Amanda Bronstad

January 04, 2017 | Daily Report Online

Throwing its weight on one side of a widening circuit split, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday refused to adopt stricter standards for class certification in cases where there is no readily apparent way to identify class members.

By Amanda Bronstad

7 minute read

January 03, 2017 | The Recorder

Plaintiffs lawyers don't need to put forth a plan for identifying class members to secure class certification, Judge Michelle Friedland wrote Tuesday in a defeat for the defense bar.

By Amanda Bronstad

7 minute read

January 03, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

California plaintiffs firm Engstrom, Lipscomb & Lack owes more than $1 million in federal corporate taxes and penalties relating to business expenses from two personal aircraft, according to a federal appeals court's ruling this week.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

December 30, 2016 | The Recorder

Los Angeles-based Engstrom, Lipscomb & Lack couldn't show that all the expenses it claimed for its attorneys' private jet travel had "a business purpose," the Ninth Circuit ruled.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

December 29, 2016 | Legaltech News

Next year could see a push for greater consistency in federal regulatory action.

By Amanda Bronstad

6 minute read

December 28, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

States and the feds come up with rules for self-driving vehicles.

By Amanda Bronstad

6 minute read

December 26, 2016 | National Law Journal

This year, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan was once again on the front lines of the "smartphone wars" between Samsung Electronics Co. and Apple Inc.

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9 minute read

December 26, 2016 | National Law Journal

When it comes to Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr's appellate team, the government is a familiar opponent. The team went up against it in a string of U.S. Supreme Court wins this year.

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December 20, 2016 | National Law Journal

President-elect Donald Trump has personally guaranteed that $25 million will be paid into an escrow account by Jan. 18, two days before he gets inaugurated, as part of a class action settlement over his former Trump University.

By Amanda Bronstad

6 minute read

December 20, 2016 | National Law Journal

Volkswagen has agreed to pay $225 million to environmental regulators and recall more than 80,000 of its 3.0-liter diesel vehicles that cheated emissions tests.

By Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read