Amanda Bronstad

April 12, 2006 | Law.com

Three law firms and six lawyers have settled a civil suit alleging they hired private eye Anthony Pellicano to wiretap Kissandra Cohen, who had filed a suit against her former employer, Masry & Vititoe, as well as Lynberg & Watkins and Gaims, Weil, West & Epstein. Cohen alleged that the firms wiretapped her while litigating her sexual discrimination suit against Masry & Vititoe. The settlement comes amid a probe that has implicated some of the biggest names in L.A.'s legal and entertainment circles.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

March 14, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

Charlie Sheen filed a $100 million lawsuit against WB Studio Enterprises Inc. and Chuck Lorre Productions Inc. March 9, citing a California labor code provision rarely deployed in entertainment disputes to bring claims on behalf of the cast and crew of Two and a Half Men.

By Amanda Bronstad

6 minute read

February 08, 2011 | Law.com

Filmmaker Michael Moore has sued Bob and Harvey Weinstein seeking $2.7 million in profits he says they owe him from Fahrenheit 9/11, Moore's 2004 documentary about George W. Bush's decision to go to war in Iraq following the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

By Amanda Bronstad

3 minute read

September 28, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

Mark Robinson's cases read like the inventory of a medical clinic: Baycol, Fen-Phen, Rezulin, Vioxx, Propulsid, Bextra, Celebrex and Zyprexa.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

January 11, 2008 | The Legal Intelligencer

Lawyers and law firms contributed the most bundlers of any industry in the 2008 election for most of the presidential campaigns, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, a Washington organization that tracks federal elections.

By Amanda Bronstad

3 minute read

October 06, 2010 | Law.com

Lawyers for Toyota shareholders who suffered losses tied to massive recalls and claims of sudden acceleration of its vehicles have filed a consolidated complaint invoking Japanese securities laws against the company and several of its officers and directors. The complaint, filed Tuesday in Los Angeles federal court, alleges Toyota issued false and misleading statements in conference calls with investors, filings with the SEC and interviews with the press -- all of which caused its shares to be artificially inflated.

By Amanda Bronstad

6 minute read

November 27, 2006 | New Jersey Law Journal

General counsel are facing more risks and frustrations with new rules requiring them to obtain a limited license to practice law in states where they work but haven't taken the bar exam.

By Amanda Bronstad

7 minute read

September 15, 2011 | National Law Journal

MGA Entertainment Inc. has replaced its lawyer in a $10.2 million billing dispute against O'Melveny & Myers with Jennifer Keller, the attorney who successfully represented the Bratz doll manufacturer in a high-profile trial against Mattel Inc.

By Amanda Bronstad

3 minute read

August 13, 2010 | New York Law Journal

By Amanda Bronstad | The Recorder

4 minute read

October 05, 2006 | Law.com

Far-reaching reforms in the Pension Protection Act will keep attorneys in tax, trusts and estates and employee benefits busy.

By Amanda Bronstad

9 minute read