Amanda Bronstad

October 01, 2009 | Corporate Counsel

The late singer's estate has filed suit against two California organizations that it claims sought infringing trademarks for phrases such as "King of Pop" and "Thriller" in a bid to masquerade as a legitimate, Jackson-connected charity, reports sibling publication The National Law Journal.

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August 03, 2010 | Law.com

Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossman was named lead counsel on Monday in the shareholder class action against Toyota over sudden unintended acceleration. U.S. District Judge Dale Fischer in Los Angeles consolidated seven class actions against Toyota in June but held off a decision about lead counsel pending the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Morrison v. National Australia Bank. The high court ruled that investors who buy a foreign company's stock on a foreign exchange lack standing to sue in U.S. courts.

By Amanda Bronstad

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March 18, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Los Angeles County, Calif., Superior Court will lay off 329 employees and close 17 courtrooms in response to cuts tied to California's continuing budget crisis, administrators announced on Tuesday.

By Amanda Bronstad

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December 13, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

A federal judge on Thursday gave Toyota Motor Corp. permission to depose 10 plaintiffs among the 200 class actions asserting economic damages tied to sudden uncontrolled acceleration — and gave both sides four months to identify which case will be the first to go to trial.

By Amanda Bronstad

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September 21, 2011 | Texas Lawyer

The field of combat in the Toyota sudden-acceleration litigation is the Central District of California, where 300 cases have been coordinated in federal multidistrict litigation. But there are plenty of side skirmishes in state courts (including Texas), which over the years have emulated the federal coordination system. "The frustration for some of the practitioners is that you'd end up with a bunch of cases in federal court in an MDL, but you didn't have that in state court," says Dallas attorney Yvette Ostolaza.

By Amanda Bronstad

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December 19, 2008 | The Recorder

Thousands of suits are expected, but the legal issues are "very tricky."

By Amanda Bronstad

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June 09, 2006 | Law.com

Securities class action lawyers are preparing for the next wave of shareholder suits as more companies and their top executives face federal probes and accounting restatements linked to the backdating of their stock options. More than two dozen companies have been targeted, many of which have restated their earnings or ousted their top executives. And lawmakers are debating whether to seek stricter regulations than those being proposed by the SEC regarding executive compensation.

By Amanda Bronstad

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February 05, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

Legal attacks against Toyota Motor Sales USA Inc. escalated this week following fresh reports of product safety defects afflicting some of the most popular vehicles in the automaker's fleet.

By Amanda Bronstad

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May 18, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

A federal judge has ruled that class claims for economic damages against Toyota Motor Corp. in the sudden, unintended acceleration multidistrict litigation can go forward based on the injuries alleged.

By Amanda Bronstad

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June 09, 2010 | Texas Lawyer

A federal judge has delayed appointing the lead plaintiffs attorneys in the shareholder litigation against Toyota Motor Corp. until the U.S. Supreme Court decides whether foreign purchasers of a company's U.S. stock have standing to sue in the United States. Joe Kendall of Dallas' Kendall Law Group told a federal judge in California that individual shareholders — whom he described as the "grandma in tennis shoes in Kansas City" — should be represented.

By Amanda Bronstad

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