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout OutsWhen a $1 billion, top 20 all-time securities settlement is among the runners-up, you know it's been a crazy week.
By Ross Todd
9 minute read
September 14, 2023 | Litigation Daily
Maybe Taylor Swift Can Help? Defense Lawyers Turn To Tay-Tay for Tips on Addressing Nuclear VerdictsCertified Swifties Ashley Fetyko and Cayce Lynch of Tyson & Mendes say defense lawyers can learn from Swift's embrace of nostalgia, storytelling and vulnerability.
By Ross Todd
5 minute read
September 13, 2023 | Litigation Daily
A 'Quantum Physics' or 'World Wide Web' Moment for AI and LitigationLeading legal technologists discussed the implications that artificial intelligence and related technologies will have on litigation in a webinar yesterday sponsored by Burford Capital.
By Ross Todd
7 minute read
September 12, 2023 | Litigation Daily
A Defense Embrace for the 'Accountability' ThemeChrista Cottrell of Kirkland & Ellis shared some insightful observations with me a few months ago about how she thinks the pandemic has affected potential jurors. She said "accountability" is key to reaching them now.
By Ross Todd
4 minute read
September 11, 2023 | Litigation Daily
Litigation Leaders: Axinn's Denise Plunkett on the Value of Being Right-Sized and Focused"The size of our firm puts us in a sweet spot in which we have the diversity of experience and brute-force ability to handle the largest and most complex matters, while also being free of the institutional inertia that plagues larger firms."
By Ross Todd
9 minute read
September 08, 2023 | Litigation Daily
Litigators of the Week: Cravath and Cooley Clear a Path for Amgen's $27.8B Acquisition of Horizon TherapeuticsThe FTC and six state attorneys general dropped their challenge to the merger just 10 days after litigators at Cravath, Swaine & Moore and Cooley, repping Amgen and Horizon respectively, filed opposition briefs pushing back against the agency's preliminary injunction bid.
By Ross Todd
11 minute read
September 08, 2023 | Litigation Daily
Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout OutsLawyers at Debevoise & Plimpton, who represent the former CEO of Fox International Channels, and at Baker & Hostetler and Norton Rose Fulbright, who represent Argentine sports marketing company Full Play, got convictions against their clients tossed.
By Ross Todd
5 minute read
September 07, 2023 | Litigation Daily
All Jury Selection Is Local … Hyper-LocalU.S. District Judges Trina Thompson and Beth Freeman, both of whom sit in the Northern District of California, discussed their approaches to jury selection last week and the differences, though subtle, were significant.
By Ross Todd
9 minute read
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