Amanda Bronstad

February 06, 2009 | The Recorder

The president's proposal to put limits on executive pay may cause as many problems as it solves.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

January 26, 2011 | National Law Journal

The future of the courts in Los Angeles County "hangs in the balance" since California Gov. Jerry Brown proposed sweeping budget cuts earlier this month, the county's top state judge warned on Wednesday.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

March 06, 2007 | Law.com

Los Angeles has morphed into a recruiting hotbed in the past nine months as several midsize firms from the East Coast aggressively opened offices. Several of those firms lured large groups of lawyers from well-known local firms in a legal market rife with dissolutions and an unusually high number of defections. "The last six months, particularly on the west side of L.A., have been hot," says Roger Warin, chairman of Steptoe & Johnson, which opened its second Los Angeles office, in Century City, last July.

By Amanda Bronstad

3 minute read

August 04, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

A jury has acquitted a California state trial judge of attempting to bribe his opponent during a 2008 election, in a rare criminal case that highlighted the uglier side of judicial races.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

July 07, 2010 | National Law Journal

Gregory Evans, a litigation partner in the Los Angeles office of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, has left to form his own firm, Integer Law Corporation, citing the "unbearable tension" between big law firm profit structures and the needs of clients who face increasing economic pressures.

By Amanda Bronstad

3 minute read

June 09, 2006 | Law.com

Dozens of shareholder suits have been filed, claiming that companies backdated options allowing executives to enhance profits when they exercised their options.

By Amanda Bronstad

7 minute read

July 27, 2011 | Law.com

The entertainment groups that persuaded the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down a California law banning the sale of violent video games to minors is seeking more than $1.1 million in attorney fees and expenses from the state.

By Amanda Bronstad

3 minute read

May 31, 2007 | Law.com

Litigation concerning excessive administrative fees charged to employees by their 401(k) plans is heating up. Some suits have focused on undisclosed fees charged for mutual funds or annuities. Still others challenge the prudence of employers that invest in funds that charge high fees, even if they're fully disclosed. A claim for excessive fees in 401(k) plans is "like the newest toy in the toy box" for the plaintiffs bar, says Gregory Ash, an attorney who is defending companies against such suits.

By Amanda Bronstad

6 minute read

February 03, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

After months of silence, plaintiffs' lawyers have been speaking out and adamantly denying allegations that fraud underlies a raft of lawsuits accusing Dole Food Co. Inc. of poisoning workers with the pesticide DBCP on banana plantations in Central America and elsewhere.

By Amanda Bronstad

6 minute read

January 17, 2007 | Law.com

Many are experienced deputy chiefs whose government salaries can't keep up with the huge increases in Southern California housing prices.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read