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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August 14, 2023 | Litigation Daily

What Makes a Successful Litigation Secondment Program?

McKinsey associate GC Veronica Ip and MoFo's Kate Driscoll discuss what each got out of the six-month spell that Driscoll covered for Ip while she was on parental leave.

By Ross Todd

12 minute read

August 04, 2023 | Litigation Daily

Litigators of the Week: What Trade Secrets? Latham Trial Team Fends Off $260M Claim From Alcoa for UAC

Tony Sammi, Rachel Blitzer and their team at Latham & Watkins, with co-counsel from their former colleagues at Skadden, defended Universal Alloy Corp. from accusations it misappropriated trade secrets from Alcoa to unfairly compete for work making parts for Boeing.

By Ross Todd

12 minute read

August 04, 2023 | Litigation Daily

Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout Outs

This week's highlights include an LTL bankruptcy rejection redux.

By Ross Todd

7 minute read

August 03, 2023 | Litigation Daily

5 Women Litigators Reflect on Their Paths to Partnership at Second Hundred Law Firms

The five newly-minted partners in Second Hundred firms who participated in Law.com's "How I Made It" series this past year illustrate the growing number of pathways to a successful litigation practice.

By Ross Todd

6 minute read

August 02, 2023 | Litigation Daily

'Free Murchik': Junior Quinn Emanuel Lawyers Take on Pro Bono Cat Custody Battle

Quinn associate Sophie Hill and summer associate Danielle Zoellner tried a case in June on behalf of pro bono client Eva Pron. The stakes? Custody of Pron's Abyssinian cat Murchik.

By Ross Todd

7 minute read

August 01, 2023 | Litigation Daily

How Ryan Dykal of Shook, Hardy & Bacon Weaves Storytelling Into IP Trials

"To get people on your side, you don't respond to what the other side is saying. You tell your own story," says Dykal, who handles both plaintiff- and defense-side intellectual property work.

By Ross Todd

9 minute read

July 31, 2023 | Litigation Daily

Litigation Leaders: Sheppard Mullin's Robert Friedman on Splitting Leadership of the Business Trial Group Three Ways

"We all have three 'jobs': legal work for our clients; our own business development; and practice group leader responsibility," says Friedman, who splits leadership duties with co-heads Sascha Henry and John Brooks.

By Ross Todd

10 minute read

July 28, 2023 | Litigation Daily

Litigators of the Week: Sullivan & Cromwell Helps Turn the Tables for Ocado Group in the 'Robot Wars'

After the U.K.-based maker of a software and robotics platform aimed at online grocers paired with The Kroger Co. to build automated warehouses across the U.S., rival AutoStore went on the patent offensive. But this past week, Garrard Beeney, Marc De Leeuw and Dustin Guzior of Sullivan & Cromwell helped secure a deal that involves AutoStore paying Ocado more than $250 million.

By Ross Todd

10 minute read

July 28, 2023 | Litigation Daily

Another Full Slate of Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout Outs

A team at Shook, Hardy & Bacon won a nine-digit verdict last week for client Touchstream Technologies Inc. against Google Inc.

By Ross Todd

7 minute read

July 27, 2023 | Litigation Daily

Firefighter-Turned-Lawyer Jake Gardener Takes Up Insurance Fight For NYC Retirees

Jake Gardener, a former firefighter with Ladder 43 in East Harlem, who is now a partner at Walden Macht & Haran, has represented elderly and disabled retirees in legal challenges to the city's attempt to roll back some supplemental Medicare coverage.

By Ross Todd

7 minute read

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