Ross Todd

March 04, 2013 | The American Lawyer

Add Haynes and Boone to the ever-growing list of international law firms vying for a slice of the work in the emerging market of Brazil.

By Ross Todd

3 minute read

February 28, 2013 | New York Law Journal

After poring over analysis from "high-priced arm chair oracles," Southern District Judge Victor Marrero certified a class of Fairfield Greenwich Group investors whose money disappeared in Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme, but excluded investors in 25 countries whose laws he concluded don't support class treatment for the investors' claims.

By Ross Todd

3 minute read

August 25, 2009 | Daily Business Review

An annual survey of mid-level associates by American Lawyer rated how law firms handled layoffs: how they were communicated to employees who were on their way out and those who were staying.

By Ross Todd

8 minute read

February 01, 2013 | The American Lawyer

Some managing partners at Am Law firms are eschewing retirement for active practice.

By Ross Todd

3 minute read

June 27, 2013 | Daily Report Online

The Supreme Court's decision striking down a crucial part of the Voting Rights Act leaves hanging some of the most notable pro bono victories large law firms won last year, especially those that relied heavily on the "preclearance" mechanism of Section 5.

By Ross Todd

12 minute read

March 14, 2007 | Corporate Counsel

Law firms that have responded to client demands by putting together legal teams of a particular racial composition could face discrimination suits, according to Curt Levey, a conservative activist who helped lead the high-profile fight against the University of Michigan's affirmative action programs. "Not only may a law firm be liable for discrimination, but so may be the individual employees and partners at the law firm," writes Levey in a research paper he presented Tuesday at a Washington, D.C., forum.

By Ross Todd

4 minute read

January 29, 2013 | National Law Journal

A federal judge in New Orleans has accepted BP's $4 billion criminal guilty over its role in the catastrophic 2010 oil spill that fouled the Gulf of Mexico. But BP's lawyers still have plenty of work to do managing the company's massive liabilities over the disaster.

By Ross Todd / The Litigation Daily

4 minute read

June 20, 2013 | New York Law Journal

The trademark spat between two purveyors of $40 t-shirts has been ugly from the get-go, but a winner has finally emerged.

By Ross Todd

4 minute read

July 12, 2012 | New York Law Journal

It's been a rough couple of months at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit for investors in feeder funds that lost money in Bernard Madoff's Ponzi mega-fraud.

By Ross Todd

3 minute read

January 02, 2012 | The American Lawyer

The judges, regulators, and lawyers who jumped on the anti-business bandwagon.

By Ross Todd

7 minute read