Amanda Bronstad

March 14, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

Charlie Sheen filed a $100 million lawsuit against WB Studio Enterprises Inc. and Chuck Lorre Productions Inc. March 9, 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

September 28, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

Mark Robinson's cases read like the inventory of a medical clinic: Baycol, Fen-Phen, Rezulin, Vioxx, Propulsid, Bextra, Celebrex and Zyprexa.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

January 11, 2008 | The Legal Intelligencer

Lawyers and law firms contributed the most bundlers of any industry in the 2008 election for most of the presidential campaigns, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, a Washington organization that tracks federal elections.

By Amanda Bronstad

3 minute read

October 06, 2010 | Law.com

Lawyers for Toyota shareholders who suffered losses tied to massive recalls and claims of sudden acceleration of its vehicles have filed a consolidated complaint invoking Japanese securities laws against the company and several of its officers and directors. The complaint, filed Tuesday in Los Angeles federal court, alleges Toyota issued false and misleading statements in conference calls with investors, filings with the SEC and interviews with the press -- all of which caused its shares to be artificially inflated.

By Amanda Bronstad

6 minute read

November 27, 2006 | New Jersey Law Journal

General counsel are facing more risks and frustrations with new rules requiring them to obtain a limited license to practice law in states where they work but haven't taken the bar exam.

By Amanda Bronstad

7 minute read

September 15, 2011 | National Law Journal

MGA Entertainment Inc. has replaced its lawyer in a $10.2 million billing dispute against O'Melveny & Myers with Jennifer Keller, the attorney who successfully represented the Bratz doll manufacturer in a high-profile trial against Mattel Inc.

By Amanda Bronstad

3 minute read

October 05, 2006 | Law.com

Far-reaching reforms in the Pension Protection Act will keep attorneys in tax, trusts and estates and employee benefits busy.

By Amanda Bronstad

9 minute read

May 22, 2006 | Law.com

Sidley Austin is expected to pay $30 million to settle a class action filed by more than 200 investors who lost money on illegal tax shelters that the law firm approved. But the nation's seventh-largest firm isn't out of the woods yet. Investors in about 55 cases have opted out of the settlement, which includes claims against KPMG, the accounting firm that sold the shelters. A lawyer who represents three such investors said liability costs associated with the opt-out cases could exceed $500 million.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

June 07, 2011 | The Recorder

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

August 31, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

U.S. District Judge Manuel Real, citing concerns about a request for attorney fees, has stalled a proposed class action settlement between Toyota Motor Corp. and nearly 300,000 owners and lessees of Prius hybrids who claimed that their headlights were defective because they intermittently shut off.

By Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read