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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.
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
October 21, 2021 | Law.com
Some lawyers who have handled trials this year say the COVID-19 pandemic has clouded how jurors perceive scientific and medical testimony, but others aren't convinced that juries have changed that much. More apparent, lawyers say, is that the political polarization surrounding the pandemic has seeped into the jury pool.
By Amanda Bronstad | Scott Graham | Jasmine Floyd
13 minute read
October 19, 2021 | Law.com
At least 11 class actions allege that SoClean's products use harmful levels of ozone gas to sanitize CPAP and other breathing devices, such as those recalled by Philips this year.
By Amanda Bronstad
5 minute read
October 15, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer
Thursday's filing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in North Carolina's Western District lists the top 30 plaintiffs firms with talc claims against Johnson & Johnson. Some called the filing a "fraudulent abuse of the bankruptcy system" and "corporate fraud."
By Amanda Bronstad
6 minute read
October 11, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer
The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation also sent cases filed over the recall of five sunscreen products to Florida.
By Amanda Bronstad
2 minute read
September 28, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer
Leigh O'Dell, an attorney with Beasley Allen, said the plaintiffs' side is still processing the recent verdicts and will be revisiting its strategy and examining questions such as whether COVID has changed juror attitudes.
By Aleeza Furman | Amanda Bronstad
5 minute read
September 16, 2021 | Law.com
Judges in Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania and California are deciphering what "quarantine" means in insurance policies at the heart of class actions brought after governmental orders tied to the COVID-19 pandemic forced ski resorts to shut down and travelers to cancel their plans. Some policies provided coverage in the event someone gets "quarantined."
By Amanda Bronstad
7 minute read
August 30, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer
"If you don't have a lot of injured plaintiffs because of a recall, you certainly have a lot of people who bought a product who could have a consumer fraud lawsuit," Terry Henry, a partner at Blank Rome in Philadelphia who counsels companies on recalls, said. "You really can't head it off."
By Amanda Bronstad
8 minute read
August 26, 2021 | The Recorder
A summary of assets and liabilities filed Tuesday by the trustee in the Girardi Keese bankruptcy included nearly 500 separate claims from litigation financing firms, law firms, consulting firms, media companies, vendors, former employees and others. It also lists 5,276 clients, including 970 minors, who may be owed money.
By Amanda Bronstad
4 minute read
August 9, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer
A Girardi Keese bankruptcy trustee is set to transfer more than 150 lawsuits filed over transvaginal mesh devices and concussions of professional football players to other law firms after Erika Girardi abruptly dropped her objection.
By Amanda Bronstad
5 minute read
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