Litigation Daily | Conversation
By Ross Todd | March 7, 2024
Grigsby, who worked on civil rights issues as Deputy White House Counsel in the Biden Administration, returned to the firm earlier this year as a senior member of its institutional culture and social responsibility practice and co-chair of government litigation.
By Ilann M. Maazel | May 17, 2023
I had the privilege of being part of the team that recently won a $10 million jury verdict in a rape case against two-time Oscar-winning writer and director, Paul Haggis. It was the first-ever case tried under the New York City Victims of Gender Motivated Violence Protection Act. From this and many other #MeToo cases in my firm's practice, here are some tips on how not just to threaten a #MeToo case, but to win one.
Litigation Daily | Best Practices
By Ross Todd | October 11, 2022
That lawyer who is cross-examining you might as well be a robot, says Boies. "It's going to have every aspect of a human being except you can't persuade them, you can't intimidate them, you can't control them, you can't change their mind."
By Ross Todd | July 26, 2022
A recent survey by Seyfarth Shaw found the volume of federal ADA Title III lawsuits fell 22% nationwide year-over-year from the first half of 2021. But the falloff has been most felt in the federal courts in California where DAs in San Francisco and Los Angeles sued firms representing serial ADA filers.
By Ross Todd | April 28, 2022
Kirkland donated about 5,300 hours to an investigation by the Minnesota Department of Human Rights following the murder of George Floyd. The state's civil rights enforcer announced Wednesday it found Minneapolis and its police department engaged in "a pattern or practice of race discrimination" in violation of the state's Human Rights Act.
By Ross Todd | April 1, 2022
After a three week trial in federal court, jurors sided with Arnold & Porter's Tim Macdonald and Matthew Douglas, and Loevy & Loevy's Elizabeth Wang in finding police officers used excessive force against their clients during protests after the 2020 killing of George Floyd.
By Ross Todd | December 3, 2021
After four years of litigation and a four-week trial, a federal jury returned a verdict of more than $26 million for plaintiffs in the case against the organizers of the 2017 "Unite the Right" rally.
By Ross Todd | November 18, 2021
Kirkland & Ellis was awarded statutory attorney fees as part of a $577 million settlement the state reached with the firm's clients, a coalition of students, faculty and alumni of Maryland's four public historically Black colleges and universities.
By Ross Todd | May 21, 2021
Des Hogan, Liz Lockwood, and David Maxwell of Hogan Lovells led a team that won a $75 million verdict for Henry McCollum and Leon Brown, brothers who were wrongfully convicted, sentenced to death, and spent 31 years in prison for a crime they didn't commit.
By Ross Todd | May 14, 2021
"When all is said and done, I think this will be the case that my kids and grandkids will look back at as being the crowning achievement of my career," says Kirkland's Mike Jones.
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