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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June 28, 2024 | Litigation Daily

Litigators of the Week: Eliciting a Mea Culpa From the IRS For Citadel Founder Over Leaked Tax Records

After William Burck, AJ Merton and Peter Fountain of Quinn Emanuel sued the Internal Revenue Service on behalf of billionaire investor Ken Griffin, the agency this week apologized to him and thousands of others whose tax information was leaked to the press by a contractor.

By Ross Todd

10 minute read

June 28, 2024 | Litigation Daily

Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout-Outs

Runners-up this week include litigators from Steptoe and Quinn Emanuel.

By Ross Todd

7 minute read

June 27, 2024 | Litigation Daily

Litigator of the (Past) Week: SCOTUS Unanimously Preserves Access to Abortion Pill Mifepristone

Jessica Ellsworth of Hogan Lovells represented pharmaceutical company Danco Laboratories throughout a court challenge to the way the FDA regulated the use of mifepristone.

By Ross Todd

9 minute read

June 26, 2024 | Litigation Daily

Deep Breaths and Clenched Toes: Tips For Making It Through Jury Selection

Chris Beeman of Northern California civil defense firm Clapp Moroney Vucinich Beeman + Scheley and Richard Schoenberger of San Francisco plaintiffs firm Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberger offer some nuggets on managing voir dire.

By Ross Todd

5 minute read

June 25, 2024 | Litigation Daily

Runners-Up and Shout-Outs From While We Were Out

Here's a look at some of the wins that piled up while we were out last week.

By Ross Todd

6 minute read

June 24, 2024 | Litigation Daily

Litigation Leaders: Ben Brown of Cohen Milstein on What Makes the Firm 'a Defendant's Worst Nightmare'

Brown, who took on the role of managing partner earlier this year succeeding Steven Toll in the post, said the firm is full of "mission-driven superachievers who believe in their case."

By Ross Todd

13 minute read

June 14, 2024 | Law.com

Finding Your Voice: Two Prominent Litigators Discuss the Importance of Vocal Power and How It Isn't All in the Genes

Morrison & Forester's James Brosnahan and Latham & Watkins' Sean Berkowitz discuss how they use their voices as effective professional tools and how, yes, you likely can too.

By Patrick Smith | Cedra Mayfield | Ross Todd

2 minute read

June 14, 2024 | Litigation Daily

Litigators of the Week: In Case Prosecutors Described as Silicon Valley's Biggest Corporate Fraud, Two Complete Defense Verdicts

With Steptoe's Brian Heberlig and Clifford Chance's Christopher Morvillo representing former Autonomy CEO Mike Lynch and Gary Lincenberg of Bird Marella representing former vice president of finance Stephen Chamberlain, jurors found both defendants not guilty of charges of padding the revenues at the software company to defraud its acquirer, Hewlett-Packard.

By Ross Todd

13 minute read

June 14, 2024 | Litigation Daily

Litigators of the Week Runners-Up

Kirkland & Ellis scored a knockout win for Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. in a more than decadelong multidistrict litigation where the company was accused of conspiring to delay the launch of a generic version of the blockbuster cholesterol drug Lipitor.

By Ross Todd

7 minute read

June 13, 2024 | Litigation Daily

The Goal Is to Make Elsberg Baker & Maruri a Firm Full of First-Chair Trial Lawyers. Here's the Plan.

David Elsberg has a stated goal of making everyone in his young firm, which currently has 17 lawyers, capable of leading a trial team.

By Ross Todd

11 minute read

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