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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.
May 7, 2024 | Law.com
In a May 4 opening brief before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, objectors said that the Facebook settlement over the Cambridge Analytica scandal discounted the statutory claims of 253 million class members by more than 99.7%.
By Amanda Bronstad
4 minute read
December 29, 2023 | The Recorder
Genetic testing firm 23andMe Inc. has moved to transfer lawsuits over this year's data breach to Northern California, near its South San Francisco headquarters, citing an increase in the number of cases.
By Amanda Bronstad
4 minute read
October 24, 2023 | The Recorder
On Tuesday, attorneys general from 41 states and the District of Columbia sued Meta alleging Instagram and Facebook are "unsafe and addictive" to youth.
By Amanda Bronstad
4 minute read
October 24, 2023 | Daily Report Online
U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers will hear dismissal arguments Friday in cases alleging social media caused addiction and mental health problems in adolescents. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Carolyn Kuhl refused to dismiss similar claims this month.
By Amanda Bronstad
7 minute read
October 23, 2023 | Law.com
The inaugural "Digital Payments in Class Actions and Mass Torts" report, released on Monday by Western Alliance Bank's Digital Disbursements, found 170 settlements had a digital payment option in 2022, up from two in 2019.
By Amanda Bronstad
5 minute read
October 10, 2023 | Law.com
In a Tuesday ruling, U.S. District Judge Dan Polster found that David Cohen, the special master in the opioid multidistrict litigation, should not be disqualified because he was protected under the judicial deliberative privilege.
By Amanda Bronstad
5 minute read
September 20, 2023 | Law.com
David Cohen, the special master in the opioid multidistrict litigation, sent an Aug. 28 email accidentally to lawyers in the cases. Now, two pharmacy benefit managers have moved to disqualify him, insisting the email 'would lead any reasonable observer to question his impartiality.'
By Amanda Bronstad
6 minute read
September 11, 2023 | The Recorder
A third-party filer called ClaimClam has appeared in both the $725 million settlement over Facebook's Cambridge Analytica scandal and the $255 million agreement with Juul.
By Amanda Bronstad
5 minute read
September 7, 2023 | The Recorder
At a final approval hearing on Thursday, plaintiffs' attorney Derek Loeser said there were 17 million claims in the Facebook settlement over the Cambridge Analytica scandal -- the 'most we've ever seen, and most ever submitted in a class action.'
By Amanda Bronstad
4 minute read
June 5, 2023 | Law.com
Digital payment apps and chatbots are changing the administration of class action settlements.
By Amanda Bronstad
6 minute read
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