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.
November 18, 2022 | Litigation Daily
This Week's Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout OutsOur runners-up at Irell & Manella brought home a $948.8 million damages verdict for VLSI Technology LLC in its third West Texas patent trial showdown over computer processing technology with Intel Corp.
By Ross Todd
3 minute read
November 17, 2022 | Litigation Daily
The Legal Profession Presents Some Unique Challenges to Mental Health. Stigma Need Not Be One of Them."We can all help overcome this stigma by acknowledging that this distress to one's mental health is a common human condition, requiring simply compassion, patience, and heartfelt support," said Thomas Leff, a trial lawyer based in Wilmington, Delaware, during a web discussion sponsored by ABOTA.
By Ross Todd
4 minute read
November 16, 2022 | Litigation Daily
Lessons on Law Firm Management from Leaders Who LitigateHere's what litigators who hold firmwide leadership positions say about what it takes to inspire confidence from colleagues and get things done.
By Ross Todd
6 minute read
November 14, 2022 | Litigation Daily
'It's a Fun Job, Right?': Susman Godfrey's Jacob Buchdahl on Celebrating Team SuccessThe Susman partner says an important part of leadership at trial is "recognizing just how dependent you are on every single member of the team."
By Ross Todd
4 minute read
November 11, 2022 | Litigation Daily
Litigators of the Week: Acquittals in the 'Espionage Lite' Trial of Tom Barrack and ProtégéMichael Schachter and Randall Jackson of Willkie Farr & Gallagher defended Colony Capital founder and former Trump advisor Tom Barrack from charges he conspired to act as an illegal agent of the United Arab Emirates, with Abbe Lowell of Winston & Strawn representing his twenty-something aide-de-camp codefendant, Matthew Grimes.
By Ross Todd
15 minute read
November 11, 2022 | Litigation Daily
Another Jam-Packed Edition of Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout OutsRunners-up this week include litigators from Goodwin Procter, Jenner & Block, and Munger Tolles.
By Ross Todd
6 minute read
November 10, 2022 | Litigation Daily
How Opioid Litigation Is Creating 'a New Breed' of Plaintiffs Lawyer"It's going to create a very formidable plaintiffs bar in our country going forward given the level of expertise provided to a new group of younger lawyers," says Jayne Conroy of Simmons Hanly Conroy, one of the three co-leads of the plaintiffs' executive committee in the National Prescription Opiate Litigation MDL.
By Ross Todd
7 minute read
November 09, 2022 | Litigation Daily
Plaintiffs Counsel Jayne Conroy: Trials Have Been 'Front and Center' in Driving Opioid Settlements"The trial is the place where—win or lose—the information gets out to the public and people can start to look at it and even build on it for the next case that comes around," says Conroy, one of the three co-leads of the plaintiffs' executive committee in the National Prescription Opiate Litigation MDL.
By Ross Todd
8 minute read
November 08, 2022 | Litigation Daily
What's the Litigation Outlook as Legal Industry Faces an Economic 'Inflection Point'?Recent industry surveys from Thomson Reuters and Berkeley Research Group point to belt-tightening and less deal work across the legal industry. But there might be more disputes springing out of the deals actually moving forward.
By Ross Todd
5 minute read
November 07, 2022 | Litigation Daily
Litigation Leaders: Pryor Cashman Co-Chairs Say Being a Litigator 'Is and Should Be a Passion'"Wherever possible we try to staff our cases with one or two partners working with one or two associates so that everyone on each team is actually an active part of the whole rather than feeling as if they are doing piecework," said Todd Soloway, who co-chairs the 71-litigator group with Donald Zakarin.
By Ross Todd
14 minute read
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