Amanda Bronstad

October 07, 2009 | Law.com

When Summit Entertainment needed an attorney to help promote its new vampire movie, "The Twilight Saga: New Moon," general counsel David Friedman turned to an old colleague from his former Paramount Pictures job. That lawyer, Nancy Derwin-Weiss, had moved to Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon and helped it break through the barriers that have frustrated more than one East Coast firm's ambition to go Hollywood. And at least three other firms from outside California are using similar tactics to get into entertainment law.

By Amanda Bronstad

10 minute read

November 20, 2009 | Corporate Counsel

A federal judge has ruled that claims by the automaker's former in-house lawyer Dimitrios Biller that the company hid evidence in litigation involving rollover crashes will be heard by an arbitrator.

By Amanda Bronstad

3 minute read

August 04, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Department of Justice has agreed to stall attempts to extradite a former government official in Thailand and her daughter while they argue for dismissal of criminal charges tied to a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act case against a Hollywood film producer and his wife.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

March 30, 2011 | New York Law Journal

By Amanda Bronstad

4 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