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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.
December 21, 2021 | Law.com
Lawyers for talc claimants have moved to dismiss the Chapter 11 case, filed by LTL Management, a newly created subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, to resolve more than 38,000 lawsuits alleging that its talcum powder products cause ovarian cancer or mesothelioma.
By Amanda Bronstad
9 minute read
December 7, 2021 | Law.com
In 2020, lawyers who were 45 or younger made up 46% of appointments to lead counsel and plaintiffs' executive committee in multidistrict litigation, up from 32% in 2016, according to data reviewed by Law.com.
By Amanda Bronstad
10 minute read
December 2, 2021 | Law.com
As of Dec. 1, lawyers filed only 37 motions to transfer cases into multidistrict litigation this year, fewer than any other year since 2011.
By Amanda Bronstad
7 minute read
November 23, 2021 | Law.com
Damages will be determined by the trial judge after later hearings.
By Meghann M. Cuniff | Amanda Bronstad
6 minute read
November 19, 2021 | Law.com
Although most courts across the country continue to require masks and other COVID-19 protocols, some judges are flexible about the rules, at times even asking the jurors what they are comfortable with.
By Amanda Bronstad
10 minute read
November 19, 2021 | Law.com
A federal jury came back with a defense verdict late Thursday night after two weeks of trial in New Orleans.
By Amanda Bronstad
3 minute read
November 10, 2021 | Law.com
A bankruptcy judge on Wednesday ordered that all talcum powder lawsuits be stayed for 60 days, pending transfer of the Chapter 11 filing of Johnson & Johnson subsidiary LTL Management from North Carolina to New Jersey.
By Amanda Bronstad
5 minute read
November 8, 2021 | Law.com
The trial, in New Orleans, is one of nearly 12,500 lawsuits that allege that women who take Taxotere, a chemotherapy drug used to treat breast cancer, never grow back their hair.
By Amanda Bronstad
3 minute read
October 27, 2021 | Law.com
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Craig Whitley, who is overseeing J&J subsidiary LTL Management's Chapter 11 filing, issued two orders on Tuesday that challenge the venue and limit the scope of a stay on talcum powder lawsuits.
By Amanda Bronstad
6 minute read
October 26, 2021 | Law.com
An alternate juror who sat through a lengthy talcum powder trial last month said there was a "definite need" for Johnson & Johnson to put a warning label on its baby powder but not enough evidence to convince her that the product caused plaintiffs to get ovarian cancer.
By Amanda Bronstad
6 minute read
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