Amanda Bronstad

February 18, 2011 | Law.com

Dickstein Shapiro is expanding its intellectual property practice on the West Coast with a new deputy practice leader in Los Angeles, Robert Dickerson of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, three other Orrick lawyers, and plans to open an office in Silicon Valley within a few months.

By Amanda Bronstad

3 minute read

March 14, 2007 | Law.com

The creators of videos that have been improperly removed by YouTube and other Internet service providers after allegations of copyright violations are fighting back with a new breed of lawsuits. The suits, many brought by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a nonprofit civil rights group, claim that in some cases those complaining of copyright infringement are violating the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998, which states that anyone who makes fraudulent copyright claims is liable.

By Amanda Bronstad

3 minute read

August 22, 2006 | Law.com

While 300-lawyer Manatt, Phelps & Phillips used to be known as the Calif.-based government firm with a client roster of high-profile actors and musicians such as the Rolling Stones, now the firm is setting its sights on health care and corporate entertainment and media. With managing partner and Chief Executive Paul Irving saying the firm is moving away from representing talent, it's been adding attorneys to strengthen other practice areas, partly by adding boutique lawyers to its New York office.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

January 11, 2010 | Law.com

Grabbing ahold of recent findings of prosecutorial misconduct in stock options backdating cases, lawyers for the former head of KB Home have asked for a hearing into whether misconduct has tainted a similar backdating case against their client. Bruce Karatz, who was chief executive of KB Home from 1986 to 2006, faces 20 counts of defrauding the Los Angeles homebuilder and its shareholders by awarding himself and others millions of dollars in undisclosed backdated stock options.

By Amanda Bronstad

3 minute read

November 05, 2007 | Law.com

Now that the wildfires in Southern California have died down, their aftermath could spark hundreds of lawsuits. Attorneys predict that homeowners will sue for undervalued coverage or low-balled repair estimates, as happened after wildfires in 2003. Other lawyers predict that homeowners who were assured protection against wildfires might file some novel lawsuits against developers for not using fire-resistant materials in construction.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

August 09, 2006 | Law.com

Defense attorneys are hailing recent court victories in ERISA "stock-drop" lawsuits, brought for employees who lost money in retirement plans due to their companies' declining stock price. In the first case to go to trial, a federal judge ruled that US Airways had no duty to change stock holdings of employees who had several investment choices. "There is a trend toward limiting the liability of outside trustees," said Edwin Mills, who recently negotiated a $100 million proposed settlement with Time Warner.

By Amanda Bronstad

9 minute read

October 01, 2009 | Law.com

Michael Jackson's estate has filed suit against two California organizations that it alleges sought infringing trademarks for such phrases as "King of Pop" and "Thriller" in an attempt to masquerade as a legitimate charity tied to the late pop star. The suit -- the first trademark infringement case for the estate since Jackson's death on June 25 -- was filed on Tuesday in Los Angeles federal court and names the Heal the World Foundation and its affiliated corporation, United Fleet.

By Amanda Bronstad

2 minute read

October 05, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

A Los Angeles judge has tentatively scheduled the nation's first trial against Toyota over its sudden acceleration defects for April 2012.

By Amanda Bronstad

6 minute read

February 24, 2011 | The American Lawyer

Plaintiffs' lawyers leading the multidistrict litigation against Toyota in the United States are investigating whether new recalls totaling 2.17 million vehicles are truly limited to defects associated with the gas pedals, reports The National Law Journal.

By Amanda Bronstad

7 minute read

April 08, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

The auction house that had planned to sell more than 2,000 personal items from Neverland Ranch -- until Michael Jackson abruptly sued to cancel the event -- has won a jury verdict in a breach-of-contract case brought by a man who made online bids on 170 items.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read