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Ross Todd

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.

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January 09, 2023 | Litigation Daily

A Working Parent's Case for Zoom Trials

"Using Zoom even as we come out of the pandemic is really a game changer for working parents," says Gordon & Rees Bay Area managing partner Marie Holvick.

By Ross Todd

5 minute read

January 06, 2023 | Litigation Daily

Litigators of the Week: In Case of 'Phantom Damages,' Kirkland Scores a Come-From-Behind Win for TransUnion

Mark Premo-Hopkins and Britt Cramer of Kirkland & Ellis chipped away at claims from one of TransUnion's former software partners even as Cramer was being treated for cancer.

By Ross Todd

10 minute read

January 06, 2023 | Litigation Daily

Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout Outs

Defense lawyers at Libby Hoopes Brooks & Mulvey and Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan won acquittals for the former fencing coach of Harvard and a parent accused of bribing him to get his sons recruited.

By Ross Todd

4 minute read

January 05, 2023 | Litigation Daily

Litigators Weigh In With What to Watch for in 2023

Where I see uncertainty, you see fertile ground for disputes.

By Ross Todd

5 minute read

January 04, 2023 | Litigation Daily

This Gibson Dunn Team Shows You Can Get Associates Reps While Winning

"You have to be in the cage swinging, getting pitches. You don't get better if you're not," says partner Collin Cox who led a team of three associates to a $15 million trial victory in Dallas federal court.

By Ross Todd

5 minute read

January 03, 2023 | Litigation Daily

Litigation Leaders: Davis Polk's Jim Rouhandeh on Recruiting and Training Top-Flight Associates—"the Lifeblood of the Firm"

"I was thinking at a recent partners meeting that one day all of us will be retired, replaced by our current and future associates," says Rouhandeh, the head of the firm's litigation department. "It is our job to prepare them for that day, in order to ensure and enhance the legacy of this great firm."

By Ross Todd

8 minute read

December 23, 2022 | Litigation Daily

Litigators of the Week: In Pursuit of Funds from Kazakhstan Bank Collapse, Boies Schiller Team Gets $100M Verdict

Last week, jurors in Manhattan federal court routed a significant sliver of billions in absconded funds back to BTA Bank thanks to the trial work of Matthew Schwartz, John Zach and Craig Wenner of Boies Schiller Flexner.

By Ross Todd

9 minute read

December 23, 2022 | Litigation Daily

A Veritable Blizzard of Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout Outs

First up, a Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher team led by Collin Cox gets a runner-up spot this week for bringing home a $15 million jury verdict for client…

By Ross Todd

6 minute read

December 22, 2022 | Litigation Daily

Curtain Call: One Last Look at 2022's Litigators of the Week

With one more LOTW set to land tomorrow, the race to see which firm will land the most winners this year is already wrapped up.

By Ross Todd

15 minute read

December 19, 2022 | Litigation Daily

Litigation Leaders: Kramer Levin's Barry Berke on Being 'Trial Lawyers and Not Just Litigators'

"That trial lawyer approach has helped us achieve great success for our clients not only for those cases we do try, but also for those cases we get dismissed early, where we achieve a favorable settlement, or where we avoid having a case brought in the first instance," Berke says.

By Ross Todd

12 minute read


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