Ross Todd

San Francisco

Editor and Columnist at The Am Law Litigation Daily

Editor/columnist for the Am Law Litigation Daily. Kentuckifornian. RTs = RTs

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Litigator of the (Past) Week: A Defense Win for Google in $1.3B Ad Tech Trial

1 week ago | law.com | Ross Todd

Earlier this month, at the end of more than a month of trial, lawyers for software developer ReactX asked jurors in Los Angeles state court to hit Google with a $1.3 billion unjust enrichment verdict. That number was based on the revenues of two of the search giant’s digital advertising tools that ReactX’s lawyers argued drew on their client’s highly confidential information. Alternatively, they asked for $685 million based on what they claimed Google would have paid to license the technology.
Litigator of the (Past) Week Runners-Up and Shout-Outs

1 week ago | law.com | Ross Todd

First up, Ed Reines and Derek Walter of Jones Day helped biotech client Synthego Corp. notch a big win at the Federal Circuit, upholding decisions from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board invalidating two CRISPR gene-editing patents asserted by Agilent Technologies Inc. In a precedential opinion issued last week, the Federal Circuit found “no error” in the PTAB’s finding that an earlier patent application was sufficiently detailed to be enabling, anticipatory prior art.
Litigation Leaders: Zuckerman Spaeder’s Caroline Judge Mehta on Leading a Law Firm After Heading an In-House Legal Department

1 week ago | law.com | Ross Todd

This week’s Fourth Circuit reversal marked the second time the court has weighed in on class certification in the case of the breach affecting 134 million hotel guests. Matthew Hellman and Lindsay Harrison of Jenner & Block represent Marriott International Inc. and Devin Anderson and Craig Primis of Kirkland & Ellis represent Accenture, the IT service provider that managed the hacked database at issue.
Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout-Outs

3 weeks ago | law.com | Ross Todd

First up this week are Bruce Bennett, Chris DiPompeo and Noel Francisco of Jones Day. They secured a major appellate victory for the ad hoc group of senior secured noteholders and DIP lenders in the bankruptcy of oil and gas producer Sanchez Energy Co. Last week, the Fifth Circuit reversed a decision by the bankruptcy court awarding unsecured creditors 70% of the equity in the emerged company, Mesquite Energy Inc.
Going to the Mat: A New Jersey Litigator On Lessons Learned From Wrestling

3 weeks ago | law.com | Ross Todd

Who Got The Work J. Brugh Lower of Gibbons has entered an appearance for industrial equipment supplier Devco Corporation in a pending trademark infringement lawsuit. The suit, accusing the defendant of selling knock-off Graco products, was filed Dec. 18 in New Jersey District Court by Rivkin Radler on behalf of Graco Inc. and Graco Minnesota. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Zahid N. Quraishi, is 3:24-cv-11294, Graco Inc. et al v. Devco Corporation.
Newly-Minted Women IP Litigation Partners Embrace Trial Work as a Team Endeavor

3 weeks ago | law.com | Ross Todd

Multiply the gender imbalance in most law firm partnerships by the underrepresentation of women in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields, and the odds would seem to be long for women seeking to make partner as intellectual property litigators. That’s part of what made the career journeys of four women IP partners who participated in Law.com’s “How I Made It” series over the past year jump off the page.
‘Whetting the Appetite of the Jury’: Thoughts on Opening Statements

3 weeks ago | law.com | Ross Todd

Joleen Youngers says cases aren’t won during opening statements, but the path to win can “definitely” be laid in those opening moments with a jury. Youngers, a plaintiff-side personal injury and civil rights lawyer at Youngers Law in Santa Fe, New Mexico, spoke alongside Professor Dominique Hinson of the University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law during a web presentation last month sponsored by NITA focusing on opening statements.
Litigators of the Week: Wins for Law Firms Who Fought Trump Executive Orders

4 weeks ago | law.com | Ross Todd

We hope you enjoy this excerpt from Litigation Daily, the exclusive source for sharp commentary on mega court battles, winning strategies and the issues that obsess elite litigators. Law.com subscribers can sign up for The AmLaw Litigation Daily newsletter here.
Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout-Outs

4 weeks ago | law.com | Ross Todd

First up this week is a team led by Matthew Cantor of Shinder Cantor Lerner and Jean Kim of Constantine Cannon, who secured a $228.5 million settlement for small businesses and individuals who sued Sutter Health, alleging that the Northern California healthcare system engaged in anticompetitive practices. Sutter Health agreed to the deal to settle claims it abused its market power in the region to charge supracompetitive rates to health plans, leading class members to pay higher premiums.
A Self-Proclaimed ‘Mock Trial’ Nerd Discusses His Transition to Real-Life Trial Lawyering

1 month ago | law.com | Ross Todd

We hope you enjoy this excerpt from Litigation Daily, the exclusive source for sharp commentary on mega court battles, winning strategies and the issues that obsess elite litigators. Law.com subscribers can sign up for The AmLaw Litigation Daily newsletter here. Litigation associate Enrico Trevisani came to Michelman & Robinson with all kinds of trial experience—albeit in fictional cases.