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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.
February 24, 2022 | Law.com
Drug companies must decide by Friday whether to move forward with, or walk away from, funds that would compensate nearly all 50 states and U.S. territories for costs incurred by the opioid crisis.
By Amanda Bronstad
6 minute read
February 4, 2022 | Law.com
On Friday, U.S. District Judge Judith Levy granted the fees, which are slightly less than lead counsel's initial request of $202 million.
By Amanda Bronstad
4 minute read
November 29, 2021 | Law.com
In a motion filed Nov. 26, Edelson accused co-lead class counsel Katrina Carroll of threatening the firm to drop its objection to the $92 million privacy settlement with TikTok.
By Amanda Bronstad
5 minute read
October 27, 2021 | Law.com
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Craig Whitley, who is overseeing J&J subsidiary LTL Management's Chapter 11 filing, issued two orders on Tuesday that challenge the venue and limit the scope of a stay on talcum powder lawsuits.
By Amanda Bronstad
6 minute read
October 15, 2021 | Law.com
Thursday's filing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in North Carolina's Western District lists the top 30 plaintiffs firms with talc claims against Johnson & Johnson. Some called the filing a "fraudulent abuse of the bankruptcy system" and "corporate fraud."
By Amanda Bronstad
6 minute read
September 3, 2021 | Law.com
Five years after its filing, a lawsuit over GM's diesel vehicles filed in the wake of the Volkswagen emissions scandal could come to a screeching halt. A federal judge Michigan has ordered the plaintiffs firms to show why their lawsuit shouldn't be tossed, noting he had "serious doubt" that he had jurisdiction over the case given there was no evidence of a "defeat device."
By Amanda Bronstad
5 minute read
August 24, 2021 | Law.com
Four law firms preparing for a talcum powder trial next month against Johnson & Johnson filed an emergency motion and petition Tuesday to prevent the company's potential bankruptcy filing, which would halt their lawsuit and potentially that of tens of thousands of other cases.
By Amanda Bronstad
4 minute read
June 24, 2021 | Law.com
Ohio U.S. District Judge Dan Polster initially said only individuals vaccinated against COVID-19 could serve on a trial set for October. Defense counsel said the move would block the court from getting a fair cross-section of the community. The debate comes as courts, in the midst of returning to jury trials at the courthouse, grapple with jurors and the vaccine.
By Amanda Bronstad
7 minute read
June 17, 2021 | Law.com
Lawsuits against China over the pandemic have turned to diplomatic channels to send service of process to the Chinese government, which has refused to respond on immunity grounds. But not all the defendants are governmental entities, according to the lawsuits, including the Wuhan Institute of Virology now at the center of a renewed U.S. intelligence investigation.
By Amanda Bronstad
7 minute read
June 2, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision on Tuesday not to hear Johnson & Johnson's petition to review a $2.1 billion talcum powder verdict prompted plaintiffs lawyers with thousands of similar cases to declare victory. But Johnson & Johnson, in a statement, said the decision "leaves unresolved significant legal questions" in both federal and state courts.
By Amanda Bronstad
5 minute read
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