Ross Todd

April 01, 2011 | The American Lawyer

An innovative use of private-activity bonds may help get Coloradans out of their cars.

By By Ross Todd

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October 13, 2010 | Law.com

It's not often that Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz hires laterals, but according to Reuters, the firm might soon bring on a lawyer from the U.S. Federal Reserve Board: Patricia Robinson, an assistant general counsel, who according to sources is expected to join Wachtell in December.

By Ross Todd

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January 01, 2008 | The American Lawyer

Law school grads find happiness on exotic island locales.

By Ross Todd

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January 25, 2010 | Law.com

Profits per equity partner dropped 3 percent at Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal in 2009 and gross revenue was flat, according to figures reported by the firm Thursday, marking the second straight year of lower profits. One reason for the drop in revenue per lawyer: Sonnenschein's boost in head count. On Jan. 1, 2009, the firm added 100 lawyers from New York's Thacher Proffitt & Wood, including 40 partners, marking the largest lateral group Sonnenschein has taken on.

By Ross Todd

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August 10, 2009 | Law.com

Last Tuesday a federal jury handed down a rare plaintiffs victory in a trial involving claims under the Torture Victims Protection Act and the Alien Tort Claims Act. After a two-day trial and a little more than 2 1/2 hours of deliberations, a jury in Brooklyn, N.Y., awarded Nayeem Mehtab Chowdhury -- represented by Fulbright & Jaworski -- $1.5 million in actual damages and $250,000 in punitives in a case stemming from his torture at the hands of the Rapid Action Battalion in Bangladesh.

By Ross Todd

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December 16, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

By Ross Todd

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July 29, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

The rapper's lawyers from Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp and Winston & Strawn, which represented two music publishers, scored an appellate win that affirmed a lower court's decision in a copyright case centered on the hit single "Big Pimpin."

By Ross Todd

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August 11, 2009 | National Law Journal

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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August 05, 2009 | Corporate Counsel

The drug at issue, Yasmin, not only prevents pregnancy, but also offers the desirable side effect of reducing bloating. But, as sibling publication The Am Law Litigation Daily reports, a federal district court ruled that Bayer's patented technique for increasing the absorption of a key ingredient was obvious, given the prior art.

By By Ross Todd

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August 25, 2006 | New York Law Journal

The 276 summer associates class at Latham & Watkins outnumbered the total staff of 195 lawyers at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. At Latham, summer associates made more than $2,650 a week on average, costing the firm about $8.5 million in salaries alone.

By Ross ToddThe American Lawyer

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