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.
October 11, 2024 | Litigation Daily
Litigators of the Week: Jeffrey Kessler and Steve Berman Reach a Settlement With the NCAA that Reshapes College SportsThe antitrust stars at Winston & Strawn and Hagens Berman got preliminary approval of a settlement that will pay more than $2.75 billion in back damages to former college athletes and allow schools to share revenue with current players through pools of up to about $21.5 million in the first year of the deal.
By Ross Todd
6 minute read
October 11, 2024 | Litigation Daily
Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout-OutsRunners-up this week include litigators from Sullivan & Cromwell, MoloLamken and Wilkinson Stekloff.
By Ross Todd
6 minute read
October 09, 2024 | Litigation Daily
'The Most Peculiar Federal Court in the Country' Comes to Berkeley LawAfter sitting together as a panel to hear arguments in three cases Tuesday morning, Federal Circuit Judges Timothy Dyk, Raymond Chen and Judge Kara Stoll answered law students' questions about the qualities of winning advocates.
By Ross Todd
5 minute read
October 08, 2024 | Litigation Daily
Focusing an Economic Lens On the Decrease In Federal Civil Jury Trials"I think the [decline in] civil jury trials in the federal court can be styled to be a market failure because the price is too high," says Ninth Circuit Senior Judge Carlos Bea.
By Ross Todd
5 minute read
October 07, 2024 | Litigation Daily
What to Watch For in the Upcoming SCOTUS TermA curtain-raiser on the U.S. Supreme Court term that starts today courtesy of our Law.com colleague Jimmy Hoover.
By Ross Todd
3 minute read
October 04, 2024 | Litigation Daily
Litigators of the Week: Kirkland Fends Off Antitrust Claims for Thomson Reuters Against AI-Backed Start-UpKirkland's Dan Laytin, Christa Cottrell and Cameron Ginder won a summary judgment ruling finding ROSS Intelligence hadn't shown that Thomson Reuters' Westlaw inappropriately tied its public law database to its search tool in violation of antitrust laws.
By Ross Todd
10 minute read
October 04, 2024 | Litigation Daily
Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout-OutsRunners-up this week include teams litigators from Jones Day and Robbins Geller.
By Ross Todd
7 minute read
October 02, 2024 | Litigation Daily
How Senior Litigators Are Dealing With the 'Biden Effect'Introducing a new series of stories from Law.com's litigation desk discussing how litigators approaching their 70s and beyond are approaching career transitions.
By Ross Todd
4 minute read
October 01, 2024 | Law.com
The 'Biden Effect' on Senior Attorneys: Should I Stay or Should I Go?It's a conversation coming up more often among practicing lawyers who are approaching their 70s or, in some cases, are well into that decade of their life. Many who started practicing decades ago don't want to retire or play golf.
By Amanda Bronstad | Ross Todd | Lisa Willis
9 minute read
October 01, 2024 | Litigation Daily
'Corporate Lawyers Who Happen to Litigate': A Closer Look at a Recent Securities Litigation Hot Streak at FreshfieldsBoris Feldman and Doru Gavril, who joined the firm from Wilson Sonsini a little more than four years ago, both rank among the top 10 busiest defense-side securities lawyers over the past three years.
By Ross Todd
6 minute read
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