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.
May 12, 2023 | Litigation Daily
Litigators of the Week: Kaplan Hecker Takes On Donald Trump for E. Jean Carroll and Wins at TrialA team led by Roberta Kaplan, Shawn Crowley and Mike Ferrara convinced a federal jury in Manhattan to hold the former president liable for sexual abuse and defamation, awarding their client $5 million in damages.
By Ross Todd
8 minute read
May 12, 2023 | Litigation Daily
Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout OutThere's certainly no shortage of high-stakes wins to talk about.
By Ross Todd
6 minute read
May 11, 2023 | Litigation Daily
Unblurred Lines: Thinking Out Loud With Ed Sheeran's Copyright Trial Lawyers at Pryor CashmanIlene Farkas, Donald Zakarin and their team did a lot to ease the nerves of modern music makers last week when they convinced Manhattan jurors that Sheeran's Grammy-winning song "Thinking Out Loud" did not copy "Let's Get It On," the Marvin Gaye hit written by Ed Townsend.
By Ross Todd
12 minute read
May 10, 2023 | Litigation Daily
Arendi: Apple's Claim That Susman Intentionally Aired Confidential Settlement 'Unsupported, Extremely Troublesome'In a letter filed with the court over the weekend, Arendi defended its lawyers at Susman Godfrey from what it called "inflammatory and meritless accusations" that they intentionally disclosed confidential settlement information during a patent case against Google.
By Ross Todd
4 minute read
May 09, 2023 | Litigation Daily
How This Kirkland Partner Pushed Past a Flat Tire and Glitchy Tech to Deliver a Winning Argument for Sotheby's"Sometimes you just got to be willing to let those things go and step up and let it rip and trust in the work that you put in," says Kirkland's Jess Krannich.
By Ross Todd
4 minute read
May 08, 2023 | Litigation Daily
Apple Says Arendi Aired Confidential Patent Deal In Google Trial. Nobody's Reported It Yet. No Harm, No Foul?Apple is seeking sanctions against Arendi, its lawyers at Susman Godfrey and an expert witness who testified in Arendi's recent patent infringement trial against Google claiming they violated a protective order by airing the amount Apple paid as part of a 2021 settlement during trial.
By Ross Todd
5 minute read
May 05, 2023 | Litigation Daily
Litigators of the Week: In Test Case Over Illinois Genetic Privacy Law, Kirkland Defends Ancestry.com DealKirkland & Ellis partners Martin Roth and Alyssa Kalisky got a win for Blackstone Inc. as the Seventh Circuit upheld a ruling tossing claims brought under the Illinois Genetic Information Privacy Act after the company acquired Ancestry for $4.7 billion.
By Ross Todd
10 minute read
May 05, 2023 | Litigation Daily
Another Fresh Batch of Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout OutsRunners-up include defense lawyers who secured a mid-trial ruling in Connecticut tossing out federal prosecutors' latest attempt to bring criminal antitrust charges related to alleged "no-poach" agreements.
By Ross Todd
8 minute read
May 04, 2023 | Litigation Daily
Notes From an Insurer Win in a Rare Trial Over COVID-19 Business Interruption Coverage ClaimsAfter two weeks of trial, jurors in Santa Monica, California deliberated just 90 minutes last week before finding plaintiffs hadn't proven that the COVID-19 virus caused any direct physical loss or damage to a Venice Beach hotel—a big win for John Phillips and Brett Ingerman of DLA Piper and their client, an affiliate of Allianz.
By Ross Todd
6 minute read
May 03, 2023 | Litigation Daily
What You're Up Against When Trying to Get the Lit Daily's AttentionIn which your columnist turns his reportorial skills on a week's worth of his own email traffic.
By Ross Todd
7 minute read
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