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.
January 14, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer
Settlement Reached With Eli Lilly in DES Breast Cancer TrialFor decades, a small group of plaintiffs lawyers have been pressing claims against companies that made and sold a synthetic estrogen known as diethylstilbestrol, or DES, which was prescribed to millions of pregnant women to ward off premature births and miscarriages from 1948 to 1971.
By Ross Todd
3 minute read
November 13, 2012 | Law.com
Nixon Peabody Gets $20 Million Fee for '100 Percent' Win in New Hampshire Budget BattleBy Ross Todd
1 minute read
August 15, 2012 | The American Lawyer
Big Porn v. Big Web Ruling Could Spell Trouble for ICANNA case pitting adult entertainment companies against the gatekeepers of Internet domain names cleared a key hurdle this week, when a federal judge in Los Angeles largely allowed antitrust claims over the controversial .xxx domain to go forward.
By Ross Todd
4 minute read
May 10, 2012 | Law.com
Weil Scores for CBS in Second Circuit Ruling on $14 Billion WritedownBy Ross Todd
1 minute read
December 18, 2012 | Law.com
Amgen to Pay $150 Million for Misdemeanor Charge of Misbranding Anemia DrugBy Ross Todd
1 minute read
May 28, 2008 | National Law Journal
Layoffs at Sonnenschein: More than 100 lawyers, staff cutAccording to a post on Above the Law, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal has recently laid off 37 lawyers, 75 staff members, and 12 non-lawyer timekeepers. Firm chairman Elliot Portnoy said the firm's litigation and real estate departments — the firm's largest practices — were most directly affected. Earlier this month Portnoy told The American Lawyer that the current economic climate had affected the firm's lateral push. "Naturally in a challenging economic climate, we've ramped up the due diligence process," he said.
By Ross Todd
2 minute read
April 16, 2013 | The American Lawyer
No-Fault Settlement with SAC Capital Conditioned on Outcome of Citi CaseA Manhattan federal judge on Tuesday conditionally approved a $602 million insider trading settlement that SAC Capital Advisors reached with the SEC last month. But he also became the latest judge to question the SEC's practice of allowing defendants to settle enforcement actions without admitting or denying the allegations.
By Ross Todd
3 minute read
July 10, 2012 | Law.com
KPMG, E&Y Fend Off Madoff Feeder Fund Investors at Second CircuitBy Ross Todd
1 minute read
July 03, 2012 | The American Lawyer
Battle over Texas Petrobras Venture Ends with $820.5 Million Payment for K&L Gates ClientOn Friday, after four years of litigation and arbitration, Brazil's state-owned Petrobras Brasiliero S.A and Netherlands-based Astra Oil Trading NV called off their respective legal teams at Thompson & Knight and K&L Gates.
By Ross Todd
3 minute read
November 09, 2012 | Daily Business Review
$80M settlement with Madoff investors clears way for litigation against auditing firmInvestors who lost a bundle in Fairfield Greenwich Group funds that funneled money into Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme reached a deal with the fund's founders that could be worth much as $80.3 million.
By Ross Todd
3 minute read
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