Washington, DC
Litigation Lawyer at Washington, DC
Practice Areas: Litigation, White Collar Crime, Securities & Investment Fraud
OUTCOME: One of the first reversals of its kind in SEC history.
As co-counsel, Todd helped secure relief in which the SEC invoked its general exemptive authority under Section 36(a) of the Securities Exchange Act to waive a filing deadline on the client's behalf.
OUTCOME: Helped secure a $69,610,999 summary judgment for the relator and the United States in a False Claims Act case involving a fraudulent bio-diesel manufacturing scheme.
Todd substantially assisted in securing a $69,610,999 summary judgment for the relator and the United States in a False Claims Act case involving a fraudulent bio-diesel manufacturing scheme, around Se ... ptember 30, 2020. Worth adding only if you want a second big-number result and he's comfortable framing a supporting role.
OUTCOME: Unanimous D.C. Circuit reversal rejecting over $58,000 in e-discovery costs charged to the whistleblower, setting nationwide precedent that bars defendants from shifting such costs onto losing whistleblower and civil-rights plaintiffs.
Harry Barko, a former KBR contract administrator in Iraq, brought a qui tam False Claims Act suit alleging the Halliburton subsidiary inflated costs on military-base construction and services. After Ba ... rko's underlying claims resolved, the district court taxed him with tens of thousands of dollars in the defendant's e-discovery costs. Todd argued the appeal before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit — widely viewed as the nation's second most influential court — challenging whether federal law permits shifting those costs onto a non-prevailing plaintiff.
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