Amanda Bronstad

September 26, 2011 | Texas Lawyer

The field of combat in the Toyota sudden-acceleration litigation is the Central District of California, where 300 cases have been coordinated in federal multidistrict litigation. But there are plenty of side skirmishes in state courts, which over the years have emulated the federal coordination system.

By Amanda Bronstad

7 minute read

July 26, 2010 | National Law Journal

A federal judge in Los Angeles refused on Monday to throw out a class action against Toyota Motor Corp. over defective headlights on their Prius vehicles.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

July 26, 2006 | Law.com

Encouraged by the Ninth Circuit's Grosso decision, plaintiff lawyers are filing more idea submission claims.

By Amanda Bronstad

9 minute read

October 09, 2009 | Corporate Counsel

Automaker moves to dismiss recent racketeering conspiracy allegations on the grounds that the plaintiff, former in-house attorney Dimitrios Biller, failed to establish the existence of an enterprise or that he was injured by the alleged conduct.

By Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read

August 24, 2009 | Law.com

A federal appeals court has dealt a major blow to descendants of Armenian genocide victims, ruling that a California law that had opened the door to multimillion-dollar settlements against life insurance companies is unconstitutional. The 9th Circuit ruled 2-1 that U.S. foreign policy, which does not officially recognize the genocide, pre-empts California's statute. The ruling came one day after the panel used the same reasoning to strike down a law meant to help heirs to artwork allegedly stolen by the Nazis.

By Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read

August 04, 2010 | New York Law Journal

By Amanda Bronstad | The National Law Journal

3 minute read

July 13, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

U.S. District Judge Dale Fischer dismissed a large portion of the shareholder litigation against Toyota Motor Corp., concluding that U.S. courts lack jurisdiction to hear claims brought under Japanese securities laws.

By Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read

February 24, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

The push includes the addition of a new deputy practice leader in Los Angeles and immediate plans to open an office in Silicon Valley.

By Amanda Bronstad

3 minute read

October 07, 2009 | Law.com

When Summit Entertainment needed an attorney to help promote its new vampire movie, "The Twilight Saga: New Moon," general counsel David Friedman turned to an old colleague from his former Paramount Pictures job. That lawyer, Nancy Derwin-Weiss, had moved to Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon and helped it break through the barriers that have frustrated more than one East Coast firm's ambition to go Hollywood. And at least three other firms from outside California are using similar tactics to get into entertainment law.

By Amanda Bronstad

10 minute read

November 20, 2009 | Corporate Counsel

A federal judge has ruled that claims by the automaker's former in-house lawyer Dimitrios Biller that the company hid evidence in litigation involving rollover crashes will be heard by an arbitrator.

By Amanda Bronstad

3 minute read