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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.
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
May 27, 2021 | Connecticut Law Tribune
U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria said "major sacrifices" for class members would have amounted to a great deal for Monsanto
By Amanda Bronstad
6 minute read
May 10, 2021 | Law.com
After dozens of injury reports, including one death, Peloton CEO John Foley, to the surprise of many lawyers, denied there were safety problems with the company's treadmills then, last, week, abruptly changed course and recalled 125,000 of the Tread+ products. His actions, although unusual and delayed, may have stopped potential lawsuits in their tracks, lawyers said.
By Amanda Bronstad
6 minute read
April 30, 2021 | National Law Journal
The bench trial, which is expected to last 12 weeks, is before U.S. District Judge David Faber of the Southern District of West Virginia. Cabell County and the city of Huntington, both in West Virginia, brought the case against the three largest distributors of opiate pharmaceuticals: AmerisourceBergen Corp., McKesson and Cardinal Health.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
April 29, 2021 | Connecticut Law Tribune
Monsanto responded Wednesday to "inflammatory rhetoric" that it paid a Roundup plaintiff to appeal a favorable ruling on federal preemption.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
April 16, 2021 | Connecticut Law Tribune
Did a trial lawyer who won a $10.5 million verdict against Hyundai leverage his relationship with a flamboyant minister to sway prospective jurors?
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
March 8, 2021 | National Law Journal
A year after the COVID-19 pandemic shut down everything, federal judges overwhelmingly have sent the cases to arbitration, including those against Major League Baseball, Ticketmaster and LA Fitness. The rulings come as lawmakers in both houses of Congress have introduced legislation that would ban forced arbitration, which is prevalent in consumer cases.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
February 24, 2021 | The Recorder
Appearing before the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, which will hear arguments March 25 about whether to coordinate nearly 50 class actions over the trading scandal, were Cravath's Kevin Orsini for Robinhood and Bartlit Beck's Adam Hoeflich for Citadel. Also appearing was Thomas Redburn of Lowenstein Sandler for Melvin Capital Management.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
February 9, 2021 | National Law Journal
One attorney has filed a motion before the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation to coordinate 42 class actions into multidistrict litigation in the Northern District of California. Robinhood is one of 35 defendants and their subsidiaries facing lawsuits over the Jan. 28 trading halt, according to court papers.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
February 5, 2021 | Law.com
One lawyer called the request a "money grab," particularly given that lead counsel got $2 billion in fees for settling their own cases last year.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
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