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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.
January 22, 2024 | Law.com
In a Jan. 10 letter, U.S. Bankruptcy Chief Judge Michael Kaplan of the District of New Jersey asked the Federal Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure to change a rule that prohibits bankruptcy judges from appointing special masters.
By Amanda Bronstad
6 minute read
January 8, 2024 | Law.com
Tom Girardi, 83, was charged on Feb. 1 with stealing at least $18 million from clients of his Los Angeles law firm, Girardi Keese, over the past decade. Others have been indicted. Here, we compiled the reporting in one place.
By Amanda Bronstad
5 minute read
January 5, 2024 | The Recorder
On Friday, U.S. District Judge Josephine Staton in Los Angeles unsealed her competency order, concluding that the arguments of Girardi's lawyers were "wholly lacking in credibility," and some evidence showed "no more than normal age-related decline."
By Amanda Bronstad
5 minute read
December 14, 2023 | The Recorder
Plaintiffs' lawyers plan to ask a federal judge on Monday to approve as much as $150 million in fees tied to settlements with Juul Labs Inc. over the vaping epidemic.
By Amanda Bronstad
5 minute read
November 30, 2023 | The Recorder
Objector lawyers who have challenged numerous Big Tech privacy settlements are fighting back against paying $8,500 bonds before appealing approval of a $725 million class action deal with Facebook's Meta Platforms Inc.
By Amanda Bronstad
5 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 19, 2023 | Law.com
At a Sept. 6 status hearing, lawyers on both sides of the talcum powder lawsuits against Johnson & Johnson debated the impact of the upcoming amendments to Federal Rule 702 of Evidence.
By Amanda Bronstad | Ross Todd | Ellen Bardash
6 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 18, 2023 | Law.com
Defense lawyers insist there's been an uptick in mass arbitration, but many plaintiffs firms remain cautious.
By Amanda Bronstad
5 minute read
September 13, 2023 | The Recorder
Former Skadden Arps partner Richard Marmaro and four others testified on Wednesday that they noticed a mental decline in Tom Girardi, 84, for the past several years.
By Amanda Bronstad
4 minute read
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