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Amanda Bronstad is the ALM staff reporter covering class actions and mass torts nationwide. She writes the email dispatch Law.com Class Actions: Critical Mass. She is based in Los Angeles.
December 14, 2023 | The American Lawyer
Covington & Burling's products team brought in surprise wins when it counted most.
By Amanda Bronstad
3 minute read
February 9, 2023 | The Recorder
"This case is an example of a wealthy client (Facebook) and its high-powered law firm (Gibson Dunn) using delay, misdirection, and frivolous arguments to make litigation unfairly difficult and expensive for their opponents," U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria ruled.
By Amanda Bronstad
4 minute read
November 21, 2022 | The Recorder
Plaintiffs lawyers asked a federal judge to impose a $2.05 million sanction in fees and costs against Gibson Dunn and its client, Facebook, for discovery misconduct in the Cambridge Analytica cases.
By Amanda Bronstad
3 minute read
September 15, 2022 | The Recorder
U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria, at a hearing to determine whether to sanction Facebook and its legal team at Gibson Dunn for discovery misconduct, described some of their actions as "frivolous" and "abominable."
By Amanda Bronstad
5 minute read
July 27, 2022 | The Recorder
U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria, who has a Sept. 2 sanctions hearing set against Facebook and its lawyers at Gibson Dunn, threatened to intervene again after corporate witnesses, according to plaintiffs attorneys, remained unable to answer questions during depositions.
By Amanda Bronstad
5 minute read
June 15, 2022 | The Recorder
U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria, who is already mulling possible sanctions against Facebook's lawyers, excoriated the Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher team again for their conduct during a May 5 deposition. "We are doing our best," Gibson Dunn partner Rosemarie Ring said at a June 9 hearing. "That is not doing your best," Chhabria interrupted.
By Amanda Bronstad
4 minute read
April 12, 2022 | The Recorder
On Monday, lawyers at Gibson Dunn said U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria's statements about discovery sanctions were based on a "false and misleading account" by the plaintiffs' attorneys, who filed a sanctions motion last month in lawsuits against Facebook over the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
By Amanda Bronstad
5 minute read
August 19, 2021 | The American Lawyer
U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer appointed Elizabeth Cabraser, of Lieff Cabraser, to serve as lead counsel in 50 opioid lawsuits against Purdue Pharma's consulting firm. The next hearing is Sept. 2.
By Amanda Bronstad
5 minute read
January 6, 2021 | Law.com
Jay Edelson, who obtained a $2 million contempt judgment against Tom Girardi last month, maintained in a court filing on Tuesday that he didn't act alone, but worked with two former lawyers, Keith Griffin and David Lira, to create a "coordinated false narrative" that Boeing was holding up missing settlement payments to clients.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
December 18, 2020 | The Recorder
A review of lawsuits filed in the past two years reveals that Tom Girardi and his firm, Girardi Keese, allegedly defaulted on million-dollar loans from numerous litigation financing firms, failed to pay clients their settlement funds and ignored fee arrangements with other lawyers. In addition, former firm partners, including retired name partner Robert Keese, and vendors for office equipment, court reporter services and security guards at his home have filed lawsuits.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
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