Amanda Bronstad

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.

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September 18, 2024 | Law.com

Judge: Only One Plaintiff for Upcoming Bellwether Trial Over J&J Talc

U.S. District Judge Michael Shipp, in New Jersey, struck down a proposal from plaintiffs' lawyers in lawsuits over Johnson & Johnson's talcum powder to consolidate two cases for the first federal bellwether trial.

By Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read

September 18, 2024 | Law.com

Critical Mass With Law.com's Amanda Bronstad: Beasley Allen Sues Talc Co-Counsel, Hair Relaxer Lead Counsel Challenge Common Benefit Order

By Amanda Bronstad

6 minute read

September 16, 2024 | Law.com

Beasley Allen Sues Co-Counsel Allen Smith for Supporting J&J's Talc Settlement

Beasley Allen claims Allen Smith owes $1.16 million in talc expenses. 'To allege that I have not performed my share of the work, and not paid my share of the expenses is laughable,' Smith told Law.com. "Looks like the pot is calling the kettle black."

By Amanda Bronstad

6 minute read

September 13, 2024 | Law.com

'Substantial Injustice': Hair Relaxer MDL Lead Counsel Challenge Common-Benefit Order

On Sept. 6, lead counsel in the hair relaxer multidistrict litigation filed a motion to reconsider last month's order in which U.S. District Judge Mary Rowland excluded state court cases from a potential 11% common-benefit assessment.

By Amanda Bronstad

6 minute read

September 12, 2024 | Law.com

Illinois Prosecutors May Drop Criminal Charges Against Tom Girardi

"We're considering whether we proceed at all with the trial against Mr. Girardi," Assistant U.S. Attorney Corey Rubenstein told U.S. District Judge Mary Rowland, in Chicago, at a status conference Thursday.

By Amanda Bronstad

3 minute read

September 11, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Talc Trial Opens in Connecticut: J&J 'Chose to Do the Wrong Thing'

Ben Braly, of Dean Omar Branham Shirley, told jurors in Connecticut's Bridgeport Judicial District Court on Wednesday that his client, plaintiff Evan Plotkin, was diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2021, at age 64, after a lifetime of using Johnson & Johnson's talcum powder products.

By Amanda Bronstad

3 minute read

September 11, 2024 | Law.com

Critical Mass With Law.com's Amanda Bronstad: Johnson & Johnson's Proposed Talc Bankruptcy Plan Now Totals $9.1B, Could A $2.75B NCAA Class Settlement Collapse?

By Amanda Bronstad

7 minute read

September 05, 2024 | Law.com

Did Johnson & Johnson's Proposed $8B Talc Bankruptcy Plan Just Jump to $9.1B?

More than a decade after taking on Johnson & Johnson with the first trial linking baby powder to ovarian cancer, attorney Allen Smith on Wednesday signed off on a proposed bankruptcy plan after negotiating for an additional $1 billion.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

September 04, 2024 | The Recorder

'Very Arrogant': Lenders and Lawyers Say Tom Girardi Bragged, Bullied Them

"What was found in that courtroom, and what a jury found, is what I felt five years ago when I first encountered Tom Girardi," attorney Leslie D. Corwin of Duane Morris told Law.com.

By Amanda Bronstad

8 minute read

September 04, 2024 | Law.com

Critical Mass With Law.com's Amanda Bronstad: Delaware's Highest Court Takes Up Zantac Expert Appeal, Will Convicted Tom Girardi Go to Prison?

The Delaware Supreme Court has agreed to take up an appeal of a May 31 ruling that allowed 10 plaintiffs' experts into thousands of Zantac lawsuits.

By Amanda Bronstad

7 minute read

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