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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.
May 31, 2018 | National Law Journal
A Boston federal judge has ordered the head of a pension fund to explain why the fund should still continue to be lead plaintiff, in light of suggestions that it didn't catch millions of dollars in overcharges by lawyers leading the class action.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
May 30, 2018 | Law.com
Plaintiffs' lawyers appointed to lead multidistrict litigation are starting to be less and less of a "boys club," but those gains are coming slowly. According to ALM statistics that I compiled, women increasingly are getting leadership posts--although they aren't always at the very top and still make up less than 30 percent.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
May 30, 2018 | New Jersey Law Journal
U.S. District Judge Peter Sheridan found that individual officers of New Jersey-based Bil-Jim Construction Co. Inc., a subcontractor hired to rebuild the beaches near Barnegat Bay, were not personally liable under the New Jersey Prevailing Wage Act.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
May 29, 2018 | National Law Journal
Some female and minority attorneys have struck out on their own to get appointments, while many firms are diversifying their hiring or pitching new faces to MDL judges, who themselves are evolving into a more diverse corps.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
May 29, 2018 | National Law Journal
U.S. District Judge Mark Wolf in Boston said he would address concerns by three plaintiffs firms currently serving as class counsel to State Street customers about the deadline to propose redactions to the report, which the special master filed under seal on May 14.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
May 24, 2018 | National Law Journal
The U.S. solicitor general has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a case that addresses one of the most significant federal pre-emption issues for brand drug companies since Wyeth v. Levine.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
May 24, 2018 | The Recorder
A California jury has awarded $25.75 million to a woman diagnosed with mesothelioma due to asbestos exposure from using Johnson & Johnson's baby powder thousands of times.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
May 23, 2018 | The Recorder
The objector, Adam Schulman, is an attorney at the Competitive Enterprise Institute's Center for Class Action Fairness, where Ted Frank, a known class action critic, is the director.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
May 23, 2018 | Law.com
The U.S. Supreme Court's 5-4 decision upholding class action waivers included in arbitration clauses of employment contracts has sent shockwaves through the class action bar.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
May 21, 2018 | The Recorder
In three separate suits filed on Monday, including one class action, plaintiffs alleged that Dr. George Tyndall performed inappropriate procedures and made sexual remarks to patients who were students at the college.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
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