Amanda Bronstad

May 22, 2006 | Law.com

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

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June 07, 2011 | The Recorder

By Amanda Bronstad

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August 31, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

U.S. District Judge Manuel Real, citing concerns about a request for attorney fees, has stalled a proposed class action settlement between Toyota Motor Corp. and nearly 300,000 owners and lessees of Prius hybrids who claimed that their headlights were defective because they intermittently shut off.

By Amanda Bronstad

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August 17, 2011 | Law.com

U.S. District Judge David Carter ruled on Aug. 16 that the unpredictability of economic conditions and Mattel's own financial reports justified requiring a bond while the Barbie manufacturer appeals to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.

By Amanda Bronstad

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October 16, 2006 | The Recorder

U.S. District Judge Dean Pregerson ruled that reasonable suspicion is required before someone's laptop can be searched at U.S. borders.

By Amanda Bronstad

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March 01, 2011 | New York Law Journal

By Amanda Bronstad

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September 18, 2007 | Law.com

Since 2003, the Recording Industry Association of America has filed 21,000 legal actions against individual music downloaders for copyright infringement, about a third of which have settled. That adds up to a lot of billable hours for 240-lawyer Holme, Roberts & Owen, the RIAA's national counsel for copyright infringement litigation brought against individuals.

By Amanda Bronstad

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August 10, 2010 | National Law Journal

California Attorney General Jerry Brown Jr. has subpoenaed records from Best Best & Krieger in an investigation of the pay packages for city officials in Bell, Calif., where a scandal involving high salaries has spiraled into possible civil and criminal actions and raised questions among officials in other nearby cities.

By Amanda Bronstad

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August 30, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

Bratz doll manufacturer MGA Entertainment Inc., facing potential discovery sanctions in a claim for $10.2 million in unpaid legal fees, has agreed to drop malpractice claims against its former law firm, O'Melveny & Myers, and three of its lawyers.

By Amanda Bronstad

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August 12, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

Four organizations representing Jewish and Iranian Americans have filed an amicus brief before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals arguing that a federal judge who dismissed a juror during deliberations for having described Iranians as "stubborn," "rude" and thieves of others' ideas should also have granted a new trial.

By Amanda Bronstad

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