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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.
March 19, 2015 | National Law Journal
Target Corp.'s $10 million settlement of a nationwide class action over its massive 2013 data breach comes as the lead plaintiffs attorney in the case said he faced major hurdles ahead.
By Amanda Bronstad
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March 17, 2015 | National Law Journal
Two leading manufacturers of vacuum cleaners named Animal and Shark are battling it out in court over whose product sucks more.
By Amanda Bronstad
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March 16, 2015 | National Law Journal
The plaintiffs bar has filed more than 50 class actions in the past month that accuse retailers like Target Corp. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of widespread fraud through the sale of herbal supplements.
By Amanda Bronstad
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March 12, 2015 | National Law Journal
The U.S. Supreme Court on March 9 declined to review the appeal of Somalia's former prime minister, Mohamed Ali Samantar. The decision ended an 11-year case brought by victims and their families over torture and killings that occurred in the 1980s. Steven Schulman, head of the pro bono practice and a partner in the Washington office of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, teamed with the Center for Justice and Accountability on the case.
By Amanda Bronstad
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March 11, 2015 | National Law Journal
Sedgwick has reached a tentative settlement to resolve a lawsuit over its role in a $1 billion Ponzi scheme in California. A spokesman for the San Francisco law firm, which put off a March 3 trial to begin settlement discussions, confirmed that an agreement had been reached. Details of the settlement were not disclosed.
By Amanda Bronstad
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March 9, 2015 | National Law Journal
With a boost from last year's U.S. Supreme Court victory, POM Wonderful LLC is maneuvering for a trial against The Coca-Cola Co. over the labeling of its competing juice.
By Amanda Bronstad
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March 9, 2015 | National Law Journal
When the American Civil Liberties Union contacted Michael Scott in 2013 about bringing a pro bono case for a newly engaged gay couple, he knew national attention would follow.
By Amanda Bronstad
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March 5, 2015 | National Law Journal
Johnson & Johnson lost a $5.7 million verdict on Thursday in the first test case over one of its newest pelvic mesh slings, which is among dozens of similar devices named in thousands of lawsuits across the country.
By Amanda Bronstad
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March 4, 2015 | National Law Journal
Eight years after reaching a $49 million settlement in a closely watched antitrust case over the Barbri bar-review course, McGuireWoods was in court again on Wednesday in a spat over legal fees in the case.
By Amanda Bronstad
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March 2, 2015 | National Law Journal
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith is fending off claims that its attorneys stole laptops from their previous firm containing sensitive client information, in a case that highlights the complications of what stays and what goes when lawyers jump ship.
By Amanda Bronstad
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