Amanda Bronstad

April 27, 2010 | Law.com

Dan Becnel Jr. is the first plaintiffs attorney to apply for the coveted lead counsel status in the multidistrict litigation against Toyota. He is applying to be co-lead counsel or a member of the MDL's economic loss lead counsel committee, which would be in charge of most of the class actions filed on behalf of consumers seeking damages for their vehicles' reduced value. Attorneys have until Friday to apply for a seat on that committee or two other potential committees handling core discovery issues or the personal injury cases.

By Amanda Bronstad

3 minute read

August 26, 2009 | The Recorder

The feds say a California lawyer took a bribe to encourage his client to lie in an immigration case.

By Amanda Bronstad

3 minute read

January 27, 2010 | National Law Journal

The proposed merger between Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc. and Live Nation Inc., the world's largest concert promoter, won Justice Department approval on Jan. 25, following a year of negotiations and antitrust scrutiny. Gibson Dunn's Steven Sletten, who lead the team advising Ticketmaster, told us that he prepared his client to face a tough audience, both at the Justice Department and in the court of public opinion.

By Amanda Bronstad

7 minute read

September 27, 2011 | National Law Journal

Major League Baseball wants lawyers representing the Los Angeles Dodgers to be disqualified from the team's bankruptcy case, claiming that their actions appear more in line with protecting owner Frank McCourt's finances than improving the bottom line for the baseball team.

By Amanda Bronstad

3 minute read

June 16, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

Dole Food Co. Inc. has agreed to settle the pesticide claims of more than 5,000 former plantation workers in South and Central America.

By Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read

January 26, 2010 | Law.com

Lost in the uproar over prosecutorial conduct in the Broadcom backdating case was what former general counsel David Dull had to say about Broadcom's options process. Testifying during the trial of the company's ex-chief financial officer William Ruehle, Dull said the chip maker had a loose way of making grants -- a situation he tried to help fix as GC. He testified that he and Ruehle "were often the fall guys, if you will, for delivering a message that people didn't want to hear."

By Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read

June 14, 2010 | National Law Journal

Shareholder lawsuits against Toyota Motor Corp. face several obstacles. A judge has questioned why several motions for lead counsel status were filed on behalf of large groups of investors rather than individual investors. And foreign investors face a potentially adverse Supreme Court ruling.

By Amanda Bronstad

8 minute read

January 04, 2010 | National Law Journal

Ten lawyers, including six partners, have left Los Angeles-based Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro to start their own firm, Elkins Kalt Weintraub Reuben Gartside. Founding partner Keith Elkins said that alternative billing structures, which have become more prevalent in the current economic downturn, played a role in the group's decision to start their own firm.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

March 10, 2010 | The Recorder

The Entertainment Mediation Institute will cater to motion-picture, television, cable, music, sports, stage and literary companies.

By Amanda Bronstad

3 minute read

October 07, 2009 | The Recorder

A few players are catching their big break in entertainment law, but for most, there's still no business in show business.

By Amanda Bronstad

9 minute read