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.
November 01, 2011 | The American Lawyer
How Many Malpractice Suits Is Too Many?Winston & Strawn's new lateral was sued at least four times.
By Ross Todd
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June 03, 2013 | New York Law Journal
Court Narrows Lawsuit on $1.75 Billion MBS DealManhattan Supreme Court Justice Eileen Bransten ruled that MBS trustee U.S. Bank National Association can't try to force BofA to repurchase all 4,484 loans underlying the securities, but refused to dismiss a separate claim related to 495 allegedly faulty loans that Countrywide Financial already refused to buy back.
By Ross Todd
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June 19, 2012 | New York Law Journal
Facebook Seeks to Bring All IPO Suits to New YorkFacebook, which is headquartered in Menlo Park, Calif., argues that the events at the center of the securities cases predominantly took place in the Empire State.
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January 31, 2013 | The American Lawyer
Merck Investors Win Class Cert as Vioxx Litigation Marches OnMerck has already paid close to $6 billion in civil settlements and criminal fines over the Vioxx debacle. Now that the company's lawyers at Cravath and Hughes Hubbard have failed to block a long-running securities class action over the drug, is another settlement on the way?
By Ross Todd
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February 28, 2013 | The American Lawyer
Lackluster Verdict Caps Clash of Legal Titans in Dish v. ESPNDish Network, represented by Simpson Thacher's Barry Ostrager, wanted a Manhattan jury to award more than $150 million in the company's much-publicized breach of contract case against ESPN. But ESPN counsel Diane Sullivan of Weil Gotshal limited the damage to just $4.9 million.
By Ross Todd
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August 16, 2013 | The American Lawyer
Judge Sanctions Sekisui Over Email DeletionsU.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin has reversed a magistrate's decision ruling out sanctions against Sekisui America Corp in the company's breach of contract case, marking one of the few times she has imposed sanctions for the spoliation of evidence. Sekisui was represented by Morrison & Foerster.
By Ross Todd
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April 26, 2012 | The American Lawyer
Trial Still on Track for LG and Toshiba After Two More Companies Strike Deals in LCD Antitrust CaseOn Wednesday lawyers for LG at Munger Tolles and Paul Hastings asked U.S. District Judge Susan Illston to scrap her plans for a bifurcated May trial in the five-year-old MDL, explaining that with two new settlements last week, LG and Toshiba are the only defendants left. The judge rejected that argument at a hearing on Wednesday, opting to move forward with the trial as planned.
By Ross Todd
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September 27, 2013 | New York Law Journal
Investors Fail to Revive Lawsuit Against S&PAlthough plaintiffs pointed to detailed allegations in a February complaint by the DOJ related to S&P's ratings of residential mortgage-backed securities and collateralized debt obligations as new evidence, the court refused to take the "extraordinary" step of resuscitating a twice-dismissed case.
By Ross Todd
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April 09, 2013 | The American Lawyer
Paul Weiss Defeats Suit Against UBS over Toxic CDOsKasowitz Benson has had mixed luck lately pressing claims that the hedge fund Magnetar Capital colluded with various banks to to place short bets on complex securities backed by subprime mortgages. The firm's luck was all bad this week in its case against UBS AG.
By Ross Todd
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November 21, 2011 | The American Lawyer
Skadden, S&C Advise on $11 Billion Biotech Drug DealBy Ross Todd
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