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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.
September 9, 2021 | Law.com
Fisher & Phillips' COVID-19 Employment Litigation Tracker cited nearly double the number of lawsuits related to the COVID-19 pandemic from June 1 through Aug. 31, when compared to the same period in 2020. A large share of the lawsuits allege that employers did not accommodate employees who wanted to work remotely.
By Amanda Bronstad
4 minute read
July 26, 2021 | Law.com
An Illinois state court judge issued the contempt order Monday against Johnson & Johnson and its vice president of women's health, Dr. Susan Nicholson, after she failed to appear for cross-examination as a defense witness in the trial, according to Beasley Allen, which is representing plaintiff Colleen Cadagin.
By Amanda Bronstad
3 minute read
July 19, 2021 | Law.com
Johnson & Johnson's July 14 recall of five sunscreen products found to contain dangerous levels of benzene only scratches the surface, say lawyers, who are preparing for more lawsuits—and more recalls.
By Amanda Bronstad
6 minute read
July 9, 2021 | Law.com
A year after the COVID-19 pandemic halted trial plans, jurors are scheduled to hear three cases this summer in Illinois, Pennsylvania and Missouri, alleging Johnson & Johnson's talcum powder products caused ovarian cancer. The first one, brought on behalf of Elizabeth Driscoll, who died in 2016 at age 69, begins July 12—and could involve only vaccinated jurors.
By Amanda Bronstad
4 minute read
June 25, 2021 | Daily Report Online
Whiteley, of Kanner & Whiteley, says young women are empowering other women in mass torts. Although the pandemic taught her that some lawyers work well from home, she remained at her New Orleans office the whole past year. "Having those dialogues, to go into the hall, and work things out. I miss it."
By Amanda Bronstad
6 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 3, 2021 | Daily Report Online
The settlement was upheld over the arguments of six objectors, including Ted Frank, and OK'd procedural rules that Northern District of Georgia District Judge Thomas Thrash had imposed on them. The panel remanded the incentive awards, however.
By Amanda Bronstad
5 minute read
April 16, 2021 | National Law Journal
Did a trial lawyer who won a $10.5 million verdict against Hyundai leverage his relationship with a flamboyant minister to sway prospective jurors? While a state high court has overturned the verdict, the attorney called the accusation "insulting." A law dean said the case was in an area that is "so, so, gray."
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 19, 2021 | Daily Report Online
U.S. District Judge Leigh Martin May, of the Northern District of Georgia, appointed an "array of highly skilled counsel with diverse backgrounds and experience," on Thursday. Timothy Clark, of Sanders Phillips Grossman, and Erin Copeland, of Fibich, Leebron, Copeland & Briggs, will serve as co-lead counsel.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
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