Amanda Bronstad

August 20, 2009 | Law.com

Broadcom co-founder Henry Samueli is fighting to keep the public out of a pending hearing before the 9th Circuit in which he is seeking to reinstate a plea deal that he reached last year with prosecutors in a criminal backdating case. Briefs filed by Samueli and federal prosecutors appealing a district court judge's rejection of the deal have been sealed, and Samueli argues in a motion that the hearing should be closed to the public as well because much of the same information would be brought up during the hearing.

By Amanda Bronstad

3 minute read

May 18, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

Bratz doll manufacturer MGA Entertainment Inc. is seeking attorney fees plus $177 million in punitive damages after obtaining an $88.5 million verdict against rival Mattel Inc.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

February 08, 2010 | Law.com

The SEC has voluntarily dropped its civil case against four former Broadcom executives, including the former general counsel. It was the latest setback in the U.S. government's pursuit of securities fraud tied to stock options backdating at Broadcom. In December, a federal judge dismissed criminal charges against Broadcom co-founder Henry Nicholas and former CFO William Ruehle, largely due to prosecutorial misconduct. The judge also dismissed the SEC's related complaint but gave the commission the option to amend the charges.

By Amanda Bronstad

3 minute read

March 05, 2008 | National Law Journal

In the past year, L.A.-based Christensen, Glaser, Fink, Jacobs, Weil & Shapiro has lost some lawyers yet has remained busy in litigation and real estate work and even launched a new office in Las Vegas last month. That productivity could help temper the upcoming trial of its managing partner, Terry Christensen, accused of paying celebrity sleuth Anthony Pellicano more than $100,000 to wiretap the phones of Lisa Bonder Kerkorian, the ex-wife of billionaire Kirk Kerkorian, during a paternity dispute in 2002.

By Amanda Bronstad

3 minute read

February 21, 2006 | Law.com

The L.A.-based firm begins an ad campaign this month to publicize its move away from police brutality cases and toward more personal injury cases.

By Amanda Bronstad

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December 15, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

Ever since a judge invalidated an agreement that could have resolved a dispute between Frank and Jamie McCourt about who owns the Los Angeles Dodgers, legal experts have been warning that the ruling puts Bingham McCutchen at risk of a malpractice claim.

By Amanda Bronstad

6 minute read

August 07, 2008 | Law.com

The Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Center for Democracy and Technology, Public Citizen and more than a dozen law professors have filed an amicus brief to dismiss the federal government's criminal case against a Missouri woman who used a false identity on a MySpace page to bully a teenager who ultimately committed suicide. Federal prosecutors contend that the woman, Lori Drew, created a MySpace account under the name "Josh Evans" and, using that false identity, developed an online relationship with Megan Meier, a 13-year-old girl who later committed suicide.

By Amanda Bronstad

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May 08, 2007 | Corporate Counsel

Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, long known for its employment litigation and real estate work, is banking on its corporate department for future growth. Last year, the firm's revenues topped $813.5 million, up 22 percent from 2005. Seth Zachary, chairman and partner in the New York office, attributes the growth to the firm's corporate deals, many of which closed in Asia and Europe. He also says increased revenues came from a growing practice in intellectual property litigation.

By Amanda Bronstad

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June 03, 2008 | Law.com

A federal judge in Los Angeles sentenced Melvyn Weiss to 30 months in prison on Monday, saying that the criminal conduct of the co-founding partner of the Milberg firm "strikes directly at the core and heart of the judicial system." Under a plea deal reached earlier this year, Weiss agreed to forfeit $9.75 million and pay a $250,000 fine. At Monday's hearing, Judge John Walter ordered Weiss to pay $5 million of the forfeiture within the next seven days; the remaining is due in 180 days.

By Amanda Bronstad

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July 17, 2009 | Law.com

Los Angeles County Superior Court survived the first of 12 days of self-imposed job furloughs Wednesday. But that didn't mean judges weren't busy. "It was a long day yesterday," said Presiding Judge Charles "Tim" McCoy, who began an arduous, daylong series of interviews with reporters at 3 a.m. The court, which faces an estimated shortfall of almost $138 million during the fiscal year that began on July 1, has taken the unprecedented step of voluntarily furloughing employees on the third Wednesday of each month.

By Amanda Bronstad

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