Amanda Bronstad

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

3 minute read

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

3 minute read

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

4 minute read

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

4 minute read

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

4 minute read

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

3 minute read

September 26, 2008 | The Legal Intelligencer

A series of recent court decisions in California are carving out the nation's most significant case law about whether governmental entities, such as cities and counties, must account for impact upon climate change when approving local construction projects under development.

By Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read

September 02, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

The case pits California upstart Pom Wonderful against juice-making giant Welch Foods Inc. over the marketing of their respective pomegranate juice products.

By Amanda Bronstad

9 minute read

January 29, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

The merger between Ticketmaster and Live Nation, which won Justice Dept. approval recently subject to certain divestments, is the first major combination OK'd under the Obama administration. Steven Sletten, who led the team representing Ticketmaster, discussed the difficult negotiations.

By Amanda Bronstad

7 minute read

July 09, 2008 | The Recorder

Knobbe, Martens is expanding but wants to retain its unique strategy.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read