Amanda Bronstad

April 04, 2011 | The American Lawyer

The National Law Journal reports that a federal jury in Islip, New York has found that Toyota Motor Sales USA Inc. was not strictly liable for a Scion's unintended acceleration because the product in question wasn't defective. Multidistrict litigation against Toyota is still pending in federal court in California.

By Amanda Bronstad

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March 21, 2011 | The Recorder

By Amanda Bronstad

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December 16, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

In hiring Hollywood entertainment boutique Lavely & Singer to help him sort through his recent troubles, Tiger Woods turned to a shop known for stomping out potentially libelous material on behalf of celebrity clients.

By Amanda Bronstad

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August 29, 2011 | National Law Journal

Hagens Berman has moved to intervene in at least five "copycat" lawsuits in federal court in New York. The firm said it hopes to consolidate all the litigation in the Northern District of California, where it is pursuing a price fixing case against electronic book publishers and retailers.

By Amanda Bronstad

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May 11, 2007 | Law.com

An English soccer league group and a U.S. independent music publisher have filed a class action lawsuit against video-sharing Web site YouTube and its parent company Google, seeking an injunction to remove alleged copyrighted material. The suit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of thousands of copyright holders, alleges infringement, accuses Google and YouTube of direct, contributory and vicarious copyright infringement, as well as inducing copyright infringement.

By Amanda Bronstad

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March 22, 2007 | Corporate Counsel

Lawyers and law firms are jumping into the 2008 presidential election, a race that is expected to be expensive and inundated with regulatory compliance issues. In the past few months, presidential candidates have retained lawyers as general counsel to their campaigns. Other lawyers have signed up as campaign advisers, fund-raisers or volunteers. Meanwhile, some new firms are starting election law practices with recent hires from the Federal Election Commission.

By Amanda Bronstad

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January 05, 2010 | Law.com

By Amanda Bronstad

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October 19, 2009 | National Law Journal

Hollywood movie studios are turning up the volume against DVD kiosk company Redbox, recruiting some of the nation's top antitrust experts to wipe out three lawsuits whose outcomes could determine the future of the DVD market.

By Amanda Bronstad

9 minute read

December 30, 2010 | New Jersey Law Journal

How big was multidistrict litigation this year? So phenomenally large that the cases generated significant political interest. And, for once, a pharmaceutical manufacturer was not the primary target.

By Amanda Bronstad

6 minute read

September 07, 2006 | Law.com

Tort reform groups and lawyers representing some of the nation's largest corporations are working with state legislators to amend consumer protection laws, seeking to curb what they see as costly class actions. The new momentum represents continuing fallout from California's Proposition 64, a landmark 2004 initiative that tightened the reins on consumer cases in that state. Tort reformers are circulating model legislation and hope to introduce proposed amendments as early as December in some states.

By Amanda Bronstad

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