Ross Todd

February 02, 2022 | Litigation Daily

According to a new report out this morning from Cornerstone Research, three law firms—The Rosen Law Firm, Pomerantz, and Glancy Prongay & Murray—accounted for 73% of the new securities class action lawsuits involving SPACs filed over the past two years.

By Ross Todd

5 minute read

January 31, 2022 | Litigation Daily

"You have to wear your counselor hat, not just your advocate hat because you're not doing your client any favors if you're setting expectations that cannot be met," said U.S. Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler.

By Ross Todd

7 minute read

January 28, 2022 | Litigation Daily

David O'Neil of Debevoise & Plimpton and Paul Donnelly of Donnelly & Gross scored a free speech victory for six University of Florida professors in a case that has potential national implications.

By Ross Todd

8 minute read

January 28, 2022 | Litigation Daily

A Kirkland & Ellis duo lands the top runner-up spot for a summary judgment win in a trade secret showdown between translation companies.

By Ross Todd

3 minute read

January 27, 2022 | Litigation Daily

On the day the news of Justice Stephen Breyer's impending retirement from the U.S. Supreme Court broke, former clerks said his optimistic, consensus-building approach shaped them.

By Ross Todd

6 minute read

January 26, 2022 | Litigation Daily

In a year where transactional practices got a lot of the shine in large law firms, full-time litigators made up 40% of the magazine's top 25 lateral hires of 2021. Another couple of lawyers who spend part of their time on litigation also made the list.

By Ross Todd

6 minute read

January 25, 2022 | Litigation Daily

According to ISS SCAS data, there were a total of 401 securities class action filings in 2020 and just 294 in 2021. Still, Jeff Lubitz, the company's executive director, expects the settlement pipeline to remain steady.

By Ross Todd

5 minute read

January 24, 2022 | Litigation Daily

"What we hope and what we've seen over the years, is that by helping our clients achieve civil justice and punish wrongdoers, it ensures that the tragedy that they have experienced does not happen to others in the future," said Andrew Robb, who left Boies Schiller Flexner in February 2020 to join Robb & Robb, the firm founded by his parents.

By Ross Todd

4 minute read

January 21, 2022 | Litigation Daily

Less than a year after Steve Lehotsky, the former chief litigation counsel at the U.S. Chamber's Litigation Center, and Scott Keller, the former head of the Supreme Court practice at Baker Botts, came together to form their boutique Lehotsky Keller, they scored a monumental win for a coalition of 26 business associations.

By Ross Todd

6 minute read

January 21, 2022 | Litigation Daily

The team at Proskauer Rose representing the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico reached a major milestone in the restructuring case they've been handling for more than four years.

By Ross Todd

6 minute read