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.
February 14, 2022 | Litigation Daily
Litigation Leaders: To Debevoise's Maura Monaghan, a Largely 'Homegrown' Partnership Leads to Tight-Knit Litigation Teams"Debevoise is a true partnership; we try to cooperate as fiercely within the firm as we compete fiercely outside it. We really like working together, and our clients tell us that comes through in our relationships with them."
By Ross Todd
8 minute read
February 11, 2022 | Litigation Daily
Litigators of the Week: The Latham & Watkins Duo Who Paved the Path for Mallinckrodt to Exit BankruptcyDespite objections from the U.S. Trustee, the SEC, the state of Rhode Island and others, Latham's Chris Harris and Betsy Marks were able to get judicial sign-off on the pharma company's reorganization plan, including a $1.7 billion settlement of opioid-related litigation.
By Ross Todd
10 minute read
February 11, 2022 | Litigation Daily
Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout OutsJust a little over a week before trial was set to start in the Eastern District of California, a Goodwin team got an anti-kickback class action in which plaintiffs were seeking almost $400 million in damages dismissed with prejudice against client Ocwen.
By Ross Todd
6 minute read
February 10, 2022 | Litigation Daily
Is the List of Firms Capable of Handling Bet-the-Company Trial Work Shrinking?Fewer and fewer civil cases go to trial. But those that do often have monumental consequences. Let's talk about it.
By Ross Todd
4 minute read
February 09, 2022 | Litigation Daily
How Manhattan Boutique Levine Lee Unraveled the Government's Final LIBOR Conviction"What we've advocated since before the indictment is if you simply read the actual rule, the question of LIBOR must have an answer: There was no crime here and that's where our representation started and that's where we are at this point ending up," Seth Levine says.
By Ross Todd
6 minute read
February 08, 2022 | Litigation Daily
Another Napster? Brown Rudnick's Peter Willsey Expects NFTs to Fuel New IP Disputes"Every time there is a new technology that can be used by people to sell things that gives rise to new trademark and copyright issues," says Willsey, the global chair of the trademark, copyright and advertising practice group at Brown Rudnick.
By Ross Todd
10 minute read
February 07, 2022 | Litigation Daily
Eye of the Storm: Weil's Chantale Fiebig and Liz Ryan on Helping Clients Navigate the Litigation Fallout of Public CrisesThe litigators, who both joined Weil, Gotshal & Manges last year, were trial counsel alongside partner Diane Sullivan for grocery chain Giant Eagle in the bellwether trial of pharmacy defendants in the national opioid MDL.
By Ross Todd
9 minute read
February 04, 2022 | Litigation Daily
Litigators of the Week: This Paul Hastings Duo Flipped the Conviction of a Trader Accused of Manipulating LIBORThe Second Circuit reversed the conviction of former Deutsche Bank trader Matthew Connolly. The decision is the second white-collar appellate reversal Kenneth Breen and Phara Guberman of Paul Hastings have won in as many years.
By Ross Todd
8 minute read
February 04, 2022 | Litigation Daily
Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and a Pair of Shout OutsOur first runners-up this week represent a pair of Army veterans who won a $110 million jury verdict last week in the 11th bellwether trial in the 3M Combat Arms Earplug MDL.
By Ross Todd
3 minute read
February 03, 2022 | Litigation Daily
Big Law Defense Teams Line Up Behind Elite Universities in Financial Aid Antitrust SuitBig multidefendant antitrust lawsuits usually mean a Big Law roll call. That's definitely the case with a new suit targeting elite universities.
By Ross Todd
4 minute read
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