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.
January 20, 2022 | Litigation Daily
Cooley, Culture and Choosing an Associate Over the World's Richest ManLaw firm culture can be hard to define. But at least Cooley can say a single associate is more valuable in its culture than all the business Elon Musk's companies sent the firm's way.
By Ross Todd
4 minute read
January 19, 2022 | Litigation Daily
'A Lot to Reckon With': Crowell's Warrington Parker Sees Shifts in Tech Suits Between Competitors and Antitrust Enforcement"The competitor versus competitor landscape has changed in terms of the weapons used," says Parker, who is based in San Francisco. "I don't think this is overstating it all: The government's role as a player in this world of Silicon Valley is going to increase."
By Ross Todd
7 minute read
January 18, 2022 | Litigation Daily
Litigation Leaders: Zuckerman Spaeder Chair Dwight Bostwick on How Teaching High School and Coaching Prepared Him to Lead"It's so important to establish a culture where people see themselves as part of a team and recognize and celebrate the importance of each person's role in the group's success. Doing so is fundamental to successful outcomes, whether you're a team on the field or a trial team in court."
By Ross Todd
8 minute read
January 14, 2022 | Litigation Daily
Litigators of the Week: Orrick and Lee Sullivan Stick Google With Import Ban in Patent Showdown with SonosClem Roberts and Bas de Blank of Orrick and Sean Sullivan of Lee Sullivan prevailed at the U.S. International Trade Commission this week on all five patents the wireless audio pioneer was asserting against Google.
By Ross Todd
9 minute read
January 14, 2022 | Litigation Daily
Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout OutsA team at Sullivan & Cromwell fended off more than $100 million in potential damages for New York real estate investor Richard D. Cohen.
By Ross Todd
4 minute read
January 13, 2022 | Litigation Daily
What Does the Future Hold For Mass Arbitration?Professor Maria Glover of Georgetown University Law Center, who wrote the first major academic study of mass arbitration, says she's come to the "tentative conclusion" that the phenomenon is here to stay in one form or another.
By Ross Todd
4 minute read
January 12, 2022 | Litigation Daily
Demand Was Up for Litigation Work Last Year – But Not Quite Like It Was in Real Estate and M&AAccording to the 2022 State of the Legal Market Report, out this week from Thomson Reuters and Georgetown Law Center, demand for litigation demand was up 3.3% year-over-year as of November, as compared to increases of 10% and 10.6% for demand in real estate and M&A practices, respectively.
By Ross Todd
4 minute read
January 11, 2022 | Litigation Daily
Why Workplace Class Actions Keep Settling for Eye-Popping NumbersDespite the pandemic, or maybe partially because of it, the top 10 settlements tracked in Seyfarth Shaw's annual workplace class action litigation report hit a record $3.62 billion in 2021, more than double the $1.58 billion in 2020.
By Ross Todd
7 minute read
January 10, 2022 | Litigation Daily
Taking Stock of Kirkland's Push Into Plaintiff-Side Contingency Fee LitigationThe firm has scored more than $2 billion in recoveries in trials for clients for Huntsman, Motorola and TriZetto alone in the two-plus years since it announced a concerted effort to expand its plaintiff-side docket.
By Ross Todd
6 minute read
January 07, 2022 | Litigation Daily
Litigator of the Week: Kellogg Hansen's Josh Branson Revives an Anti-Terrorism Act Suit Against Big Pharma CompaniesThe D.C. Circuit this week found that his clients, families of 395 Americans killed or injured in Iraq by the terrorist group Jaysh al-Mahdi, adequately alleged the companies aided and abetted the group by paying bribes to the country's ministry of health, which the group controlled.
By Ross Todd
6 minute read
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