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Amanda Bronstad

Amanda Bronstad

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.

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July 25, 2024 | Law.com

'It Was a Very Long Battle': Why Talc Victims Could Vote for J&J's Third Bankruptcy

Beasley Allen's Andy Birchfield, whose firm has led opposition to another talc bankruptcy, acknowledged to Law.com: "I would be really surprised if J&J were to lose this vote."

By Amanda Bronstad

7 minute read

July 23, 2024 | Law.com

'Collusion' and 'Mudslinging' Fuel Attorney Fight in Oregon Wildfire Case

"The statements made in their reply brief are simply untrue, not based in reality, and defaming in nature," said George McCoy, a partner at Warren Allen.

By Amanda Bronstad

6 minute read

July 22, 2024 | Law.com

Could There Be Class Actions Over CrowdStrike's Global Tech Outage?

Law firms are investigating potential lawsuits to come out of CloudStrike's global tech outage, but there may be limits on who can recover damages.

By Amanda Bronstad | Amanda O'Brien

4 minute read

July 19, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Judge: Beasley Allen Should Not Be Disqualified From Talc Leadership

Atlantic County Superior Court Judge John Porto concluded on Friday that J&J hadn't provided evidence that its former attorney had shared confidential information with Beasley Allen.

By Amanda Bronstad

6 minute read

July 19, 2024 | The Recorder

Judge Claps Back at Yahoo Lead Counsel for 'Very Unreasonable' Fee Dispute

'Can you point to a single case in the history of litigation where a judge awarded class counsel a multiplier on work performed by other lawyers?' U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria asked lead counsel John Yanchunis at a Thursday hearing.

By Amanda Bronstad

3 minute read

July 17, 2024 | Law.com

Critical Mass With Law.com's Amanda Bronstad: Tom Girardi's Lawyers Want Criminal Trial Moved to October, Judge Asks: Should Roundup Settlement Program Continue?

Federal public defenders for Tom Girardi have asked to delay next month's criminal trial, alleging that prosecutors "affirmatively misled" them about the scope of the case

By Amanda Bronstad

7 minute read

July 16, 2024 | The Recorder

Genetic Testing Firm 23andMe Settles Data Breach Lawsuits

Lawyers told U.S. District Judge Edward Chen on Tuesday that they accepted a mediator's proposal to settle dozens of data breach lawsuits against 23andMe.

By Amanda Bronstad

3 minute read

July 15, 2024 | The Recorder

Tom Girardi's Attorneys Ask to Delay Criminal Trial Again: 'Simply Not Trial-Ready'

Tom Girardi's federal public defenders said they had been 'affirmatively misled' about the scope of the Aug. 6 trial, citing the government's plans to include evidence of $25 million given to Erika Jayne's entertainment business.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

July 10, 2024 | Law.com

First Infant Formula Trial Against Abbott Begins in Missouri

Jake Plattenberger told jurors in an opening statement on Tuesday that Abbott's cow's milk-based formula, sold under the Similac brand, caused plaintiff Margo Gill's premature daughter, Robynn Davis, to get necrotizing enterocolitis, or NEC, a gastrointestinal inflammation.

By Amanda Bronstad

3 minute read