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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 13, 2015 | National Law Journal
Bankrupt railroad operator Montreal Maine and Atlantic Canada Co. and others tied to a 2013 derailment in Lac-Mégantic, Québec, have agreed to pay $200 million to compensate victims, including 48 people who died. The settlement, announced on Friday, could grow to as much as $500 million if additional defendants come on board.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
January 12, 2015 | National Law Journal
A federal judge has rejected an attempt by C.R. Bard Inc. to halt a bellwether trial due to comments he made in court that were published in an online news article.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
January 11, 2015 | National Law Journal
A new claimant — the Brazilian government — has come into the long and contentious court battle over the Bahia Emerald, an 840-pound gemstone worth as much as $400 million.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
January 9, 2015 | New York Law Journal
A federal judge has struck down California's ban on the sale of foie gras after finding it was preempted by a federal law regulating poultry and poultry products.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
January 8, 2015 | National Law Journal
A federal judge has struck down California's ban on the sale of foie gras after finding it was preempted by a federal law regulating poultry and poultry products.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
January 7, 2015 | National Law Journal
The Justice Department plans to seek $18 billion in civil penalties against BP Exploration & Production Inc. later this month for its role in causing the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
January 6, 2015 | National Law Journal
A pelvic mesh manufacturer moved to halt a bellwether trial next month after an online news article reported that a federal judge implied the company should settle nearly 10,000 lawsuits against it.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
January 5, 2015 | The American Lawyer
Some alleged client conflicts went undetected during the Squire Sanders-Patton Boggs merger.
By Julie Triedman and Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
January 5, 2015 | National Law Journal
Sedgwick LLP has asked a federal judge to toss out a $200 million malpractice case filed against the firm in the fallout from a failed Ponzi scheme.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
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