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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.
August 11, 2021 | Texas Lawyer
Tuesday's order by the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation transferred 19 lawsuits to Senior Judge P. Kevin Castel, in New York's Southern District, overruling significant opposition by most of the lawyers. The cases include several in California and the Texas attorney general's lawsuit against Google, which involves 13 other states and Puerto Rico.
By Amanda Bronstad
5 minute read
June 25, 2021 | Daily Report Online
Whiteley, of Kanner & Whiteley, says young women are empowering other women in mass torts. Although the pandemic taught her that some lawyers work well from home, she remained at her New Orleans office the whole past year. "Having those dialogues, to go into the hall, and work things out. I miss it."
By Amanda Bronstad
6 minute read
June 17, 2021 | Law.com
Lawsuits against China over the pandemic have turned to diplomatic channels to send service of process to the Chinese government, which has refused to respond on immunity grounds. But not all the defendants are governmental entities, according to the lawsuits, including the Wuhan Institute of Virology now at the center of a renewed U.S. intelligence investigation.
By Amanda Bronstad
7 minute read
May 28, 2021 | Law.com
Ko, a partner at Keller Rohrback in Seattle, argued Thursday before the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation on opioid cases filed against McKinsey & Co. He says virtual hearings should remain. "Do we really need to fly across the country for two minutes?"
By Amanda Bronstad
6 minute read
May 27, 2021 | Law.com
Federal judges are asking more questions prior to granting preliminary approval of class action settlements, partly due to 2018 rules changes, but also as lawyers have become more creative in how they structure such agreements. One example: The $2 billion Roundup settlement that a judge rejected this week.
By Amanda Bronstad
8 minute read
May 19, 2021 | The Recorder
U.S. District Judge Vince Chabbria told the lawyers Wednesday he viewed the settlement as consisting of two distinct classes with separate concerns: class members who have been exposed to Roundup but not been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, and class members who have been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma after being exposed to Roundup but don't have lawyers.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
May 10, 2021 | Law.com
There are now 120 cases on appeal, in both state and federal courts, that allege insurance companies wrongfully denied coverage for pandemic-related business interruption claims. Lawyers are awaiting rulings from the Ohio Supreme Court, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals and the Oklahoma Supreme Court, as well as the U.S. Court of Appeals' Ninth Circuit and Eighth Circuit.
By Amanda Bronstad
10 minute read
May 5, 2021 | The Recorder
An April 30 supplemental brief was filed for 93 law firms and 167 lawyers objecting to the $2 billion settlement. Public Justice and Public Citizen filed their own supplemental briefs, focused on several issues, including the release of punitive damage claims. An approval hearing is set for May 19.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
April 5, 2021 | Law.com
The $202 million in attorney fees requested by lawyers who obtained a settlement for residents of Flint, Michigan, faces objections in court, and in public.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
April 1, 2021 | Texas Lawyer
"Everybody up and down the chain providing the power and distributing the power will end up in these lawsuits," said plaintiffs attorney Mikal Watts, who has 32 wrongful death cases brought over the winter storm that hit Texas in February.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
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