Ross Todd

February 07, 2013 | New York Law Journal

Cracks in the rating agencies' First Amendment armor have begun to spread in a series of decisions in private investor litigation and cases brought by state attorneys general. And now the federal government shoe has dropped.

By Ross Todd and Mike Scarclla

6 minute read

April 19, 2012 | The Recorder

By Ross Todd

4 minute read

June 27, 2012 | The American Lawyer

Why has the U.S. government let private lawyers lead the charge against an alleged vitamin C cartel in China?

By Ross Todd

6 minute read

June 14, 2010 | Daily Business Review

GrayRobinson charts its own course with strong managing partner structure and meritocratic compensation plan.

By Ross Todd

12 minute read

April 23, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

Federal District Court Judge Lucy Koh refused to dismiss a proposed antitrust class action Apple, Google, Intel, Lucasfilm, Adobe, Intuit, and Pixar, ruling that "it strains credulity" that the defendants would develop nearly identical "Do Not Cold Call" agreements to restrict recruiting without some coordination.

By Ross Todd

4 minute read

April 19, 2012 | The American Lawyer

You don't often hear complaints about working for Apple, Google, Intel, Lucasfilm, Adobe, Intuit, or Pixar. But according to plaintiffs lawyers at Lieff Cabraser, Berger & Montague, and Grant & Eisenhofer, employees at the companies were the victims of a conspiracy to suppress their salaries and keep them tied down at their jobs. And on Wednesday, a judge in San Jose ruled that the lawyers had come up with enough evidence to allow their case to move forward.

By Ross Todd

4 minute read

August 01, 2008 | National Law Journal

As recently as the mid-'90s, incoming associates, be they new law school recruits or potential lateral hires, all tended to ask the same question: How long does it take to make partner here? But today, nobody seems to ask that. The shift isn't due to a reluctance by firms to promote or associates' insecurity over the economy. Instead, American Lawyer's annual midlevel survey indicates that, although most associates think they could make partner, they're just not sure they want to.

By Ross Todd

10 minute read

October 02, 2013 | New York Law Journal

A hyperlink is the modern-day equivalent of a footnote, at least as far as defamation law is concerned, a federal judge in Manhattan held in a defamation lawsuit that casino magnate, GOP donor, and serial libel claimant Sheldon Adelson brought against the National Jewish Democratic Council.

By Ross Todd

3 minute read

October 04, 2012 | New York Law Journal

George Conway III has been cataloguing the reverberations of 'Morrison v. National Australia Bank' ever since he successfully argued the case at the U.S. Supreme Court in 2010, persuading the court to rein in the extraterritorial reach of U.S. securities law. Now Conway is looking to ensure that its effects also extend to criminal conduct.

By Ross Todd

4 minute read

June 18, 2012 | New York Law Journal

Early this year, Robert J. Alessi of DLA Piper entered a minefield of fossil fuel politics, high-stakes appellate litigation, and career upheaval tied to the collapse of Dewey & LeBoeuf. Last week, he not only emerged intact, but victorious.

By Ross Todd

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