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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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July 30, 2024 | Litigation Daily

Snell & Wilmer's Andrew Young and the Case of the FBI's Secret Encrypted Phone Company

The book "Dark Wire" features work that Young did as a federal prosecutor helping to run ANOM, an encrypted phone company that gave the FBI a window into international drug cartels.

By Ross Todd

9 minute read

July 29, 2024 | Litigation Daily

Introducing the Litigation Daily Contributing Editors

I'll still be penning the column 80% of the time. But expect to see a handful of new bylines in the next couple of months.

By Ross Todd

4 minute read

July 26, 2024 | Litigation Daily

Litigators of the Week: A Trial Showdown Between Nike and NFL Wide Receiver Odell Beckham Jr.

Maurice Suh, Jeremy Smith and Poonam Kumar of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher helped Nike whittle Beckham's initial claim for more than $20 million under his endorsement contract to a little more than $800,000 by the time of trial.

By Ross Todd

10 minute read

July 26, 2024 | Litigation Daily

Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout Outs

First up this week is a team a Cooley that fought off a motion for a preliminary injunction in a fight between rivals in the dental artificial intelligence space.

By Ross Todd

6 minute read

July 25, 2024 | Litigation Daily

Thoughts on Making the Move from Federal Prosecutor to Big Law Partner

Danny Grooms, Rebekah Donaleski and John Bostic, three former federal prosecutors who are now partners at Cooley, discuss what it's like going from having the United States as a constant client to building a book of business in private practice.

By Ross Todd

9 minute read

July 24, 2024 | Litigation Daily

Tracking a Spurt of Moves in the White-Collar World

A recent report tracking lateral partner hires by Am law 50 and Magic Circle firms in London, New York, Washington, D.C. and the San Francisco Bay area found that white-collar moves more than doubled year-over-year.

By Ross Todd

6 minute read

July 23, 2024 | Litigation Daily

An Empirical Look at 'Social Inflation'

In a 103-page report released earlier this month, RAND Corporation researchers took a look at changes in court filings, jury verdicts in personal injury cases and insurance claims and concluded that the trendlines were "consistent with an upsurge in social inflation during the 2010s."

By Ross Todd

5 minute read

July 22, 2024 | Litigation Daily

The Career Paths That Lead 3 Big Law Litigators to Practice Leadership

Retracing the unique professional journeys that have led Fenwick's Saina Shamilov, Robins Kaplan's Brendan Johnson and Pryor Cashman's Ilene Farkas to practice group leadership posts.

By Ross Todd

8 minute read

July 19, 2024 | Litigation Daily

Litigators of the Week: The Delaware Supreme Court Turns Its Spotlight on Advance Notice Bylaws

In the latest tug of war in Delaware law between activist investors and corporate boards, Teresa Goody Guillén and Richard Raile of Baker & Hostetler and John Seaman of Abrams & Bayliss represent Ted Kellner, an AIM ImmunoTech Inc. stockholder seeking board seats.

By Ross Todd

7 minute read

July 19, 2024 | Litigation Daily

Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout-Outs

Runners-up this week include litigation teams at Kirkland, Kobre & Kim, O'Melveny and Sullivan & Cromwell.

By Ross Todd

6 minute read