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.
August 27, 2009 | Corporate Counsel
Wachtell, Shearman Bear Brunt of Merrill Bonus MessBased on the briefs they submitted, the SEC and Bank of America heard two different orders from Manhattan federal Judge Jed Rakoff on Aug. 10, when he told both sides to supply additional details on the preparation of BofA's proxy and disclosure materials for its September 2008 merger with Merrill Lynch
By By Alison Frankel and Ross Todd
6 minute read
April 01, 2006 | Law.com
Everybody's Doing ItThe long freeze in first-year associate salaries is finally over.
By Ross Todd
4 minute read
January 26, 2010 | The American Lawyer
To Haiti and Back: "I Saw Things I Wish I'd Never Seen"Sutherland Asbill & Brennan partner Peter Anderson traveled to Haiti along with two American doctors last week. The Am Law Daily caught up with him by phone Tuesday afternoon to talk about ServeHAITI and its work amid the devastation.
By Ross Todd
7 minute read
August 01, 2009 | The American Lawyer
Fading AwaySince January 2008, Am Law 200 firms have laid off more than 2,900 lawyers. As part of our annual midlevel survey, we asked 6,101 third-, fourth-, and fifth-year associates to assess how their firms handled layoffs.
By Ross Todd
12 minute read
February 02, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer
'Accidental Laterals' Find New HomesAnne Pitter practiced with the same group of corporate attorneys for 15 years. They stayed together even as the name on the door changed: Baer Marks & Upham merged into Brown Raysman Millstein Felder & Steiner, and Brown Raysman merged into Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner. But when Thelen fell apart last fall, Pitter was on her own.
By Ross Todd
13 minute read
October 01, 2006 | Corporate Counsel
A Very, Very Busy WomanThe list of pending lawsuits wasn't the only thing weighing on Wendy Hufford's mind when she accepted a job as chief litigation counsel at Cardinal Health, Inc.
By Ross Todd
3 minute read
February 06, 2012 | The American Lawyer
Kaye Scholer Helps Juniper Networks Win Dismissal of Bizarre Dubai Patent CaseAfter nearly five years of litigation in the United Arab Emirates and Washington, D.C., Juniper Networks and its outside counsel from Kaye Scholer won dismissal of a patent suit brought by a Saudi national wielding a U.S. patent in Dubai.
By Ross Todd
4 minute read
November 01, 2008 | The American Lawyer
San Diego's Fault LinesThree firms--Orrick, Vinson & Elkins, and Willkie--came to San Diego to sift through the rubble of the city's pension crisis. All three ended up as litigation targets. How routine investigation work turned into risky business.
By Ross Todd
20 minute read
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