Amanda Bronstad

March 16, 2006 | Law.com

A California Supreme Court case that seeks to determine whether punitive damages apply in business contracts involving inventors has attracted a seemingly unlikely participant: the entertainment field. The case pits Genentech against the City of Hope National Medical Center, which won $500 million in a breach-of-contract case. At issue: whether their relationship was fiduciary in nature. Labor groups say eliminating punitives would make it harder for actors, directors and writers to get fair compensation.

By Amanda Bronstad

3 minute read

March 22, 2011 | Law.com

Plaintiffs' lawyers representing shareholders of Toyota Motor Corp. are fighting to preserve claims brought under a Japanese securities law that executives failed to inform investors about the problems associated with sudden acceleration, according to court documents filed on March 21.

By Amanda Bronstad

3 minute read

May 25, 2011 | National Law Journal

MGA Entertainment Inc. is not entitled to more than $129 million in attorney fees or a $177 million punitive damages award just because it won a major trade secrets victory against Mattel Inc., a lawyer for Mattel argued in the copyright infringement and trade secrets case over the Bratz doll.

By Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read

July 31, 2007 | The Recorder

The publisher of the bar review course, which just settled a $49 million class action, is being sued again, this time for allegedly overcharging for exam prep materials.

By Amanda Bronstad

3 minute read

November 11, 2009 | National Law Journal

The State Bar of California's crackdown on attorneys for alleged loan modification misconduct has claimed five more lawyers in Southern California, three of whom have resigned. A total of 14 attorneys have resigned or been placed on involuntary inactive status since April and about 250 lawyers are still under investigation.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

May 12, 2009 | The Recorder

But Judge Ronald Whyte has delayed payment of $16 million in attorneys fees.

By Amanda Bronstad

2 minute read

February 01, 2011 | National Law Journal

Assistant U.S. Attorney Daniel Saunders, lead prosecutor in the federal government's criminal case against celebrity sleuth Anthony Pellicano and prominent Los Angeles attorney Terry Christensen, plans to join Bingham McCutchen in March.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

March 30, 2011 | National Law Journal

The State Bar of California has closed its investigation of Juan Dominguez, the lawyer at the center of a judge's finding that fraud tainted a lawsuit brought against Dole Food Co. on behalf of Nicaraguans who worked on its banana plantations.

By Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read

March 15, 2011 | Law.com

Lawyers Mark Geragos and Brian Kabateck have filed a lawsuit against their former co-counsel in two class actions involving life insurance claims for victims of the Armenian genocide, alleging that he fraudulently funneled settlement funds to sham charities.

By Amanda Bronstad

6 minute read

July 30, 2007 | Law.com

A lawyer who objected to a recent $49 million settlement with the makers of the BAR/BRI bar review course has announced the filing of a $48 million class action on behalf of tens of thousands of consumers who were overcharged when purchasing BAR/BRI materials in preparation for the New York bar exam. The allegations in the suit are similar to those in an antitrust case in California against the same defendants -- namely, that the students were overcharged by $1,000 each, on average.

By Amanda Bronstad

3 minute read