Ross Todd

October 25, 2021 | Litigation Daily

"This is true not only for those lawyers who joined us in 2019 and 2020, but also true for lawyers who joined in prior years and planned to spend their mid-level associate years in court, in face-to-face depositions, in actual war-rooms hashing out trial strategy and huddling with clients and witnesses on key trial tactics," says Jay Tambe, the practice leader of the firm's financial markets practice.

By Ross Todd

12 minute read

October 22, 2021 | Litigation Daily

A team led by Michael Rhodes at Cooley and Lauren Goldman at Mayer Brown fought off a $400 million claim at trial in an ownership dispute brought by a Hawaii partnership that hired Luckey to build a prototype of a head-mounted 3D camera around the same time he was developing the first version of the popular Rift virtual reality gaming headset.

By Ross Todd

7 minute read

October 22, 2021 | Litigation Daily

Runners-up this week include Willkie Farr & Gallagher, Sidley Austin, and Sullivan & Cromwell.

By Ross Todd

4 minute read

October 21, 2021 | Litigation Daily

A spokesperson for the governor called the suit part of "activist groups attempt to come into Oklahoma and challenge our laws and our way of life." Schulte's Gary Stein said that sort of "ad hominem attack" was "scary," but "reflects the fact that there may not have been much of a defense on the merits."

By Ross Todd

4 minute read

October 20, 2021 | Litigation Daily

"The disputes are percolating, but overwhelmingly people are not yet sure that their damages have fully settled out so that they can articulate a full claim," says the Cleveland-based litigator, who co-wrote a book on how to avoid and defend supply chain disputes.

By Ross Todd

6 minute read

October 19, 2021 | Litigation Daily

Jay-Z's lawyer Alex Spiro filed a declaration from an investigator who purported to surveil the often maskless meanderings of a former president of a perfume company who cited COVID concerns while seeking to testify remotely in a trial accusing the rap mogul of failing to adequately promote the Gold Jay-Z fragrance.

By Ross Todd

4 minute read

October 18, 2021 | Litigation Daily

We offered five public relations professionals the opportunity to speak anonymously so they could give litigators their candid feedback about how well they deal with the media. Here's what they had to say.

By Ross Todd

6 minute read

October 15, 2021 | Litigation Daily

After a five-day in-person bench trial in August, Delaware Vice Chancellor Morgan Zurn last week found Cox "promised that if it wanted to go to the wireless services dance, it would go with Sprint," which has merged with T-Mobile.

By Ross Todd

9 minute read

October 15, 2021 | Litigation Daily

Runners-up this week include teams from Reid Collins & Tsai, Kasowitz Benson Torres, and Hogan Lovells partner and #appellatetwitter regular Sean Marotta.

By Ross Todd

4 minute read

October 14, 2021 | Litigation Daily

Speaking at Reed Smith's second annual virtual global disputes conference, partners Janet Kwuon, Peter Kennedy and George Brown laid out some practical tips for lawyers trying to maintain privilege in the age of working from your dining room table and office hoteling.

By Ross Todd

4 minute read