Amanda Bronstad

December 29, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

A federal judge has refused to toss out a $269 million jury verdict against The Walt Disney Co. in a closely watched case over the profits owed from the hit television show, "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?"

By By Amanda Bronstad

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April 30, 2009 | New York Law Journal

A dire market for initial public offerings this year has triggered an abrupt halt in work for corporate lawyers who regularly handle issues associated with those financings. So far this year, only four companies have gone public, compared to 25 in the first four months of 2008, according to Renaissance Capital, an independent IPO research firm based in Greenwich, Conn. And as of April 29, only five companies this year have filed documents with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to go public, a 93.8 percent decline from the 81 in the same period in 2008.

By Amanda Bronstad

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June 11, 2010 | Law.com

A federal judge has allowed lawyers at Munger, Tolles & Olson to withdraw as counsel to Joe Francis, founder of the "Girls Gone Wild" franchise. The defense team, the latest in a line of attorneys who have come and gone in Francis' case, cited unspecified "conflicts of interest that have arisen." The move comes as Francis faces possible criminal contempt charges for violating a court protective order.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

August 31, 2011 | New York Law Journal

By Amanda Bronstad

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August 15, 2007 | National Law Journal

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart has opened an office in St. Louis, making it the first national labor and employment law firm to locate in that city, according to managing shareholder Gray Geddie. "St. Louis is a large corporate headquarters city. We hope to take advantage of that," Geddie said. Ogletree also plans to open an office in the Detroit area on Sept. 1. That would be the firm's seventh new office this year alone, making a total of 32 U.S. offices.

By Amanda Bronstad

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July 09, 2009 | Law.com

Dole Food has filed a defamation suit in Los Angeles against two Swedish filmmakers whose documentary chronicles a lawsuit alleging that workers in Nicaragua were rendered sterile after being exposed to the pesticide DBCP on Dole's banana farms. In 2007, an L.A. jury awarded $5.8 million in damages to Nicaraguan workers in that case. But in April, a California judge threw out two similar cases against Dole after finding that the plaintiffs and their lawyers had committed a "heinous and repulsive" scheme of pervasive fraud.

By Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read

October 07, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

A high-ranking public official in Thailand and her daughter have urged a federal judge to throw out money laundering charges filed against them in a case tied to a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act investigation against a Hollywood producer and his wife.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

January 09, 2007 | Corporate Counsel

Two key lawyers defending video-sharing Web sites in high-profile suits recently brought by Universal Music Group are well-versed in copyright infringement claims, having taken plaintiffs' positions in previous cases with similar legal arguments. The turnabout highlights a trend in which Internet lawyers are beginning to represent clients on both sides of the copyright battles facing new technology companies, particularly after firms such as News Corp. and Google have gobbled up successful Web sites.

By Amanda Bronstad

3 minute read

March 16, 2010 | The Recorder

Plaintiffs' lawyers have accused the automaker of racketeering, just days after Orange County DA Tony Rackauckas alleged Toyota engaged in deceptive business practices.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

September 21, 2007 | The Recorder

Lawyers predict that more employers will create profit-based bonus plans after the California Supreme Court ruled in favor of them last month.

By Amanda Bronstad

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