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 30, 2012 | The American Lawyer
Facebook's FriendHow Fenwick & West landed the world's most high-profile IPO.
By Ross Todd
15 minute read
February 16, 2009 | National Law Journal
Layoffs, Closures Spawn Accidental LateralsAnne Pitter practiced with the same group of corporate attorneys for 15 years. They stayed together even as the name on the door changed: Baer Marks & Upham merged into Brown Raysman Millstein Felder & Steiner, and Brown Raysman merged into Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner. But when Thelen fell apart last fall, Pitter was on her own.
By Ross Todd
15 minute read
October 01, 2012 | The American Lawyer
Big SuitsAntitrust is in the spotlight as Visa and MasterCard settle a class action for $7 billion and Microsoft gets a $3.5 billion suit tossed.
By David Bario, Ross Todd, Julie Triedman, and Jan Wolfe
16 minute read
September 21, 2011 | The American Lawyer
Building on Morgan Lewis Win for ActiveVideo, Quinn Emanuel Shuts Down ITC Investigation Over Set-Top Box Technology for CablevisionThanks in no small part to earlier rulings in a related case against Verizon brought by a company called ActiveVideo and its lawyers at Morgan Lewis, Cablevision may be clear of Verizon's ITC claims over digital set-top box technology.
By Ross Todd
2 minute read
February 27, 2009 | Texas Lawyer
Sonnenschein to Shutter Charlotte OfficeLess than two years after Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal announced the opening of its Charlotte office, partners voted Friday afternoon to close up shop in the battered banking center. The decision affects 11 lawyers and eight staff members.
By Ross Todd
2 minute read
September 03, 2009 | Law.com
Sonnenschein Makes More CutsSonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal released a statement on Wednesday confirming that the firm has carried out additional layoffs, but a firm spokeswoman declined to say how many positions were eliminated, despite a report that the firm laid off fewer than two dozen associates. The move follows two previous rounds of cuts within the past 18 months, with 37 lawyers cut in May 2008 and 25 more attorneys laid off later that year.
By Ross Todd
2 minute read
March 09, 2010 | The American Lawyer
Who Dat?: Saints Slogan Is Fodder for Trademark FightNew Orleans brothers Sal and Steve Monistere claim to be "the proud founding members of the "WHO DAT NATION'" and assert that their company developed the Who Dat mark. They've sued NFL Properties, the New Orleans Saints, the secretary of state of Louisiana, and the State of Louisiana.
By Ross Todd
3 minute read
June 29, 2011 | The American Lawyer
JPMorgan, SEC Win Quick Approval of $153.6 Million Settlement in CDO Fraud CaseManhattan federal district court judge Richard Berman clearly wasn't channeling his inner Jed Rakoff when he approved the week-old deal Wednesday.
By Ross Todd
2 minute read
January 12, 2012 | The American Lawyer
CEO Group Backs SEC in Appeal of Rakoff Ruling Nixing Citi SettlementThe Business Roundtable doesn't usually turn up in Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement litigation on the side of the enforcers. But it's no surprise that the CEO club wants help fight the ruling by Manhattan federal district court judge Jed Rakoff that nixed the SEC's proposed $285 million settlement with Citigroup.
By Ross Todd
3 minute read
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