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Ross Todd

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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April 05, 2012 | The American Lawyer

Wayland Takes Top Antitrust Post Pending Baer Confirmation

After Joseph Wayland led the Justice Department antitrust team that scuttled H&R Block's proposed $287.5 million TaxAct acquisition last October, we named him Litigator of the Week and The American Lawyer dubbed him a Newsmaker of the Year. Now the former Simpson Thacher & Bartlett partner has picked up another title: acting head of the DOJ's Antitrust Division.

By Ross Todd

2 minute read

October 31, 2012 | The American Lawyer

After Sparking Litigation Frenzy, Eminem Digital Downloads Case Ends with UMG Deal

Eminem's former producers and their lawyers at Arnold & Porter helped inspire a chorus of artists to sue their record labels over royalties for digital downloads.

By Ross Todd

3 minute read

January 01, 2011 | The American Lawyer

The Cleanup Crew

More than a year after the apocalypse hit, time to really start scrubbing.

By Ross Todd

2 minute read

September 24, 2013 | New York Law Journal

Music-Sharing Website Beats Infringement Claims

A Southern District judge largely accepted the arguments of Vimeo, a video-sharing website, and its lawyers at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan on Wednesday in Vimeo's copyright spat with a group of EMI Music record labels.

By Ross Todd

2 minute read

October 31, 2012 | The Recorder

Former Eminem Producers, Universal Music Group Settle Digital Downloads Case

By Ross Todd

3 minute read

August 21, 2013 | New York Law Journal

Circuit Partly Revives $2.5 Billion Securities Case

A proposed class of shareholders and their lawyers are back in the saddle in a major securities case against Barclays, bank directors and a group of underwriters that allegedly misled investors about the bank's exposure to risky mortgage-backed assets during the financial crisis.

By Ross Todd

2 minute read

October 18, 2013 | The American Lawyer

HSBC Unit Ordered to Pay $2.46 Billion for Securities Fraud

Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd secured the record judgment in its long-running securities fraud class action against Household International Inc., a unit of British banking giant HSBC Group.

By Ross Todd

3 minute read

February 23, 2012 | The Recorder

FINRA Seeks Dismissal of Charles Schwab Suit against Class Action Waivers

By Ross Todd

3 minute read