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.
June 14, 2023 | Litigation Daily
Litigators of the (Past) Week: S&C and MLB Get Bankruptcy Ruling Forcing Diamond Sports to Pay Full Broadcast FeesJim Bromley and Ben Walker of Sullivan & Cromwell helped persuade a bankruptcy judge that MLB had offered to reacquire telecast rights from Diamond Sports Group, which owns regional sports networks that broadcast multiple teams' games.
By Ross Todd
5 minute read
June 14, 2023 | Litigation Daily
Litigator of the (Past) Week Runners-UpTeams from AXS Law, Cadwalader and Skadden take home runners-up honors.
By Ross Todd
3 minute read
June 13, 2023 | Litigation Daily
An Early Batch of Litigator of the Week Shout OutsGiving some shine to the firms who scored litigation wins during the LOTW cycle that landed while we were out last week.
By Ross Todd
6 minute read
June 12, 2023 | Litigation Daily
Talking Songwriting and Litigating With Patent Litigator and LYON$ Frontman Trey LyonsGeorge Lyons III, or "Trey," became an equity partner at Chicago IP firm McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff late last year. His country band LYON$ dropped its second album this spring.
By Ross Todd
6 minute read
June 02, 2023 | Litigation Daily
Litigators of the Week: Davis Polk Gets 2nd Circuit Blessing for Purdue Pharma's Multibillion-Dollar Bankruptcy SettlementDavis Polk's Marshall Huebner and Benjamin Kaminetzky helped convince the Second Circuit to overturn a district court ruling finding the bankruptcy code didn't authorize liability releases for the Sackler family, the founders of the OxyContin maker.
By Ross Todd
12 minute read
June 02, 2023 | Litigation Daily
Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout OutsA team from Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison convinced the Second Circuit to vacate a $570 million trade secrets damages award against their client, IT services firm Syntel.
By Ross Todd
6 minute read
June 01, 2023 | Litigation Daily
The Challenges Facing New Litigation Partners in the Am Law 50Newly-minted litigation partners who participated in Law.com's "How I Made It" series of Q&As said learning the business of law and finding a personal niche were nearly every bit as important as mastering the practice.
By Ross Todd
7 minute read
May 31, 2023 | Litigation Daily
Is 'No Poach' No More?Since 2016, when the DOJ's Antitrust Division first warned it would take the novel step of criminally investigating and prosecuting alleged no poach agreements, the agency has had a devastating track record: Zero convictions and acquittals of 13 individuals and one company across four trials.
By Lauren Briggerman, Kirby Behre and Helen Marsh
6 minute read
May 30, 2023 | Litigation Daily
Litigation Leaders: Laurie Carr Mims of Keker, Van Nest & Peters on Preparing for Inevitable Change"Litigation is inherently unpredictable, and being receptive to change allows you to approach problems from new angles and find creative solutions," says Mims, who became the San Francisco trial boutique's third-ever managing partner earlier this year.
By Ross Todd
13 minute read
May 26, 2023 | Litigation Daily
Litigators of the Week: Wilmer Gets a Clean Defense Sweep in Waco for Dropbox in Its First-Ever TrialThe cloud storage and file-sharing platform called on Wilmer's Greg Lantier and Amanda Major to push back against patent claims from Motion Offense, which initially sued a Dropbox customer.
By Ross Todd
7 minute read
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