Amanda Bronstad

August 26, 2009 | Law.com

A California lawyer who allegedly agreed to accept more than $100,000 in bribes in exchange for coaching his client to lie to a grand jury investigating immigration fraud has been indicted on obstruction of justice charges. Federal prosecutors allege that Alfred N. Villalobos coerced an attorney who represents the target of an immigration fraud investigation to give him $107,000 in cash and other compensation in exchange for the promise that his client would make false statements to a prosecutor and the grand jury.

By Amanda Bronstad

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January 05, 2010 | National Law Journal

A family-owned firm in Santa Barbara, Calif., has filed a $2.2 billion copyright infringement lawsuit against the People's Republic of China, two Chinese software makers and seven major computer manufacturers that helped distribute Green Dam Youth Escort software.

By Amanda Bronstad

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February 01, 2006 | Law.com

A 2004 statute allowed a Los Angeles billionaire to seal his divorce documents, but an appeal court says it's unconstitutional.

By Amanda Bronstad

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March 21, 2007 | Law.com

Yahoo has agreed to settlement talks in a class action filed by customers who say the search engine placed their premium-priced advertisements within spyware and other questionable software programs. The plaintiffs cited suits filed by the New York Attorney General's Office revealing that Yahoo had placed ads within the software programs of two spyware companies, claiming that the programs allow Yahoo to benefit financially because it charges customers for higher-priced ads targeted to specific consumers.

By Amanda Bronstad

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August 28, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

A federal judge in Los Angeles has dismissed a shareholder class action against the former officers and directors of Downey Financial Corp., a mortgage lender that filed for Chapter 7 liquidation in November.

By Amanda Bronstad

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March 01, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Council on American-Islamic Relations has filed a complaint with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging racial discrimination by Abercrombie & Fitch Stores Inc. after a manager fired a Muslim employee who refused to remove her hijab, or head scarf.

By Amanda Bronstad

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August 10, 2007 | Law.com

Courts are trying to determine if unwanted text messages are considered "calls" that would fall under a federal consumer protection law.

By Amanda Bronstad

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April 08, 2011 | Daily Business Review

The auction house that had planned to sell more than 2,000 personal items from Neverland Ranch--until Michael Jackson abruptly sued to cancel the event--has won a jury verdict in a breach-of-contract case

By Amanda Bronstad

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January 21, 2010 | Law.com

A California appeals court has ruled that leading asbestos litigation firm Waters & Kraus did not engage in "judicially sanctioned extortion," as a Los Angeles trial judge contended when finding the firm intentionally re-filed a case in California as a means of forcing a settlement. The trial judge found that Waters & Kraus had played the same "grisly game of asbestos litigation" in at least nine cases, but the appeals panel found there was no evidence the firm filed its earlier Texas action for an improper purpose.

By Amanda Bronstad

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July 29, 2011 | Legaltech News

The entertainment groups that persuaded the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down a California law banning the sale of violent video games to minors seek more than $1.1 million in attorney fees and expenses from the state. The groups filed the compensation request on July 22 with the Supreme Court, covering legal work from when the case was before the Court.

By Amanda Bronstad

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