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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.
May 18, 2015 | National Law Journal
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has refused to invalidate a nearly $2.7 million settlement that BP PLC reached with a member of a boat crew who went to court to enforce the award after he never got paid. However, in its ruling on Friday, the panel determined that claimant Elton Johnson will need to provide evidence to a lower court that he didn't exaggerate injuries sustained in the 2010 blast that caused the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
By Amanda Bronstad
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May 12, 2015 | National Law Journal
Lawyers hope to convince a U.S. trustee on Wednesday to create a special committee for an estimated 5,000 former students of Corinthian Colleges Inc., which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy this month.
By Amanda Bronstad
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May 11, 2015 | National Law Journal
The American Judicature Society may have closed its doors, but its trademark publication, Judicature, lives on. A group of judges paired with professors at Duke Law School to bring back the law journal. The nonprofit organization, which focused on advocating for merit selection of judges and judicial ethics, closed on Sept. 30 after 101 years.
By Amanda Bronstad
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May 10, 2015 | National Law Journal
Plaintiffs lawyers have turned to the courts to fight changes to the $9.2 billion Deepwater Horizon settlement that they warn will leave out thousands of businesses suffering oil-spill losses.
By Amanda Bronstad
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May 5, 2015 | National Law Journal
A leading hip implant manufacturer facing about 400 products liability lawsuits goes to trial in two separate cases this month, starting on Wednesday with the first federal court suit.
By Amanda Bronstad
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April 30, 2015 | National Law Journal
A California appeals court has reinstated a class action filed on behalf of thousands of child actors and other young performers alleging Bank of America Corp. illegally charged monthly fees on trust accounts that protect their earnings.
By Amanda Bronstad
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April 29, 2015 | National Law Journal
Magnetar Technologies Corp. designs brakes for roller coasters, but it was the company's patent infringement lawsuit against Six Flags and dozens of other amusement parks that ground to a screeching halt this month after some damaging documents surfaced.
By Amanda Bronstad
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April 28, 2015 | National Law Journal
Takeda Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. has agreed to pay $2.4 billion to settle lawsuits by 9,000 people alleging that the company failed to warn of bladder cancer risks from taking its Type 2 diabetes drug Actos.
By Amanda Bronstad
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April 27, 2015 | National Law Journal
When the parents of a girls' softball league in Los Angeles grew tired of watching their daughters practice in the parking lots while nearby fields leased to a boys' league sat unused, they came up with a plan: They sued.
By Amanda Bronstad
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April 26, 2015 | Corporate Counsel
Litigators are getting ready to try bellwether GM ignition switch cases.
By Amanda Bronstad
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