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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July 31, 2013 | The American Lawyer

Ninth Circuit Sides With Athletes in EA Video Games Case

Electronic Arts and its lawyers at Davis Wright Tremaine and Keker & Van Nest got mixed tidings Wednesday in a pair of decisions from the Ninth Circuit. But the news was mostly bad for the video game maker, and nothing but good for plaintiffs lawyer Steve Berman.

By Ross Todd

4 minute read

January 05, 2012 | Texas Lawyer

Baker Botts Files FOIA Suit Against SEC over Yukos Docs

Baker Botts, representing Russia in the country's sprawling litigation over the renationalized Yukos Oil Co., sued the Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday in Houston federal district court, claiming that the agency illegally withheld documents that the firm first requested nearly a year ago. The firm alleges that the SEC refused to turn over attendance lists, minutes, notes, visitor logs, and other materials

By Ross Todd

2 minute read

June 25, 2012 | The American Lawyer

Eleventh Circuit Rejects Challenge to Shell Exploration Plan

The oil and gas industry notched a win Friday in the first legal challenge to federal approval of an exploratory drilling plan in the Gulf of Mexico since the Deepwater Horizon disaster.

By Ross Todd

3 minute read

September 13, 2013 | The American Lawyer

Judge Refuses to Name Lead Counsel in Saks Takeover Fight

A state court judge in New York slammed plaintiffs lawyers for their conduct in a shareholder M&A class action and warned them not to bet on a big payday in the case.

By Ross Todd

2 minute read

September 09, 2013 | The American Lawyer

Big Tobacco's SCOTUS Hopes Stay Dim After Latest Engle Ruling

The Eleventh Circuit handed the tobacco industry its latest setback on Friday in the crush of cases spawned by Engle v. Liggett Group, making the chances for a Supreme Court intervention look even slimmer.

By Ross Todd

3 minute read

November 23, 2011 | The American Lawyer

Five Firms Advise on Japanese Exchanges Merger

Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu, Davis Polk & Wardwell, Nishimura & Asahi, TMI Associates, and Sullivan & Cromwell have all landed roles on Tokyo Stock Exchange Group's $1.1 billion takeover of the Osaka Securities Exchange, The Am Law Daily reports.

By Ross Todd

2 minute read

January 20, 2012 | Legaltech News

Making Peace, Alcatel-Lucent and Microsoft Settle Decade-Plus Litigation

With a one-paragraph order filed Tuesday, Judge Marilyn Huff of the Southern District of California brought a hard-fought patent litigation between Alcatel-Lucent and Microsoft to an end.

By Ross Todd

2 minute read

September 25, 2013 | The American Lawyer

Wilson Sonsini Slashes 35 Secretarial Jobs

Wilson Sonsini announced Wednesday that it is eliminating about 35 secretarial positions primarily in its Palo Alto, Calif., office. Co-managing partners Douglas Clark and Jack Sheridan announced the move internally in a firmwide memo Wednesday morning obtained by The Am Law Daily.

By Ross Todd

2 minute read

April 16, 2013 | Law.com

No-Fault Settlement with SAC Capital Conditioned on Outcome of Citi Case

By Ross Todd

1 minute read

January 17, 2013 | The American Lawyer

Irell Moves to Toss Suit Claiming Bill Koch Corralled Oxbow Exec

Irell & Manella has handled some interesting litigation lately for the uber-billionaire William Koch, including a suit claiming that Koch was duped into buying wine that once supposedly belonged to Thomas Jefferson. Now Irell partner John Hueston is playing defense for Koch, hoping to fend off claims that the Oxbow Group founder detained an Oxbow executive in an Old-West ghost town on his Colorado ranch.

By Ross Todd

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