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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.
February 16, 2015 | National Law Journal
More female attorneys are taking on leadership roles in mass tort litigation, in part due to the encouragement of judges who appoint the committees that lead the litigation, many of which involve products made exclusively for women, such as birth control and pelvic mesh devices.
By Amanda Bronstad
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February 10, 2015 | National Law Journal
A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld a key victory in the Federal Trade Commission's most litigated case challenging a hospital chain's acquisition of a physician group.
By Amanda Bronstad
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February 9, 2015 | National Law Journal
Legislatures push to restrict exemptions, but opponents argue that personal freedoms are jeopardized.
By Amanda Bronstad
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January 29, 2015 | National Law Journal
A federal appeals court on Monday will hear arguments for the first time on how to apply recent U.S. Supreme Court precedent to a federal statute that protects religious groups from unconstitutionally restrictive land-use regulations.
By Amanda Bronstad
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January 28, 2015 | New York Law Journal
Securities class action filings rose slightly from 2013 to 2014, but the cases involved some of the smallest investor losses on record as companies in the S&P 500 index skirted much of the litigation, according to a report released Tuesday.
By Amanda Bronstad and Scott Flaherty
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January 27, 2015 | National Law Journal
Trial began on Monday in Bakersfield, Calif., in the first test case over an Ethicon Inc. pelvic mesh sling, one of dozens of such devices named in thousands of lawsuits across the country.
By Amanda Bronstad
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January 26, 2015 | National Law Journal
Securities class action filings rose slightly from 2013 to 2014, but the cases involved some of the smallest investor losses on record as companies in the S&P 500 index skirted much of the litigation, according to a report released Tuesday.
By Amanda Bronstad
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January 26, 2015 | National Law Journal
Toyota Motor Corp. is in settlement talks with a former translator and self-described whistleblower who was sanctioned last month for posting on a blog internal documents related to its sudden acceleration defects.
By Amanda Bronstad
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January 23, 2015 | National Law Journal
Individuals who were injured or had loved ones killed allegedly because of a defect in the ignition switch of General Motors Co. vehicles must file claims through a victim-compensation fund before they can learn whether they have the option to sue.
By Amanda Bronstad
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January 22, 2015 | National Law Journal
A federal appeals court has upheld certification of a class of consumers and insurance companies alleging that they were forced to pay higher prices for prescription heartburn drug Nexium in violation of state antitrust laws.
By Amanda Bronstad
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