Amanda Bronstad

April 09, 2010 | Law.com

At the close of a month-long trial against former KB Home CEO Bruce Karatz, prosecutors argued that Karatz, while at first denying stock options had been backdated at the company, changed his tune only after outside lawyers at Irell & Manella, who were brought in to conduct an investigation, uncovered damning e-mails. Karatz's lawyer responded that the government's case was almost entirely based on Gary Ray, the company's human resources head, who changed his own story after striking a deal with the government.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

July 10, 2006 | Law.com

While recent tax evasion charges brought against civil rights attorney Stephen Yagman are based largely on expenditures related to his personal lifestyle, federal prosecutors have accused him of concealing money he received as a principal of his Venice, Calif.-based law firm, now called Yagman & Yagman & Reichmann. Yagman is best known for filing numerous lawsuits against the top officials of various law enforcement agencies, particularly in Los Angeles.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

March 11, 2010 | The Recorder

Prosecutors are employing a new strategy in the stock option backdating case against the former CEO of KB Home, who is being represented by John Keker.

By Amanda Bronstad

9 minute read

May 10, 2010 | National Law Journal

The capital markets are opening up in Silicon Valley — and lawyers have noticed. Best known for its startup technology companies and venture capital, the region has seen renewed investor interest in emerging companies, a spate of initial public offerings and several mergers and acquisitions involving some of the region's largest businesses, including Cisco Systems and Google.

By Amanda Bronstad

10 minute read

July 31, 2009 | National Law Journal

A closely watched criminal trial begins Aug. 4 in a Los Angeles federal court involving a pair of Beverly Hills film producers who are accused of bribing an official of the Thai government in order to obtain lucrative contracts, including management of the Bangkok International Film Festival. The case is one of the few to go to trial involving violations of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), particularly in the entertainment industry, which increasingly has depended upon sales in foreign markets.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

July 21, 2009 | The Recorder

William Ruehle urges the Ninth Circuit to sustain an ethical misconduct finding against the firm.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

July 30, 2007 | National Law Journal

When Jeff Brauer left his job serving of counsel to a law firm in China, he spent five months sending e-mails and hired two attorneys to collect $150,000 in unpaid compensation he claims the firm still owed him. When that didn't work, he started his own blog.

By Amanda Bronstad / Staff Reporter

4 minute read

January 08, 2010 | Law.com

Ten lawyers, including six partners, have left Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro to start their own firm, Elkins Kalt Weintraub Reuben Gartside. Keith Elkins, a former Jeffer Mangels partner, said that alternative billing structures played a role in the group's decision to start their own firm, but also emphasized that the economy was not the driving force behind the group's decision to leave. "We were so excited about the opportunity to put that group together and strike out on our own," he said.

By Amanda Bronstad

3 minute read

August 20, 2009 | Law.com

Broadcom co-founder Henry Samueli is fighting to keep the public out of a pending hearing before the 9th Circuit in which he is seeking to reinstate a plea deal that he reached last year with prosecutors in a criminal backdating case. Briefs filed by Samueli and federal prosecutors appealing a district court judge's rejection of the deal have been sealed, and Samueli argues in a motion that the hearing should be closed to the public as well because much of the same information would be brought up during the hearing.

By Amanda Bronstad

3 minute read

May 18, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

Bratz doll manufacturer MGA Entertainment Inc. is seeking attorney fees plus $177 million in punitive damages after obtaining an $88.5 million verdict against rival Mattel Inc.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read