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Ross Todd

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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April 01, 2021 | Litigation Daily

Litigation-Heavy Firms Faced Financial Headwinds in 2020. Can They Expect a Better 2021?

The economic slowdown that we saw in the first half of 2020 might not have quite the litigation repercussions of prior slowdowns, but open courts make for busier litigators.

By Ross Todd

7 minute read

March 31, 2021 | Litigation Daily

For First Biden Judicial Nominees, Big Law Was More Career Booster Rocket than Brass Ring

Lawyers with Big Law on their resume made up a majority of the president's first batch of nominees. But they might not all consider themselves "Big Law" attorneys.

By Ross Todd

5 minute read

March 30, 2021 | Litigation Daily

No Sympathy for the Devil: Nike Turns to Arnold & Porter to Sue the Designer Behind 'Satan Shoe'

Nike on Monday turned to Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer to sue New York-based design company MSCHF for trademark infringement. MSCHF sold a limited run of 666 Nike Air Max 97 sneakers that its website said included "60CC INK AND 1 DROP HUMAN BLOOD" and featured images and themes associated with Satanism.

By Ross Todd

3 minute read

March 29, 2021 | Litigation Daily

Litigation Leaders: Cozen O'Connor's Jim Heller on Building Trial-Ready Products Liability, White-Collar and Class Action Teams

"We have a deep bench of attorneys who have taken trials to verdicts. I am very comfortable stating that each of the attorneys in the litigation department is ready to try cases."

By Ross Todd

12 minute read

March 26, 2021 | Litigation Daily

Litigators of the Week: After COVID Forced a Trade Secrets Mistrial, This Hogan Lovells Duo Scored a $152M Verdict on Second-Go

A nine-figure jury verdict win is impressive under any circumstances. But everything that led up to the East Texas verdict Maria Boyce and Cristina Rodriguez of Hogan Lovells scored for client ResMan makes it all the more impressive.

By Ross Todd

8 minute read

March 26, 2021 | Litigation Daily

A Stoked Batch of Litigator of the Week Runners-Up

Solid results from Goodwin Procter, Mayer Brown, Hogan Lovells, Latham & Watkins, Paul Hastings, and White & Case,

By Ross Todd

9 minute read

March 25, 2021 | Litigation Daily

Has COVID Created a New Crop of Plaintiff-Friendly Jurors?

Defendants have tended to try to avoid jurors who express a heightened sense of fearfulness and tendency to worry about things. What about fears related to COVID?

By Ross Todd

5 minute read

March 23, 2021 | Litigation Daily

Meet the Ballard Spahr Partner Protecting Press Access to the Derek Chauvin Trial in Minneapolis

"Let people watch the process, because they will trust it more if they can see it," says Ballard Spahr partner Leita Walker, who has represented a coalition of media outlets covering the trial of the former police officer charged in George Floyd's death.

By Ross Todd

10 minute read

March 22, 2021 | Litigation Daily

A Subject That Keeps Partners Up at Night and Law Firm GCs Employed: 'There's Nothing Ever Clear in Conflicts'

For a big enough law firm, conflicts provide enough thorny questions in murky territory to provide a certain level of job security for firm GCs.

By Ross Todd

3 minute read

March 19, 2021 | Litigation Daily

Litigator of the Week: Eli Lilly Turns to Kirkland's O'Quinn to Block New Dispute Resolution Procedure Over Drug Discount Program

A federal judge in Indianapolis this week granted John O'Quinn's motion for a preliminary injunction finding that the government's messaging about the new program to resolve disputes over the 340B drug pricing program were "ambiguous, confusing, duplicitous, and misleading."

By Ross Todd

7 minute read


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