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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May 29, 2024 | Law.com

Critical Mass With Law.com's Amanda Bronstad: Class Action Alleges J&J's 'Fraudulent Maneuvers' Compromised Talc Plaintiffs, MDL Panel to Hear GM Privacy Lawsuits

This week: Plaintiffs' firms opposing Johnson & Johnson's latest bankruptcy plan filed a class action over alleged "fraudulent maneuvers." The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation hears big cases on May 30, including suits alleging GM sends driver data to insurance firms. Find out who filed the first class action in the wake of the DOJ's antitrust case against Live Nation and Ticketmaster.

By Amanda Bronstad

7 minute read

May 28, 2024 | Law.com

'A Lot of Outrage': Privacy Suits Allege GM Steers Driver Data to Insurers

About two dozen class actions allege General Motors is gathering data about drivers without their consent, and then sending it to insurance companies, which raise their rates.

By Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read

May 24, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Under Fire, Beasley Allen Accuses J&J Talc Lawyer of Misconduct

In a Wednesday letter to U.S. Magistrate Judge Rukhsanah Singh, Jeffrey Pollock, an attorney for Beasley Allen, said Johnson & Johnson outside counsel Jim Murdica violated professional conduct rules by communicating with its talc client.

By Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read

May 23, 2024 | Law.com

Drug Manufacturers Win First Zantac Verdict in the Nation

An Illinois jury sided with pharmaceutical manufacturers GlaxoSmithKline and Boehringer Ingelheim in the first verdict in the Zantac litigation.

By Amanda Bronstad

3 minute read

May 22, 2024 | Law.com

Talc Plaintiffs File Class Action Over Johnson & Johnson's Alleged 'Fraudulent Transfers'

The class action, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey by five plaintiffs in talcum powder lawsuits, names Johnson & Johnson, its subsidiaries and several current and former officers and directors.

By Amanda Bronstad

7 minute read

May 22, 2024 | Law.com

Critical Mass With Law.com's Amanda Bronstad: 'Completely Taken Aback' by Flint Judge's Sanctions Order; Girardi's Lawyers Want Juror Questionnaires to Stem Negative Bias

A federal judge in the cases brought over water contamination in Flint, Michigan, threatened sanctions and a gag order after a defendant's media campaign threatened a jury trial.

By Amanda Bronstad

7 minute read

May 21, 2024 | Law.com

Chemical Firm BASF Strikes $316.5M Settlement With Drinking Water Providers

Lawyers suing over "forever chemicals" in the nation's drinking water supplies announced their fourth settlement on Tuesday.

By Amanda Bronstad

2 minute read

May 20, 2024 | The Recorder

Lawyers Want Juror Questionnaire for Tom Girardi, a 'Lightning Rod' for Bias

In a May 17 filing, federal public defenders representing Tom Girardi sought the questionnaires, citing extensive news coverage of their client and his estranged wife Erika Jayne's starring role on "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills."

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

May 17, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Johnson & Johnson, Citing 'Eye-Opening' Emails, Moves to Subpoena Beasley Allen

The subpoenas, requested in a Friday letter, would focus on Beasley Allen's litigation financing arrangements with Fortress Investment Group and its purported relationship with news agency Thomson Reuters.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

May 17, 2024 | Law.com

Monsanto: Reversal of $185M Jury Award Could Wipe Out Other PCB Verdicts

Plaintiffs attorney Rick Friedman said he planned to petition the Washington Supreme Court to review an appeals court's May 1 decision. "Monsanto claiming it won this appeal is like Trump saying he won the 2020 election," he told Law.com.

By Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read

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