Ross Todd

November 21, 2013 | The American Lawyer

Cisco Systems and its lawyers at Quinn Emanuel and Morgan Lewis convinced a judge to nix the award in a case brought by XpertUniverse, a tech start-up whose partnership with Cisco soured in the mid-2000s.

By Ross Todd

3 minute read

November 20, 2013 | New York Law Journal

Southern District Judge Harold Baer's habit of prodding lead counsel in class actions to staff cases with women and minority lawyers came under fire at the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday.

By Ross Todd

4 minute read

November 18, 2013 | The American Lawyer

A Manhattan federal judge's habit of prodding lead counsel in class actions to staff cases with women and minority lawyers came under fire from Justice Alito on Monday.

By Ross Todd

3 minute read

October 30, 2013 | The American Lawyer

But the Indian outsourcing company, represented by Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, denies the most serious charges about its immigration practices, including claims of systemic visa fraud. Instead, it only admits that it failed to maintain accurate employment records.

By Ross Todd

3 minute read

October 28, 2013 | The American Lawyer

Lawyers for a Neuberger Berman shareholder have struggled for years to hold Neuberger executives and board members liable for ill-fated investments in two U.K.-traded Internet gambling companies. On Monday they struck out once again—apparently for good—at the Second Circuit.

By Ross Todd

2 minute read

October 28, 2013 | The American Lawyer

Just who's covered by the whistle-blower provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act? It depends who you ask.

By Ross Todd

3 minute read

October 24, 2013 | The American Lawyer

The case that led to this week's jury verdict against Bank of America originally held the promise of hundreds of millions of dollars for Ed O'Donnell and his small firm Missouri lawyer, David Wasinger. Instead they'll have to settle for a much smaller potential payout—and vindication.

By Ross Todd

3 minute read

August 16, 2013 | Litigation Daily

Tobacco companies are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear their arguments that judges in Florida are trampling their due process rights in a so-called "Engle progeny" case. Gibson Dunn, Mayer Brown, Jones Day, and Bancroft are advising, along with counsel from Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman, and Clarke Silvergate.

By Ross Todd

4 minute read

July 17, 2013 | The American Lawyer

A group of New York University professors angry over president John Sexton's stewardship of the school is calling on one of Sexton's chief defenders, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz founding partner Martin Lipton, to resign from his position as chair of NYU's board of trustees.

By Ross Todd

29 minute read

July 03, 2013 | Daily Business Review

Covington represented the Minnesota AG's Office on contingency in a suit accusing 3M of contaminating the state's waterways with PFCs. 3M cried foul, citing Covington's past work on PFC matters for the company.

By Ross Todd

8 minute read