Ross Todd

January 22, 2010 | The American Lawyer

The firm's gross revenue was flat in 2009, the firm reports. "[The] bottom line for us is that we are very pleased with the performance in view of the substantial investment we made in January of 2009 to add 100 new lawyers from Thacher Proffitt," said chair Elliott Portnoy (photo at left).

By Ross Todd

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October 13, 2006 | Corporate Counsel

The list of pending lawsuits wasn't the only thing on Wendy Hufford's mind when she accepted a job as chief litigation counsel at Cardinal Health. She also had to move eight children, two cats, two dogs and one husband from New York to Ohio. Taking on the litigation portfolio of the Fortune 20 health care service and supply giant almost seemed simple by contrast. Hufford says that raising eight children has helped hone her management skills -- which may explain how she only took two days off to move.

By Ross Todd

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April 22, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

At issue in the dispute between the rapper and the Red Sox slugger: the rights to use the term 40/40.

By Ross Todd

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August 06, 2008 | The Recorder

An annual associate satisfaction survey — we've got firm rankings! — indicates that making partner isn't the big incentive it used to be. Things like interesting work matter more.

By Ross Todd

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August 24, 2010 | Law.com

Attorneys for the victims of the bridge collapse that killed 13 people in Minneapolis in August 2007 announced Monday that they had reached a settlement with the engineering company responsible for inspecting the bridge. In negotiations held this past weekend, URS Corp. agreed to pay $52.4 million to more than 100 people who sued the company in Minnesota state court. The settlement announcement concludes three years of work on behalf of the victims by a 17-firm pro bono consortium led by Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi.

By Ross Todd

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April 01, 2009 | The American Lawyer

By Ross Todd

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August 11, 2009 | Law.com

Newly sworn-in Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor already has plenty of reading ahead of her: Dennis Crouch at the Patently-O blog has posted 43 amicus briefs filed so far in advance of next term's oral arguments in Bilski v. Doll -- the case that will determine the standard for "business method" patents. The firms representing amicus filers represent a wide swath of the Am Law 200. Beyond ideology, there's a good reason for all the amicus filings: They're smart business.

By Ross Todd

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June 04, 2009 | Legaltech News

EMC Corporation and NetApp are offering dueling bids for Data Domain, which makes de-duplication storage systems. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based company has figured out a way to identify duplicate files as they are being stored, making the required storage space 10 to 30 times smaller.

By Ross Todd

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December 08, 2006 | Law.com

A litigator and sportswriter elegantly traces the history of baseball's reserve clause.

By Ross Todd

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September 18, 2009 | Corporate Counsel

In a closely watched case at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Latham & Watkins helped its client Prometheus Laboratories overturn a ruling concerning the patentability of the company's method for treating Crohn's disease and other conditions, reports sibling publication The Am Law Litigation Daily.

By By Ross Todd

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