Ross Todd

July 23, 2010 | Law.com

After sifting through a plaintiff's "hydra-like" complaint, a New York federal judge has dismissed a putative class action alleging that American Express and two executives made false and misleading statements to investors about the types of credit risk the company faced as it tried to expand its share of the credit card market beyond its traditional high-end clientele. "That a business plan turned out to be ill-timed and, in hindsight, ill-advised does not transmogrify it into a securities fraud," the judge wrote.

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July 20, 2011 | The American Lawyer

It didn't take long for News Corp. and its independent directors to round up some of the top white-collar, internal investigations, and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act lawyers in the country.

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January 18, 2012 | The American Lawyer

Manhattan federal district court judge Kimba Wood allows a former Ernst & Young accountant to move forward with a purported wage and hour class action, despite the fact that she had signed an employment agreement mandating individual arbitration of workplace disputes.

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July 22, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

The Lanier Law Firm filed the patent infringement complaint in the friendly confines of Marshall, Tx., federal district court against no fewer than 36 defendants.

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June 01, 2010 | The American Lawyer

To blunt the effects of the recession, five Second Hundred firms reached deep into their toolkits.

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February 14, 2012 | The American Lawyer

Massachusetts Mutual and its lawyers at Quinn Emanuel crossed a major hurdle on Tuesday in a crush of litigation against banks that underwrote residential mortgage backed-securities. A federal judge in Boston largely denied motions to dismiss nine separate suits that Quinn Emanuel filed against Credit Suisse, HSBC, JPMorgan Chase, Deutsche Bank, Royal Bank of Scotland, UBS, WaMu Inc., and Goldman Sachs.

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July 21, 2010 | The American Lawyer

We called Mendelsohn after reading about a newly disclosed, eight-country probe of four pharmaceutical companies and noting the rapid upward spiral of recent FCPA settlements. His prediction: FCPA defense is only going to get hotter.

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April 06, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

It's not clear how much Pfizer agreed to pay the family of suicide victim Hartley Shearer after two days of trial — but any payment from Pfizer is significant. This is the company's first Neurontin products liability payment.

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July 23, 2010 | The American Lawyer

The trial lawyer has represented oil companies in the past, but says he has no conflicts that should keep him from taking this assignment.

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April 25, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

A former Quarles & Brady associate, Luis Ram�rez, has sued the firm claiming he was the victim of discrimination and retaliation.

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