Ross Todd

September 18, 2009 | Law.com

Kent Roberts, the ex-general counsel of McAfee, has sued his former employer for defamation, invasion of privacy and malicious prosecution. Roberts, who was acquitted of fraud last year, is accusing McAfee of making him the scapegoat in the company's stock option backdating scandal. What's more, he accuses the company's outside lawyers at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and Howrey of helping to frame him through a campaign called "Project Shield," designed to shift attention away from McAfee's board and its then-CEO.

By Ross Todd

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October 11, 2010 | The Recorder

By Ross Todd

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September 09, 2010 | The American Lawyer

NALP reports that associate salaries didn't budge much between 2009 and 2010 in the biggest markets, but median salaries in smaller markets took a hit.

By Ross Todd

4 minute read

July 08, 2011 | Law.com

Small firm acquisitions drove an active second quarter of law firm mergers and acquisitions, according to a report released Wednesday by Altman Weil MergerLine. Ten of the 12 deals involved acquisitions of firms with 20 or fewer lawyers and the other two involved acquisitions of firms with fewer than 50.

By Ross Todd

3 minute read

September 01, 2010 | The American Lawyer

By Ross Todd

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January 29, 2010 | Law.com

Two former clients have sued Milbank, Tweed, Hadley and McCloy, charging the firm with malpractice, breach of fiduciary duty and breach of contract over the firm's work on the financing of a failed Nebraska ethanol project. In a complaint filed Tuesday in state court in San Francisco, Medley Capital and Fourth Third allege that Milbank lawyers failed to secure a first, secured interest in the ethanol project for the former clients. The firm's work on the matter occurred from March 2007 to March 2009.

By Ross Todd

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April 01, 2007 | The American Lawyer

By Ross Todd

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July 22, 2011 | New York Law Journal

By Tom Huddleston Jr. and Ross Todd

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November 01, 2007 | Corporate Counsel

Judges have handed down some staggering restitution orders in both high-profile and obscure cases during the past five years. Of the defendants prosecuted under the banner of the Corporate Fraud Task Force, at least 25 people face more than $7 million in restitution debts. But how much of the money will be collected? Even with record-level collections of more than $1.5 billion, the U.S. Department of Justice brought in only 3.3 percent of all criminal debt on the books last year.

By Ross Todd

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May 01, 2006 | Corporate Counsel

The GC of Churchill Downs Inc. has never been to the Kentucky Derby. But William Carstanjen, who came to CDI in July 2005, believes his fresh perspective is exactly what the company needs to help with plans to reinvent and re-energize itself. He'll experience his first Derby day on May 6, which will be a "little bit of work and pleasure." After serving as GC for a number of General Electric energy subsidiaries, Carstanjen was shocked to find that the horse racing industry is even more regulated.

By Ross Todd

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