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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January 29, 2025 | Litigation Daily

A Second Straight Year of Increased Securities Filings—With Perhaps More on the Horizon

Jerry Silk of Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann and Scott Musoff of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom discuss the latest annual report on securities class action filings from Cornerstone Research and the Stanford Law School Securities Class Action Clearinghouse.

By Ross Todd

5 minute read

January 28, 2025 | Litigation Daily

Firms Come Out of the Gate With High-Profile Litigation Hires in 2025

Here’s a roundup of three major moves our Law.com colleagues have covered already this year involving litigators switching firms in the Am Law 50.

By Ross Todd

5 minute read

January 27, 2025 | Law.com

What It Takes to Connect With Millennial Jurors

By one estimate, millennials are set to make up 70% of the workforce this year. They’re inevitably going to be a significant part of any jury pool. Here are some tips for tailoring your presentation to appeal to them.

By Ross Todd

5 minute read

January 27, 2025 | Litigation Daily

Some Thoughts on What It Takes to Connect With Millennial Jurors

By one estimate, millennials are set to make up 70% of the workforce this year. They’re inevitably going to be a significant part of any jury pool. Here are some tips for tailoring your presentation to appeal to them.

By Ross Todd

5 minute read

January 24, 2025 | Litigation Daily

Litigators of the Week: A Directed Verdict Win for Cisco in a West Texas Patent Case

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s Brian Rosenthal, Stuart Rosenberg and Audrey Yang helped Cisco secure a rare directed verdict last week in a patent infringement trial with $120 million in damages on the line. U.S. District Judge Alan Albright in Waco has granted rule 50(a) motions only three times. Rosenthal has been lead counsel in two of those cases.

By Ross Todd

12 minute read

January 24, 2025 | Litigation Daily

Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout-Outs

Runners-up this week include litigators at Gibson Dunn, Kasowitz Benson Torres and Weil, Gotshal & Manges.

By Ross Todd

6 minute read

January 22, 2025 | Litigation Daily

MoFo Associate Sees a Familiar Face During Her First Appellate Argument: Justice Breyer

Morrison & Foerster associate Diana Kim clerked for Justice Stephen Breyer for two terms at the U.S. Supreme Court before joining the firm about two years ago. She learned about a week before she argued her first appeal at the First Circuit this month that the retired justice would be sitting on the panel hearing the case.

By Ross Todd

7 minute read

January 21, 2025 | Law.com

Quiet Retirement Meets Resounding Win: Quinn Emanuel Name Partner Kathleen Sullivan's Vimeo Victory

In a case that’s been running for a decade and a half of Sullivan’s 20 years at the firm that bears her name, the Second Circuit found that video-sharing website Vimeo was entitled to safe harbor under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act from claims brought by music rightsholders—handing a win to Sullivan and partners Todd Anten and Owen Roberts.

By Ross Todd

10 minute read

January 21, 2025 | Law.com

A Lesson on the Value of Good Neighbors Amid the Tragedy of the LA Fires

Steve Foster, a litigation partner at Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp, remained in his Pacific Palisades neighborhood despite evacuation orders to try to protect his childhood home and the homes of his neighbors.

By Ross Todd

8 minute read

January 21, 2025 | Litigation Daily

Amid the Tragedy of the L.A. Fires, a Lesson on the Value of Good Neighbors

Steve Foster, a litigation partner at Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp, remained in his Pacific Palisades neighborhood despite evacuation orders to try to protect his childhood home and the homes of his neighbors.

By Ross Todd

8 minute read


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