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

San Francisco, California
Joined April 2011
My first Lit Daily column is live. Thanks to @taratrask for talking shop about Picking a Jury During a Pandemic at.law.com/YuVnrD?cmp=share_… via @litigationdaily
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Congrats to Rob Zink & Avi Perry, AmLaw's "Litigators of the Week" w/ co-counsel Craig Carpenito of King & Spalding! Victory vs CFTC led to case-ending sanctions. The outstanding QE team also includes Kurt Wolfe, Dakota Speas & Matt Feibert. Read more: quinnemanuel.com/the-firm/ne…
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In Litigation Daily today, I talked to editor Ross Todd about my coverage of Tom Girardi’s criminal trial. at.law.com/3ngvTD?cmp=share_… via @litigationdaily
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Take-Two’s Pete Welch on ‘Getting the Best Results While Getting in the Way the Least’ at.law.com/t56fUT?cmp=share_… via @litigationdaily
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I got @ZachLowe_NBA to go to the Garden for this game. If only Jody Meeks would have stuck around one more year to hit shots for this team ...
Man I still think this Kentucky team was the best men’s team of the last 15 years and other than maybe Lonzo’s UCLA squad, one of the most fun to watch over the same time period.
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New: Former Trump White House adviser Stephen Miller's legal group has filed a conduct complaint accusing three federal judges in Illinois of discrimination, citing policies they adopted to give young women and minority lawyers more chances to argue cases. reuters.com/legal/government…
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Due to a companywide email outage at ALM this afternoon, the window for Litigator of the Week nominations will remain open until tomorrow at 3 p.m. ET. Send them to rtodd at ALM dot com.
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Litigators of the Week: Wachtell and Emery Celli Get $20M-Plus for Wrongly Convicted NY Man Imprisoned for 24 Years at.law.com/Q32vif?cmp=share_…
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Litigators of the Week: @quinnemanuel Helps Google Flip $32.5M Verdict From Patent ‘Pretender’ Sonos at.law.com/iZfVnR?cmp=share_…
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Mass arbitration is on the rise, yet only 3.9% of corporations in a 2023 class action survey had experienced this new wave of aggregate litigation. Here's why: at.law.com/gU5Vab?cmp=share_… via @lawdotcom
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This week @Cravath and @CooleyLLP take top Litigator of the Week honors for taking on the FTC and clearing a path for Amgen's $27.8B deal to acquire Horizon Therapeutics at.law.com/fDb7Hm?cmp=share_…
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The story that launched a thousand cat puns: Junior @quinnemanuel got to trial to ‘Free Murchik’ at.law.com/6wqL6r?cmp=share_… via @NYLawJournal
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Yesterday, @big_cases broke b/c the Twitter API throttled our account. To fix it properly, we have to start paying $100/month to Twitter. The bot has one full time developer and makes no money at present. We'd love your help to pay this bill and our staff. free.law/donate/
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#Breaking A federal judge decides not to sentence former Uber security chief Joe Sullivan to prison, but to 3 years probation. "I hope everyone in the CISO community take this is a lesson, and not leniency." @lawdotcom
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Welcome to @NLJ's @SCOTUS beat @JimmyHooverDC, formerly of Law360. Jimmy interned in my NLJ's DC bureau in college. NLJ should have hired him when he graduated. Welcome too @SteveLash, new NLJ @SCOTUS editor: solid, experienced, responsible, good guy.
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Litigator of the Week: After SCOTUS Reverses Non-Unanimous Murder Conviction, @omelvenymyers Wins Acquittal on Retrial at.law.com/g4HE4Q?cmp=share_… via @litigationdaily
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Litigators of the Week: @BCLPlaw Duo Helps Free Wrongfully Convicted Missouri Man Who Served 28 Years at.law.com/wfGbK6?cmp=share_… via @litigationdaily
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SF jurors, no less.
I guess jurors didn’t hate him after all
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In closing arguments in the Tesla class action trial in San Francisco, attorney Alex Spiro told jurors that Elon Musk isn't some “fire-breathing tweeting monster.” Jurors are expected to begin deliberations today.
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