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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.
January 28, 2015 | New York Law Journal
Securities class action filings rose slightly from 2013 to 2014, but the cases involved some of the smallest investor losses on record as companies in the S&P 500 index skirted much of the litigation, according to a report released Tuesday.
By Amanda Bronstad and Scott Flaherty
1 minute read
January 27, 2015 | National Law Journal
Trial began on Monday in Bakersfield, Calif., in the first test case over an Ethicon Inc. pelvic mesh sling, one of dozens of such devices named in thousands of lawsuits across the country.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
January 26, 2015 | National Law Journal
Securities class action filings rose slightly from 2013 to 2014, but the cases involved some of the smallest investor losses on record as companies in the S&P 500 index skirted much of the litigation, according to a report released Tuesday.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
January 26, 2015 | National Law Journal
Toyota Motor Corp. is in settlement talks with a former translator and self-described whistleblower who was sanctioned last month for posting on a blog internal documents related to its sudden acceleration defects.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
January 23, 2015 | National Law Journal
Individuals who were injured or had loved ones killed allegedly because of a defect in the ignition switch of General Motors Co. vehicles must file claims through a victim-compensation fund before they can learn whether they have the option to sue.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
January 22, 2015 | National Law Journal
A federal appeals court has upheld certification of a class of consumers and insurance companies alleging that they were forced to pay higher prices for prescription heartburn drug Nexium in violation of state antitrust laws.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
January 21, 2015 | National Law Journal
In a closely watched case about the copyright rights of foreign companies, a federal appeals court has struck down Swiss watchmaker Omega S.A.'s attempt to use U.S. copyright law to block Costco Wholesale Corp.'s sale of its luxury watches.
By Amanda Bronstad
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January 20, 2015 | National Law Journal
A federal judge in Atlanta has divided the litigation over last year's data breach at The Home Depot Inc. into two tracks: consumers and financial institutions.
By Amanda Bronstad
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January 16, 2015 | National Law Journal
General Motors Co. does not have to turn over the notes of attorneys who interviewed witnesses for an internal report about the automaker's failure to identify an ignition-switch defect, a federal judge has ruled.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
January 15, 2015 | The Recorder
A Los Angeles judge on Thursday certified a class of more than 3,000 active and retired California state judges who allege they were illegally deprived of salary increases in the years following the 2008 recession.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
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