Ross Todd

May 05, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

"And talking to some of our friends in Charlestown, it seems you made quite a reputation for yourself. ... Come on, Finn. Guys like us never really change our spots. I've seen that same viciousness at the law firm — in the way you rip witnesses to shreds, or handle cases for the partners. You're a take-no-prisoners kind of guy. It's a more genteel world, but your instincts are still there."

By Ross Todd

5 minute read

October 01, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

With litigation wins and a favorable inspector general report, it was a helluva week for the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, its former executives, and their defense lawyers.

By Ross Todd

3 minute read

April 09, 2009 | National Law Journal

Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker has some words of advice for students facing deferred start dates: "Stop looking at it as a deferral. Start looking at it as an opportunity." Booker, a Yale law alum and former Skadden Fellow, answered questions Wednesday at a deferred associate job fair organized by New Jersey's Volunteer Lawyers for Justice. Booker says that his experience doing public interest legal work was "really foundational," and notes, "To be paid to do good in many ways is a privilege."

By Ross Todd

4 minute read

February 04, 2008 | Daily Report Online

The day Walfrido Martinez joined Hunton Williams to open the firm's Miami office in 1999, all he had to do was show up and start working. The firm had in place a receptionist, a head of office services and secretaries ready for him and the four colleagues who moved with him from Holland Knight. A group of associates had already been flown in from other Hunton offices to work on their matters.

By Ross Todd

13 minute read

January 11, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

For employers banking on the U.S. Supreme Court's decision last year in AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion to uphold arbitration clauses in employment agreements, the National Labor Relations Board's recent ruling was quickly labeled a game-changer.

By Ross Todd

4 minute read

August 29, 2012 | The American Lawyer

James Brosnahan of Morrison & Foerster has defended "American Taliban" John Walker Lindh, alleged IRA member Kevin Artt, and the defendant in a giant tax evasion case.

By Ross Todd

5 minute read

February 22, 2013 | The American Lawyer

Kaye Scholer saw its gross revenue fall by nearly 5 percent, to $400 million, its profits per partner dip by about 3 percent, to roughly $1.35 million, and its revenue per lawyer drop by 2 percent, to $965,000, in 2012, according to The American Lawyer's reporting.

By Ross Todd

6 minute read

June 22, 2012 | Daily Business Review

Warner Bros. banked on getting some laughs in a scene in The Hangover: Part II, when one of the characters bungles the name of his counterfeit designer luggage. The scene didn't amuse Louis Vuitton, but it did a federal judge.

By Ross Todd

4 minute read

May 08, 2012 | The Recorder

By Ross Todd

3 minute read

June 14, 2013 | The American Lawyer

The firm's health care practice has expanded from Washington, D.C., to Los Angeles. But will the move to high-cost markets harm its Midwestern price advantage?

By Ross Todd

10 minute read