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.
July 08, 2011 | The American Lawyer
Handicapping Who Follows Varney as Nation's Top TrustbusterBy By Ross Todd
2 minute read
June 09, 2011 | The American Lawyer
Mayer Brown Wins $900 Million New York Appellate Ruling for Carlos Slim and Am�rica M�vilThe state's top court ruled that Latin America's largest mobile phone carrier was shielded from claims that it duped investors into selling their shares in an Ecuadorian subsidiary.
By Ross Todd
3 minute read
September 23, 2009 | The American Lawyer
Sidley Client Wyeth Sues FDA over Generic DrugDrugmaker Wyeth on Wednesday sued regulators at the Food and Drug Administration in an attempt to block the sale of a recently approved generic version of its intravenous antibiotic Zosyn.
By Ross Todd
2 minute read
October 27, 2011 | The American Lawyer
Abbott Age Discrimination Trial Ends With Stunning Cross by Winston's HurstIt was "kind of like using an atom bomb to kill a flea," said the plaintiff's lawyer of Jim Hurst's eviscerating cross-examination, in which the plaintiff admitted to perjury.
By Ross Todd
4 minute read
August 07, 2009 | The American Lawyer
Not a Moment Too Soon, Federal Circuit Toughens Standards for Inequitable Conduct ClaimsIn recent years, one of the reasons for the ballooning cost of patent litigation is defense claims that patent holders deceived the Patent and Trademark Office, and so their patents are invalid because of inequitable conduct. On Tuesday the appeals court said enough is enough and raised the bar for misconduct allegations.
By Ross Todd
2 minute read
September 08, 2010 | Law.com
Study: Location, Firm Size Key to Billing RatesA study of more than $4 billion worth of law firm time sheets submitted by 90,000 people at 3,500 firms portrays an industry fraught with inconsistency. About 85 percent of the lawyers charge clients different rates for the same work. The location of the biller and the size of the biller's firm -- not the biller's experience -- are the variables that most influence how much a client will pay. And while in-house counsel talk tough about keeping rates in check, they OK almost three-fourths of all timekeepers' rate hikes.
By Ross Todd
2 minute read
August 10, 2009 | The American Lawyer
It Takes a Forest: Bilski Amicus Briefs Are Piling Up at Supreme CourtThere are no fewer than 43 amicus briefs already on file in the case that will determine the standard for business method patents. And the folks on the government's side are yet to chime in.
By Ross Todd
3 minute read
August 27, 2010 | The American Lawyer
Plaintiffs Lawyers Can't Recoup $6 Million Litigation Financing Fee in World Trade Center Workers' Case"You can surely absorb this," Manhattan federal district court judge Alvin Hellerstein told lawyers representing the workers on Friday.
By Ross Todd
4 minute read
December 08, 2008 | The American Lawyer
Wildman Harrold and Lewin & Lewin Win Seventh Circuit Reinstatement of Judgment for Terror VictimsAfter seven long years of litigation, Wildman Harrold--and the family of a young man killed in a 1996 drive-by Hamas shooting in Israel--received a measure of vindication last week, when an en banc panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit reinstated a $156 million judgment against two U.S.-based Islamic groups.
By Ross Todd
3 minute read
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