Amanda Bronstad

February 01, 2011 | The Recorder

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

August 05, 2009 | Corporate Counsel

As the recession continues, more businesses are being forced to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. In many cases, the bankruptcies are liquidations, not reorganizations, says Robbin Itkin, the head of Steptoe & Johnson's West Coast business and financial restructuring group. Itkin, a partner in the Los Angeles office, talked to The National Law Journal about how 363 sales are structured and what thorny legal issues buyers and sellers might face when dealing with assets in a bankruptcy.

By Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read

September 30, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

More than 100 lawyers who are suing BP over the oil spill have applied for coveted places on the committee that will lead the multidistrict litigation, citing the extensive work they've done. Many note that they have already hired experts and spent millions of dollars investigating what caused the oil spill, as they point out in their applications.

By Amanda Bronstad

7 minute read

July 17, 2008 | The Recorder

In the wiretapping trial of Terry Christensen, some interesting details emerge from his conversations with Anthony Pellicano, pictured.

By Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read

October 28, 2010 | Law.com

A California appellate attorney has filed an amicus brief before the 9th Circuit, arguing that California's same-sex marriage ban, Proposition 8, should be found invalid because the state's ballot initiative process was improperly voted into law 99 years ago. "The question we're raising in this case is whether or not the creation of the process, the initiative process, adhered to California law," said Jon B. Eisenberg, a partner at Eisenberg & Hancock.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

September 10, 2008 | The Recorder

There's a new push for bipartisan committees, including an endorsement from the ABA.

By Amanda Bronstad

8 minute read

June 03, 2008 | The Legal Intelligencer

A federal judge in Los Angeles sentenced Melvyn Weiss, the co-founding partner of Milberg, to 30 months in prison on Monday.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

February 21, 2011 | Law.com

Plaintiffs' lawyers who obtained the record $624 million class action settlement last year on behalf of shareholders of Countrywide Financial Corp. are scrambling to remake their deal after more than two dozen major institutional funds opted out.

By Amanda Bronstad

9 minute read

September 13, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

A federal judge's ruling striking down the policy that prohibits openly homosexual members from serving in the U.S. military could stand, particularly if the Obama administration chooses not to appeal, but would not necessarily carry weight in other circuits.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

May 22, 2006 | National Law Journal

Sidley Austin is expected to pay $30 million to settle a class action filed by more than 200 investors who lost money on illegal tax shelters that the law firm approved. But the nation's seventh-largest firm isn't out of the woods yet. Investors in about 55 cases have opted out of the settlement, which includes claims against KPMG, the accounting firm that sold the shelters. A lawyer who represents three such investors said liability costs associated with the opt-out cases could exceed $500 million.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read