Amanda Bronstad

March 11, 2010 | The Recorder

Elizabeth Cabraser, of Lieff Cabraser, will be one of the lawyers at an upcoming hearing in San Diego that will consider the issues such as venue and case consolidation.

By Amanda Bronstad

8 minute read

November 07, 2006 | The Recorder

A disability rights group has filed a class action against San Bernardino County claiming that its courthouses don't provide ADA access. More suits from the group are expected against other counties.

By Amanda Bronstad

3 minute read

December 29, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

How big was multidistrict litigation this year? Really big. Stupendously big. The cases were so phenomenally large that they generated significant political interest, with the Obama administration and various government oversight departments getting actively involved. And, for once, a pharmaceutical manufacturer was not the primary target.

By By Amanda Bronstad

7 minute read

February 03, 2010 | Law.com

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. Gross was arrested last week at his home in West L.A. According to the district attorney's office, Gross made $2.3 million in income during the period. The DA's office is seeking $850,000 in back taxes, penalties, interest and costs. If convicted, Gross faces more than five years in prison.

By Amanda Bronstad

3 minute read

September 16, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

A public school district in San Diego did not violate a math teacher's constitutional rights in ordering him to take down large banners in his classroom that espoused the role of God in the nation's history, a federal appeals court has ruled.

By Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read

May 03, 2010 | National Law Journal

More than 50 attorneys and law firms submitted applications to help lead the massive multidistrict litigation against Toyota Motor Corp., which has recalled at least 8 million vehicles due sudden unintended acceleration. On Friday, the three plaintiffs' attorneys assigned as temporary lead counsel and Toyota's lead counsel filed a joint preliminary report outlining the committees that should be created to manage the litigation.

By Amanda Bronstad

6 minute read

August 27, 2009 | Law.com

A federal judge has dismissed a shareholder class action against the former officers and directors of Downey Financial Corp., a mortgage lender that filed for Chapter 7 liquidation in November. "It's the first instance where a court has dismissed with prejudice a complaint filed against the former management of a financial institution that's been taken over by the FDIC," said the attorney who defended Downey, referring to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s takeover of financial institutions during the mortgage crisis.

By Amanda Bronstad

3 minute read

March 24, 2011 | The Recorder

By Amanda Bronstad

3 minute read

October 01, 2009 | The Recorder

A Ninth Circuit ruling indicates that former CFO William Ruehle should have understood his legal jeopardy.

By Amanda Bronstad

3 minute read

July 10, 2006 | The Recorder

L.A. defense lawyer Terree Bowers gets serious about security in an effort to protect certain documents in the criminal investigation of private investigator Anthony Pellicano.

By Amanda Bronstad

3 minute read