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.
April 01, 2011 | Corporate Counsel
From Hope to NopeA high-profile fair use dispute veers into something more like low comedy.
By Ross Todd
3 minute read
July 29, 2009 | The American Lawyer
Sumner Redstone Takes Stand in Messy Family Inheritance DisputeHe's 86 years old, but the Viacom chairman is still plenty feisty, by the evidence of his two hours of testimony in a suit in which his nephew claims Redstone cheated him out of shares in the family business. We especially enjoyed his sniffy rejoinder to a question about whether he'd drafted a particular document. Nah, said the octogenarian. Document drafting is for mere lawyers!
By Ross Todd
2 minute read
October 08, 2010 | The American Lawyer
Jury Selection Begins in Rare Securities Class Action Trial; BankAtlantic CEO Accused of Deceiving Shareholders About Lending PracticesIn a state where real estate horror stories are almost as ubiquitous as sunshine, the defense may face an uphill battle to find sympathetic jurors. One of its tactics: attack the plaintiffs lawyers.
By Ross Todd
3 minute read
September 17, 2009 | The American Lawyer
Constantine Trela, Jr., of Sidley AustinConstantine Trela, Jr., convinced the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to knock out a $358 million award against Microsoft.
By Ross Todd
2 minute read
September 01, 2008 | The American Lawyer
In Or Out?NALP changes the rules on summer offers.
By Ross Todd
3 minute read
September 15, 2010 | The American Lawyer
Trading Places: Another Record Year for Laterals?What's behind the recent rash of lateral hires among The Am Law 200?
By Ross Todd
3 minute read
September 24, 2009 | The American Lawyer
Madoff Judge Rejects Restitution Approach for Madoff VictimsManhattan federal district court judge Denny Chin, presiding over the criminal proceedings of Bernard Madoff, concluded that it wouldn't be feasible to order restitution for victims of the Ponzi scheme. Instead, victims will be compensated under forfeiture principles.
By Ross Todd
3 minute read
October 08, 2010 | The American Lawyer
Vodka Litigation with a Twist: Second Circuit Reinstates Russia's Stoli Trademark ClaimsIf the fight over U.S. rights to the famed Stolichnaya trademark were a vodka martini, you could consider it both shaken and stirred by an appellate ruling reviving a case that Russia considers a matter of national pride.
By Ross Todd
4 minute read
January 11, 2012 | The American Lawyer
Calif. Judge Tosses Overstock.com Suit Over Naked Short SalesLawyers for Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch at Sullivan & Cromwell, Morgan Lewis, and O'Melveny & Myers persuaded a state court judge in San Francisco to throw out Overstock's nearly five-year-old suit, which originally accused 10 brokerage firms of illegally manipulating the market for its shares through naked short sales.
By Ross Todd
4 minute read
January 24, 2012 | The American Lawyer
Irell Wins $27 Million Judgment for St. Jude in Medical Device Patent Suit Against AccessClosure; Ruling Paves Way for Treble DamagesAn Arkansas federal judge entered the $27.1 million judgment a little more than a year after Morgan Chu of Irell & Manella squared off against AccessClosure counsel Charles Verhoeven of Quinn Emanuel at a December 2010 jury trial.
By Ross Todd
2 minute read
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