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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.
April 1, 2021 | Daily Business Review
Now, it will be up to U.S. District Judge Cecilia M. Altonaga to preside over the consolidated cases seeking collective damages in the multibillions of dollars.
By Michael A. Mora | Amanda Bronstad
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December 8, 2020 | Daily Business Review
The business-backed American Tort Reform Association gushes about Gov. Ron DeSantis but faults the Republican-controlled Legislature a little and South Florida judges a lot.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
October 30, 2020 | Daily Business Review
The earplug cases show few signs of slowing down with plaintiffs lawyers estimating more than 800,000 military veterans suffer from hearing damage. The first trial is set for April 5.
By Amanda Bronstad
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October 14, 2020 | Daily Business Review
Four cases against Spirit Airlines were dismissed voluntarily following a ruling in another breach-of-contract case against the Dania Beach-based carrier.
By Amanda Bronstad
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October 5, 2020 | Law.com
Several judges have come out with the first rulings from among hundreds of class actions seeking refunds for university and college tuition and fees tied to the COVID-19 shutdowns. Most of them have refused to dismiss claims of breach of contract.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
September 8, 2020 | Daily Business Review
The rulings may not bode well for the plaintiffs bar suing on behalf of COVID-19 victims, according to a law professor tracking the cases.
By Amanda Bronstad
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August 26, 2020 | Law.com
Bayer, which owns Monsanto, said it agreed in June to pay up to $10.9 billion to resolve Roundup claims "without regard to race or any other demographics." But in a new civil rights lawsuit, attorney Ben Crump said failures to warn fell more heavily on Black farmers with smaller acreage.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
August 26, 2020 | Law.com
Deal over sterilization device took shape while parties were immersed in extended trial preparation, plaintiffs' counsel says
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
August 17, 2020 | Daily Business Review
An analysis shows very little progress in ethnic diversity of MDL leadership teams with an average of 5% of appointments going to attorneys who identified as "nonwhite" on plaintiffs teams created from 2016 to 2019.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
August 12, 2020 | Daily Business Review
Stephen Zack, left, of Boies Schiller Flexner and Steven Marks of Podhurst Orseck, who represent business owners, opposed consolidating cases claiming insurers wrongly denied claims for pandemic-driven business interruption.
By Amanda Bronstad
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