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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 18, 2020 | The Recorder
Class counsel in the $650 million biometric privacy settlement with Facebook have filed an emergency motion for a temporary restraining order that would halt what it calls a misleading advertisement from Levi & Korsinky, which is soliciting class members to opt out of the agreement.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
August 6, 2020 | National Law Journal
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed Senior U.S. District Judge Ellen Huvelle's decision, finding that the judge "got it just right."
By Jacqueline Thomsen | Amanda Bronstad
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July 22, 2020 | The Recorder
In her Tuesday order, U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh signed off on the $117.5 million data breach settlement with Yahoo Inc. but slashed attorney fees by more than $7 million after concluding the deal was "unexceptional" and the legal work "not particularly novel."
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
June 19, 2020 | Legaltech News
U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh, reviewing a $30 million attorney fee request, said she wanted more details on the total number of people billing by the hour. "I'm not going to award any attorney fees until I get it," she said.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
March 20, 2020 | Law.com
The suit, filed Thursday by Seattle attorneys Steve Berman and Derek Loeser, alleges that Amazon's policies with third-party sellers force them to sell their products on other online sites at the same prices as they do on Amazon. That restricts competition in violation of the Sherman Act, the suit says.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
March 2, 2020 | The Recorder
Apple Inc. has agreed to pay between $310 million and $500 million to settle class actions alleging that it surreptitiously slowed older iPhones with software upgrades. The deal would include potentially $25 payments to class members and $93 million in attorney fees.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
November 1, 2019 | Legaltech News
One day earlier, Facebook won a stay of a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruling affirming class certification in another privacy case, which it plans to bring to the U.S. Supreme Court.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
October 30, 2019 | Daily Report Online
In a Tuesday motion, lawyers from 13 firms said their fee request represented less than 20.4% of the $380.5 million cash fund and only 5.6% of the settlement when including the other benefits to the class.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
September 24, 2019 | Law.com
In its motion to dismiss, Marriott insisted the breach caused no harm to its guests and attached a declaration by a former government official who wrote: "A U.S. passport is virtually impossible to forge successfully."
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
September 23, 2019 | Legaltech News
The report comes as new federal rules have encouraged electronic notices in class action settlements. But the report found that email notices had a lower claims rate than did traditional materials sent in the mail.
By Amanda Bronstad
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