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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 2, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer
On Wednesday, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation sent two dozen lawsuits against SoClean to U.S. District Judge Joy Flowers Conti, who is already overseeing the multidistrict litigation over the Philips breathing machine recall in the Western District of Pennsylvania.
By Amanda Bronstad
3 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 21, 2022 | Delaware Law Weekly
Laura Davis Jones, a partner at Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones in Wilmington, Delaware, said at the hearing that the dual committees would "foster division, not compromise," and create an "enhanced footing of one subset of talc claimants."
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
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 15, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer
At the first hearing in the multidistrict litigation over the June 14 recall of Philips breathing machines, Senior Judge Joy Flowers Conti, in Pittsburgh, said there were 153 lawsuits, but lawyers predicted many more.
By Amanda Bronstad
4 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 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
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