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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.
February 25, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal
U.S. District Chief Judge Michael B. Kaplan of the District of New Jersey also extended a stay pausing nearly 38,000 lawsuits against Johnson & Johnson until June 29.
By Avalon Zoppo | Amanda Bronstad
4 minute read
February 24, 2022 | Law.com
Drug companies must decide by Friday whether to move forward with, or walk away from, funds that would compensate nearly all 50 states and U.S. territories for costs incurred by the opioid crisis.
By Amanda Bronstad
6 minute read
February 17, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal
Thursday's hearing for preliminary approval of the Johnson & Johnson sunscreen settlement lasted less than half an hour. U.S. District Judge Raag Singhal told the lawyers, "you've given it to me in a box with a bow."
By Amanda Bronstad
3 minute read
February 10, 2022 | Law.com
Hundreds of consumer class actions allege household items like spices, baby food, sunscreen and deodorant contain toxic substances, such as arsenic, lead and benzene.
By Amanda Bronstad
7 minute read
February 3, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal
In three amicus briefs granted Thursday, law professors specializing in bankruptcy, constitutional law and complex litigation supported dismissal of the Chapter 11 case involving thousands of talcum powder lawsuits against Johnson & Johnson.
By Amanda Bronstad
4 minute read
January 27, 2022 | Law.com
Roundup MDL Judge Vince Chhabria called on a federal rules committee last year to review common benefit fees in multidistrict litigation, which he called "totally out of control." But rules changes are unlikely.
By Amanda Bronstad
8 minute read
January 24, 2022 | Law.com
As the COVID-19 omicron variant has swept through the country in January, judges have had to grapple with whether to move forward with jury trials right now. Their reasons are as varied as the public's views about the pandemic.
By Amanda Bronstad
4 minute read
January 21, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal
After challenges to a U.S. trustee's action, New Jersey Chief Bankruptcy Judge Michael Kaplan on Thursday reinstated the original claimants' committee in the Chapter 11 case involving 38,000 talcum powder lawsuits against Johnson & Johnson.
By Amanda Bronstad
5 minute read
January 6, 2022 | Daily Business Review
At the first hearing in the multidistrict litigation over Johnson & Johnson's sunscreen, several plaintiff lawyers questioned a proposed class action settlement reached within months of the July 14 recall.
By Amanda Bronstad
5 minute read
January 5, 2022 | Law.com
The Ferraro Law Firm in Miami has accused lead counsel in the multidistrict litigation over Johnson & Johnson's talcum powder of a "money grab" by collecting potential common benefit fees on two dozen lawsuits he settled.
By Amanda Bronstad
6 minute read
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