Amanda Bronstad

December 29, 2016 | Legaltech News

Next year could see a push for greater consistency in federal regulatory action.

By Amanda Bronstad

6 minute read

December 28, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

States and the feds come up with rules for self-driving vehicles.

By Amanda Bronstad

6 minute read

December 26, 2016 | National Law Journal

This year, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan was once again on the front lines of the "smartphone wars" between Samsung Electronics Co. and Apple Inc.

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9 minute read

December 26, 2016 | National Law Journal

When it comes to Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr's appellate team, the government is a familiar opponent. The team went up against it in a string of U.S. Supreme Court wins this year.

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7 minute read

December 20, 2016 | National Law Journal

President-elect Donald Trump has personally guaranteed that $25 million will be paid into an escrow account by Jan. 18, two days before he gets inaugurated, as part of a class action settlement over his former Trump University.

By Amanda Bronstad

6 minute read

December 20, 2016 | National Law Journal

Volkswagen has agreed to pay $225 million to environmental regulators and recall more than 80,000 of its 3.0-liter diesel vehicles that cheated emissions tests.

By Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read

December 20, 2016 | National Law Journal

'Tis the season for cramped airplanes – and lawsuits. Luggage falling on heads and hot tea spilling in laps &ndash are just some of the routine incidents on today's flights that sometimes end up in injury suits.

By Amanda Bronstad

9 minute read

December 16, 2016 | National Law Journal

Plaintiffs lawyers are fighting to keep their talcum powder cases against Johnson & Johnson out of multidistrict litigation in New Jersey federal court; aiming to return them to state courts, where juries in Missouri have awarded megaverdicts to women who said the products caused them to get ovarian cancer.

By Amanda Bronstad

27 minute read

December 14, 2016 | National Law Journal

For three major corporations with mass tort troubles, 2016 was the year of the good, the bad and the ugly. It was good for General Motors Co., which avoided jury verdicts against it in six bellwether trials over its ignition switch defect. For Volkswagen, it was pretty bad: The automaker paid billions of dollars after admitting its "clean diesel" cars skirted emissions tests. And for Johnson & Johnson, it was just plain ugly, with five verdicts, including one surpassing $1 billion, over its hip implants and iconic baby powder.

By Amanda Bronstad

20 minute read

December 13, 2016 | The Recorder

A Utah-based startup that streams movies after filtering out profanity, violence and other objectionable content has vowed to take a copyright battle against Hollywood all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.

By Amanda Bronstad

11 minute read