Amanda Bronstad

May 22, 2006 | The Recorder

Sidley Austin is already expected to pay $30 million to settle a class action over illegal tax shelters, but investors who opted out of the settlement may wring even more money from the firm.

By Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read

June 30, 2008 | Law.com

A rush of investment capital, coupled with surging commodity prices, oil and gas exploration and a wave of new construction, are prompting U.S. law firms to open offices in Brazil. Many have been swept up in the country's thriving capital markets climate, particularly in S�o Paulo, which has enticed international banks and other foreign investors to finance countless emerging companies.

By Amanda Bronstad

8 minute read

August 20, 2007 | The Recorder

Cab companies accuse the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles of lobbying � which is prohibited � on behalf of cab workers.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

August 08, 2011 | The American Lawyer

Three Chinese companies will have to defend themselves in U.S. courts against a copyright infringement case brought by a California software company, a federal judge has ruled. The National Law Journal reports.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

February 01, 2010 | Law.com

After months of silence, plaintiffs lawyers are adamantly denying allegations that fraud underlies a raft of lawsuits accusing Dole Food Co. of poisoning workers with the pesticide DBCP on banana plantations in Central America and elsewhere. Allegations emerged after a Los Angeles judge issued a written order in June noting actions by lawyers in Nicaraguan DBCP cases. In interviews, attorneys pressing DBCP claims argued that the judge's conclusions were unfair and a distraction from genuine claims.

By Amanda Bronstad

6 minute read

April 05, 2011 | National Law Journal

Two senior executives of a California company paid more than $5 million in bribes — including a $300,000 red Ferrari — to officials of Mexico's electricity provider in exchange for lucrative contracts during a period of seven years, the government alleged during opening statements in a trial under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

September 29, 2009 | Law.com

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge John L. Segal granted an injunction requested by Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. to stop former in-house attorney Dimitrios Biller from publicizing privileged information about Toyota. Segal granted the injunction with respect to a consulting firm that Biller now operates and referred the matter to the State Bar of California for possible disciplinary action, but made clear that his order won't affect federal litigation in which Biller accuses the automaker of discovery abuses.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

August 02, 2011 | The Recorder

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

January 01, 2007 | Corporate Counsel

Suits against video-sharing sites recall Napster litigation

By Amanda Bronstad,

4 minute read

December 16, 2009 | Law.com

U.S. District Court Judge Cormac Carney, who dismissed the entire criminal stock options backdating case against two former Broadcom Corp. executives Tuesday, concluded that the government's handling of the case "distorted the truth-finding process" and made a "mockery" of the defendants' due process rights. "For these constitutional rights to have true meaning, the government must not do anything to intimidate and improperly influence witnesses," Carney said. "Sadly, they did so in this case."

By Amanda Bronstad

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