Amanda Bronstad

November 28, 2006 | The Legal Intelligencer

General counsel are facing more risks and frustrations with new rules requiring them to obtain a limited license to practice law in states where they work but haven't taken the bar exam.

By Amanda Bronstad ALM

7 minute read

August 05, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

U.S. District Judge Josephine Tucker in Los Angeles has ruled that three Chinese companies will have to defend themselves in U.S. courts against a copyright infringement case brought by a California software company.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

July 19, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

Of the bumper crop of recalls announced by Toyota Motor Corp. during the past year, those associated with reports of sudden uncontrolled acceleration have fueled the most lawsuits.

By Amanda Bronstad

6 minute read

September 27, 2007 | The Recorder

From Ford Pintos to Vioxx, Robinson, Calcagnie's founder has played a significant role.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

May 08, 2008 | Law.com

Following the raid last month of a Texas ranch that is home to members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, about 350 lawyers were appointed to represent more than 400 children who lived at the ranch. They've spent long evenings and weekends studying Texas' legal protections for children and researching the tenets of the FLDS faith. And attorney Mark Ticer says most lawyers are spending considerable time assuring parents of the whereabouts of their children.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

July 11, 2007 | Corporate Counsel

Plaintiffs lawyers are filing more class actions against companies under state consumer-protection laws in conjunction with, or even in place of, traditional personal injury class actions, which have become too difficult to certify. Defense lawyers say injury-related consumer class actions have grown as the plaintiffs bar has sought out new "lucrative" areas for monetary relief. But plaintiffs lawyers say the suits are a different "avenue of relief" for an economic, rather than physical, injury.

By Amanda Bronstad

9 minute read

October 16, 2008 | The Legal Intelligencer

As large groups of partners at Heller Ehrman have jumped on board other law firms in the past few weeks, one contingent of attorneys has been noticeably absent from some of the moves: associates.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

January 31, 2007 | The Recorder

After the Supreme Court decided Granholm, new cases emerged challenging state shipping laws.

By Amanda Bronstad

7 minute read

June 09, 2010 | Law.com

A federal judge has delayed appointing the lead plaintiffs attorneys in the shareholder litigation against Toyota until the Supreme Court decides whether foreign purchasers of a company's U.S. stock have standing to sue in the United States. U.S. District Judge Dale Fischer agreed Monday to consolidate seven pending class actions on behalf of Toyota shareholders whose holdings declined by tens of millions of dollars after the company announced a series of recalls associated with sudden unintended acceleration.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

March 18, 2010 | The Recorder

Seventeen courtrooms will be closed and 329 workers laid off, with court officials predicting more reductions by September.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read