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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September 20, 2022 | Litigation Daily

Everything's Not Lost: Pushing Back Against Class Certification With Debevoise's Maura Monaghan

The co-chair of the commercial litigation group at Debevoise & Plimpton has a message for defendants facing a certified class: "Don't take counsel of despair."

By Ross Todd

5 minute read

September 19, 2022 | Litigation Daily

What Will DOJ's Renewed Focus on Speed and Individuals in White-Collar Cases Mean for Companies Seeking Cooperation Credit?

White-collar lawyers weigh in on policy changes announced by Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco meant to give companies "a business case for responsible corporate behavior."

By Ross Todd

5 minute read

September 16, 2022 | Litigation Daily

Litigators of the Week: Hogan Lovells Flips Citi's Big Loss Over a Half a Billion Bucks in Mistakenly Wired Funds

In a case that had the financial services world abuzz, Hogan's Neal Katyal and Sean Marotta got a unanimous decision from the Second Circuit finding New York's "discharge for value" rule didn't allow the recipients of $500 million to keep the funds that Citibank mistakenly wired.

By Ross Todd

15 minute read

September 16, 2022 | Litigation Daily

Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout Outs

Runners up this week include litigators at Baker & Hostetler, Freshfields, Quinn Emanuel and Skadden.

By Ross Todd

5 minute read

September 15, 2022 | Litigation Daily

Ending Up Where You Started? Some Thoughts on Closing Arguments

Charla Aldous of Aldous \ Walker in Dallas and Steven Quattlebaum of Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull in Little Rock, Arkansas, walk through their respective approaches to preparing closing arguments.

By Ross Todd

5 minute read

September 14, 2022 | Litigation Daily

'Punctuating with Actual Evidence': Defense Opening Statements with Cris Arguedas

Cris Arguedas discusses the 100-hour, 50-draft effort that went into her opening statement for FedEx Corp. when the company was accused of conspiring with online pharmacies to ship drugs based on bogus prescriptions. Just four days after her opening in the 2016 bench trial, the government dropped its case.

By Ross Todd

6 minute read

September 13, 2022 | Litigation Daily

Lookout for Opt Outs?: Companies That Opt Out of Class Actions 3x More Likely to Access Legal Finance

A new report out this morning from Burford Capital finds that companies that opt out of class actions most or all of the time are three times more likely to use legal finance than those that tend to remain in the class.

By Ross Todd

8 minute read

September 12, 2022 | Litigation Daily

'Tell Them What Verdict You Want': Closing Complex Cases With Cooley Partner and Former Federal Prosecutor Zach Hafer

Zach Hafer, who spent 14 years as a federal prosecutor in Boston prior to joining Cooley last year, says closing arguments are where a lawyer takes the complex and makes it simple, uses visuals to do so, and gives the jury a roadmap for deliberations.

By Ross Todd

6 minute read

September 09, 2022 | Litigation Daily

Litigators of the Week: Cravath and Latham Defeat the FTC's Antitrust Challenge to Tie-Up Between Illumina and GRAIL

Chief Administrative Law Judge D. Michael Chappell rejected the FTC's position that the deal would hurt competition in the burgeoning market for multi-cancer early detection tests, handing a win to Illumina's team at Cravath and GRAIL's at Latham.

By Ross Todd

12 minute read

September 09, 2022 | Litigation Daily

Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout Outs

Our first runners-up this week are Jennifer Saulino at Covington & Burling, Manuel Cachán at Proskauer Rose and their colleagues who extended Monsanto's defense win streak in Roundup trials.

By Ross Todd

6 minute read

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