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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.
July 26, 2022 | Daily Business Review
A 3M subsidiary and six related companies filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Tuesday to resolve more than 230,000 lawsuits and claims alleging 3M's combat earplugs caused hearing loss and ringing of the ears.
By Amanda Bronstad
6 minute read
July 22, 2022 | Daily Business Review
The 2020 opinion from the Eleventh Circuit found incentive awards unlawful, prompting judges across the country to grapple over whether to grant the commonplace awards to class representatives in class action settlements.
By Amanda Bronstad
5 minute read
May 26, 2022 | Daily Business Review
Plaintiffs' lawyers have suggested two South Florida judges, among others, to oversee multidistrict litigation against Abbott Laboratories.
By Amanda Bronstad
6 minute read
May 20, 2022 | Daily Business Review
Friday's verdict, in a trial that began May 9 in Pensacola, Florida, caps a year of 16 bellwether trials that U.S. District Judge M. Casey Rodgers planned despite the risks and restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Amanda Bronstad
3 minute read
May 13, 2022 | Law.com
A last-minute legal fight ensued prior to a May 23 trial against the makers of Joint Juice when class counsel sought to replace his lead plaintiff, who had impersonated a lawyer, then lied about it in a deposition, in a separate case against exercise equipment manufacturer Peloton.
By Amanda Bronstad
7 minute read
May 5, 2022 | Daily Business Review
Thursday's settlement with Walgreens includes $63 million in litigation costs for the state and cities and counties that filed their own opioid lawsuits.
By Amanda Bronstad
3 minute read
April 29, 2022 | Daily Business Review
Friday's verdict is the 15th involving 3M's dual-ended combat earplugs, alleged to cause hearing loss and ringing of the ears. The last bellwether trial begins May 9.
By Amanda Bronstad
2 minute read
April 28, 2022 | Daily Business Review
Several prominent plaintiffs attorneys like Mikal Watts and Paul Napoli have relocated to Puerto Rico. Now, they and others are pitching an inaugural Mass Torts Puerto Rico conference next week in San Juan.
By Amanda Bronstad | Brenda Sapino Jeffreys
5 minute read
April 21, 2022 | Law.com
About 16% of attorneys appointed to leadership roles in multidistrict litigation created in 2021 identified as nonwhite, up slightly from 14% in 2020. In 2016, only 4% went to nonwhite attorneys.
By Amanda Bronstad
11 minute read
April 19, 2022 | Law.com
A growing list of consumer products are now being targeted in lawsuits for containing PFAS, or polyfluoroalkyl substances, also known as "forever chemicals."
By Amanda Bronstad
7 minute read
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