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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.
January 19, 2022 | Texas Lawyer
The lawsuit, filed on Tuesday, alleges Houston-based Marker Group failed to safeguard medical records and other sensitive information compromised in a Sept. 3 cyberattack. Morgan & Morgan filed the class action with co-lead plaintiffs attorneys in the proton-pump inhibitor multidistrict litigation in New Jersey.
By Amanda Bronstad
3 minute read
November 19, 2021 | Law.com
Although most courts across the country continue to require masks and other COVID-19 protocols, some judges are flexible about the rules, at times even asking the jurors what they are comfortable with.
By Amanda Bronstad
10 minute read
August 20, 2021 | Law.com
At least two class actions have been filed against T-Mobile over its data breach announced this week. With at least 50 million customers affected, lawyers are predicting many more cases to come.
By Amanda Bronstad
5 minute read
June 3, 2021 | The Recorder
The lawsuits, which allege that the apps, available on the Google Play Store, constitute unlawful gambling because they operate like slots, poker, blackjack and bingo, have been sent to U.S. District Judge Edward Davila, who is overseeing similar lawsuits against Apple.
By Amanda Bronstad
2 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
May 28, 2021 | Law.com
Ko, a partner at Keller Rohrback in Seattle, argued Thursday before the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation on opioid cases filed against McKinsey & Co. He says virtual hearings should remain. "Do we really need to fly across the country for two minutes?"
By Amanda Bronstad
6 minute read
February 26, 2021 | The Recorder
In a Friday order, U.S. District Judge James Donato of the Northern District of California, who initially rejected preliminary approval of the settlement when it was worth $550 million, noted that each class member would get $345. "By any measure, the $650 million settlement in this biometric privacy class action is a landmark result," wrote Donato.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
December 4, 2020 | The Recorder
On the heels of a U.S. House report, a new class action alleges that Facebook used "copy, acquire, kill" methods to wipe out its competitors and illegally monopolize both the social media and social network markets.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
November 11, 2020 | National Law Journal
Plaintiffs lawyer Jonathan Cuneo, who brought his own antitrust class action last month against Google, has sought to create an MDL that would include his own case and 10 others, including the Justice Department's lawsuit, which is pending before U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta, of the District of Columbia. Most of the other cases are in the Northern District of California.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
October 21, 2020 | Texas Lawyer
Blake Hawthorne, the clerk of the Texas Supreme Court, posted guidelines this month on Twitter to assist appellate attorneys in virtual oral arguments. Among his tips: Avoid wireless Internet connections and windows behind you.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
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