Ross Todd

January 16, 2012 | The American Lawyer

On Tuesday a unanimous federal appellate panel threw out a $185 million arbitration award that global energy company BG Group Plc won against the government of Argentina five years ago. BG Group, which was represented by Freshfields, claimed that Argentina's freeze on natural gas prices during its economic crisis of the early 2000s triggered the bankruptcy of Metrogas SA, an Argentine gas distributor in which BG Group owned a controlling stake.

By Ross Todd

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July 22, 2009 | The American Lawyer

In the same week that his libel suit against a New York Times editor who had the temerity to say he wasn't a billionaire was tossed, Donald Trump also suffered the dismissal of his claims against his former lawyers at Morrison Cohen--who dared to mention a case they won for Trump on the firm's Web site. No matter, says The Donald. The case had already settled.

By Ross Todd

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September 14, 2009 | The American Lawyer

A Manhattan federal court judge dismissed a pair of suits relating to the bank's sale of auction-rate securities.

By Ross Todd

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August 23, 2011 | The American Lawyer

What is "a wafer" when it comes to semiconductor technology? If you cut it into lots of pieces, is it still a wafer? That was the question the Federal Circuit addressed in a ruling Monday.

By Ross Todd

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August 13, 2009 | The American Lawyer

Less than a week after settling with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the onetime AIG chief has reportedly reached a deal with shareholders as well. By his side in the settlement? Boies, Schiller & Flexner, of course.

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August 06, 2009 | The American Lawyer

It's settlement season at Merck. On Wednesday, Merck and its partner Schering-Plough announced a $41.5 million settlement with more than 140 unions, employers, and other third-party payers who purchased the prescription cholesterol drugs Zetia and Vytorin.

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January 10, 2012 | The American Lawyer

Parabellum is just the latest independent outfit to enter the growing field of third-party litigation funding in the U.S. Anthony Sebok, a Cardozo professor who studies litigation finance, said that given the demand for funding among litigants, we're not "even close to the natural limit of how many people and how many participants can enter this sector."

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April 16, 2010 | The American Lawyer

Partner Peter Raymond is developing something of specialty. He represented rapper 50 Cent in a dispute with Taco Bell.

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August 14, 2009 | The American Lawyer

That was quick. On Wednesday, Bank of America and its counsel at Hunton & Williams sued Colonial Bank for $1 billion in mortgage loans that the beleaguered Alabama lender was holding in trust for a BofA subsidiary. On Thursday, Miami federal district court judge Adalberto Jordan granted BofA's motion for a temporary restraining order to keep Colonial from selling or otherwise disposing of 6,000 disputed mortgages.

By Ross Todd

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May 11, 2011 | The American Lawyer

Following Google's $5 million patent trial loss last month to Bedrock Computer Technology, it took a jury in the same Tyler, Texas courtroom just 40 minutes to reach a verdict of non-infringement on Tuesday in Bedrock's case against Yahoo over the same patent.

By Ross Todd

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