Amanda Bronstad

December 08, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

A federal judge has pressured Joseph Francis, founder of the "Girls Gone Wild" franchise, to turn over a document this week in order to resolve possible criminal contempt charges before the end of this year.

By Amanda Bronstad

3 minute read

July 13, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

MGA Entertainment Inc., which requested $161 million in attorney fees and costs following its $88.5 million verdict against Mattel Inc., has acquiesced to a discovery master's recommendation that it collect $108 million in attorney fees, according to recently unsealed court documents.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

February 02, 2010 | National Law Journal

Allen J. Gross, a partner at Los Angeles-based Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp, pleaded not guilty on Monday to five felony counts of failing to file his state income tax returns from 2003 through 2007.

By Amanda Bronstad

3 minute read

August 17, 2009 | Legaltech News

Public figures, such as Tony La Russa, Christopher Walken, Condoleezza Rice and Bill Gates, have been victims of "Twitterjacking" -- an imposter setting up a Twitter account in a celebrity's name. Bill Coats of White & Case discusses right of publicity lawsuits over Twitterjacking.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

November 25, 2009 | Law.com

A federal appeals court ruled 2-1 on Monday that rules that bar legal aid organizations financed by the Legal Services Corp. from participating in class actions and collecting attorney fees do not violate their First Amendment rights. In a dissent, Judge Harry Pregerson wrote that the LSC restrictions were unreasonable because they distorted a lawyer's ability to take cases in line with the LSC's mission.

By Amanda Bronstad

3 minute read

October 23, 2006 | Law.com

Government officials must have reasonable suspicion under the Fourth Amendment to search someone's laptop at U.S. borders, according to a recent ruling by a U.S. District Court in California. The decision is the first within the area of the 9th Circuit to address whether searching a laptop is more than routine and therefore subject to the search and seizure protections of the Fourth Amendment. The decision could lead to a potential circuit split, given a conflicting 4th Circuit ruling in a similar case.

By Amanda Bronstad

3 minute read

November 20, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

A federal judge has ordered that a former in-house lawyer at Toyota Motor Sales USA Inc. must arbitrate claims that the automobile manufacturer hid and destroyed evidence in cases involving victims of rollover accidents.

By Amanda Bronstad

3 minute read

February 25, 2008 | The Recorder

Name partner Patrick Coughlin says that in some ways Bill Lerach's departure has made life easier, and there are more opportunities for the firm's next generation of partners.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

July 24, 2008 | Law.com

Plaintiffs attorneys say a recent surge in lawsuits involving two recalled drugs, generic blood thinner heparin and prescription medication Digitek, could signal a clean break from past actions that were far less successful against Vioxx and Paxil. The heparin suits are the first to be brought against a manufacturer with ties to China, which has been linked in litigation to dangerous products such as toys, pet food and toothpaste. But some say the recent drug lawsuits aren't all easy to swallow.

By Amanda Bronstad

9 minute read

February 18, 2009 | National Law Journal

Claims that consumers were not adequately warned of potential hearing loss caused by Bluetooth headsets have dissipated after federal judges dismissed similar cases against Apple over iPods and a preliminary settlement was approved without economic recoveries against Motorola.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read