Ross Todd

January 04, 2012 | The American Lawyer

For the second time in five months, Panasonic's lawyers at Dewey & LeBoeuf persuaded a federal judge in San Francisco to dismiss Samsung's antitrust claims against Panasonic over a patent licensing deal involving secure digital memory cards.

By Ross Todd

3 minute read

September 15, 2009 | The American Lawyer

A divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled last Friday that two private military contractors cannot be held liable for allegedly torturing detainees at Iraq's notorious Abu Ghraib prison.

By Ross Todd

2 minute read

December 09, 2010 | The American Lawyer

A day after the Senate unanimously convicted New Orleans federal district court judge G. Thomas Porteous Jr., we talked with the white-collar defense lawyer who's counseled the House of Representatives in its last four judicial impeachment investigations.

By Ross Todd

4 minute read

June 28, 2011 | The American Lawyer

Greenberg Traurig's Jan Handzlik has long argued that the Lindsey case ought to be thrown out on prosecutorial misconduct grounds. Based on the presiding judge's reaction Monday to the government's admission that it failed to turn over evidence, his job may have just gotten easier.

By Ross Todd

3 minute read

June 03, 2010 | The Recorder

Baker & McKenzie has elected Eduardo Leite, managing partner of the firm's four offices in Brazil, to head the firm's executive committee.

By Ross Todd

3 minute read

October 21, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

Descendants of the late author lost the latest round in their seven-year contract and copyright feud with heirs of the his third wife.

By Ross Todd

2 minute read

September 23, 2009 | The American Lawyer

Once again we check in on the squabbling sailors of the America's Cup. This time, a judge rules on claims of unfair play.

By Ross Todd

2 minute read

August 05, 2009 | The American Lawyer

Eran Rubinstein and his wife had a pretty sweet deal with Hagens Berman. As of counsel, they were paid $30,000 a month, plus a travel budget of $50,000, to establish client relationships with institutional investors from outside the U.S. But somehow it all went bad, and the firm and the Rubinsteins ended up suing one another.

By Ross Todd

2 minute read

January 24, 2012 | The American Lawyer

You could practically feel the wave of relief that washed over the litigation department at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett on Tuesday, when a New York state appellate court upheld a $420 million summary judgment ruling that the firm won for Travelers unit United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company back in 2010.

By Ross Todd

3 minute read

April 02, 2010 | The American Lawyer

Hey, it's only been nine years since Enron went bust. On back-to-back days, Simpson got word of the dismissal of an ERISA stock-drop case claiming JPMorgan plan fiduciaries should have know the plan was overexposed to Enron stock, and then learned that New York's high court rejected vulture fund claims against JPMorgan as an Enron bond trustee.

By Ross Todd

3 minute read