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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.
March 22, 2023 | Law.com
On Wednesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit denied Johnson & Johnson's petition to rehear its Jan. 30 decision effectively dismissing its talc bankruptcy.
By Amanda Bronstad
4 minute read
March 21, 2023 | Law.com
U.S. Chief Bankruptcy Judge Jeffrey Graham, in Indianapolis, is set to take up the dispute over 3M CEO Mike Roman's possible deposition at a Wednesday hearing.
By Amanda Bronstad
5 minute read
March 17, 2023 | The Recorder
Several lawyers and federal judges noted a rise in class action trials this week at the annual Class Action Law Forum, hosted by the University of San Diego School of Law and sponsored by Western Alliance Bank.
By Amanda Bronstad
3 minute read
March 13, 2023 | Law.com
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the American Tort Reform Association and three other business groups filed amicus briefs supporting rehearing of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit's Jan. 30 decision in Johnson & Johnson's talc bankruptcy.
By Amanda Bronstad
5 minute read
March 8, 2023 | Law.com
U.S. District Judge Benita Pearson, who sits in Youngstown, Ohio, is now overseeing 18 lawsuits filed against Norfolk Southern over its Feb. 3 derailment.
By Amanda Bronstad
4 minute read
March 3, 2023 | Law.com
U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeffrey Cummings, in Chicago, entered the plea Friday at a virtual arraignment hearing, in which Girardi appeared alongside his brother and conservator, Robert Girardi, and a federal public defender.
By Amanda Bronstad
4 minute read
March 3, 2023 | Law.com
"It's one of the most racially diverse slates we've ever seen," said Diandra "Fu" Debrosse Zimmermann, of DiCello Levitt, of the leadership team, which a federal judge approved on Thursday. She and Ben Crump of Ben Crump Law, who both founded Shades of Mass, are two of the co-lead counsel.
By Amanda Bronstad
3 minute read
March 2, 2023 | The Recorder
At Thursday's preliminary approval hearing in the Cambridge Analytica settlement with Facebook, U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria repeatedly sparred with Corban Rhodes, an attorney for the New Mexico Attorney General's Office, who intervened this week to raise questions about the release.
By Amanda Bronstad
6 minute read
March 1, 2023 | Law.com
More than 235,000 plaintiffs allege 3M's combat earplugs caused hearing loss or ringing of the ears, but newly released records for 175,000 of them suggest the "vast majority" of U.S. military service members making those claims have normal hearing.
By Amanda Bronstad
4 minute read
February 28, 2023 | Law.com
U.S. District Judge Raag Singhal in Florida signed off Monday on a class action settlement over Johnson & Johnson's recalled sunscreen but criticized objector lawyer Ted Frank for holding up the deal's final approval.
By Amanda Bronstad
5 minute read
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