Amanda Bronstad

March 14, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

Charlie Sheen has filed a $100 million lawsuit against WB Studio Enterprises Inc. and Chuck Lorre Productions Inc., citing a California labor code provision rarely deployed in entertainment disputes to bring claims on behalf of the cast and crew of "Two and a Half Men."

By Amanda Bronstad

6 minute read

May 30, 2007 | The Recorder

Regional Director Randall Lee announced he is leaving the L.A. office amid a dwindling caseload and several resignations in the past two years.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

January 31, 2011 | National Law Journal

A federal judge in the multidistrict litigation against BP PLC over the Deepwater Horizon oil spill has denied a motion supported by 16 attorneys general and the federal government to separate their lawsuits for pretrial purposes from hundreds of other cases.

By Amanda Bronstad

3 minute read

September 06, 2007 | National Law Journal

Officials at the University of California, Irvine's Donald Bren School of Law have narrowed their search for a new dean to a handful of choices, including one leading candidate, constitutional law scholar and Duke Law School professor Erwin Chemerinsky, according to sources familiar with the dean search. The search committee also includes two prominent Newport Beach, Calif., lawyers: Mark Robinson, a partner at Robinson, Calcagnie & Robinson, and Gary Singer, a partner at O'Melveny & Myers.

By Amanda Bronstad

3 minute read

August 10, 2007 | Law.com

Are unwanted text messages received by cell phone customers "calls" that violate the Telephone Consumer Protection Act? So far, the courts have made two rulings on the issue: One saying they do violate the act, another saying they don't.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

March 05, 2007 | Law.com

A new type of waiver that has emerged out of the perjury trial of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby Jr. is gaining momentum as more reporters are subpoenaed to testify in court cases. "Source waivers" release reporters from a long-standing obligation to protect the identities of, and conversations with, their confidential sources of information. Supporters say the waivers provide protection for journalists facing jail. Opponents fear that source waivers are coerced unless a source personally approves them.

By Amanda Bronstad

3 minute read

July 11, 2008 | The Recorder

With the Christensen trial set to begin, attorneys are reviewing the use of PIs.

By Amanda Bronstad

7 minute read

September 20, 2011 | National Law Journal

A consolidated shareholder lawsuit against BP PLC's current and former directors and officers alleging that lapses in security procedures contributed to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill has been dismissed, with a federal judge in Houston concluding that the case belongs in England.

By Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read

April 20, 2006 | Law.com

The Oakland-based managed health care company claimed drug makers' generic drug agreement cost it millions in potential savings.

By Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read

July 18, 2007 | Law.com

The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of California has filed its first response opposing motions to dismiss several counts of its criminal case against Milberg Weiss and former partners. Three of the indicted defendants have filed motions to dismiss charges against them, mostly relating to "honest services fraud." In response, prosecutors argue that "honest services fraud" does not require them to prove economic harm to class members, but only "the fraudulent concealment of material facts."

By Amanda Bronstad

2 minute read