Amanda Bronstad

April 11, 2011 | National Law Journal

A formidable legal team has been ripped apart, accusing one another of financial mismanagement and theft.

By Amanda Bronstad

9 minute read

August 31, 2010 | Law.com

The contentious divorce trial of Frank and Jamie McCourt opened Monday with lawyers for each side accusing the other of engaging in bad faith. Control of the Los Angeles Dodgers could rest on the outcome. Jamie McCourt is attempting to invalidate the marital property agreement the couple signed in 2004, one year after they purchased the National League franchise. At trial, her lawyer contended that there were two versions of the same agreement, thus nullifying the deal.

By Amanda Bronstad

6 minute read

April 14, 2009 | The Recorder

Rate increases and changes to D&O insurance could make it harder for attorneys to recover fees in shareholder litigation.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

February 03, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

Breaking their months-long silence, plaintiffs' lawyers have been speaking out and adamantly denying allegations that fraud underlies a raft of lawsuits accusing Dole of poisoning workers on banana plantations in Central America and elsewhere.

By Amanda Bronstad

7 minute read

January 06, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

The manufacturer of the Bratz doll, facing the 'horns of a difficult dilemma,' has petitioned a federal appeals court to reinstate its lead counsel, whose firm was disqualified about three weeks before going to trial against Mattel.

By Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read

September 22, 2009 | Corporate Counsel

The greeting card company has asked the full "Court of Appeals for the Hollywood Circuit" to reconsider a decision that pits Hallmark's First Amendment rights against the hotel heiress's right to her own image, reports sibling publication The National Law Journal.

By By Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read

July 25, 2006 | The Legal Intelligencer

Stephen Terrell isn't a copyright lawyer. But last month, he filed suit on behalf of four Californians who allege that Fox Broadcasting Co. stole their idea behind the hit reality television show, So You Think You Can Dance.

By Amanda Bronstad ALM

9 minute read

August 03, 2011 | New York Law Journal

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

October 22, 2010 | Law.com

The lead plaintiffs firm that obtained a $624 million shareholder settlement against Countrywide Financial Corp. and KPMG LLP -- the largest recovery to date in a securities class action filed over the housing crisis -- is seeking more than $55 million in attorney fees and expenses. Labaton Sucharow, the New York firm hired by several New York pension funds on a contingency basis to pursue securities fraud claims against Countrywide and its senior managers, will argue for the fees during a Nov. 15 hearing.

By Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read

March 17, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

The earthquake and tsunami in Japan delayed portions of the multidistrict litigation against Toyota Motor Corp. this week as lawyers appeared in court to move forward on critical discovery issues.

By Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read