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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.
March 2, 2020 | Litigation Daily
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
February 28, 2020 | Litigation Daily
In an effort to reach a potential $22 billion cash global settlement of opioid lawsuits, lawyers are clashing over who should get attorney fees. Dozens of states, cities and counties have opposed a proposed 7% hold back on opioid settlements that would pay for common benefit fees and costs incurred by lead counsel in the multidistrict litigation.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
February 25, 2020 | Litigation Daily
Mallinckrodt's "settlement framework" resolves thousands of claims brought by cities and counties in the multidistrict litigation and has the support of 47 attorneys general from states and U.S. territories.
By Amanda Bronstad
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February 24, 2020 | Litigation Daily
A lead plaintiffs lawyer said the verdict could boost dozens of other lawsuits filed over Monsanto's dicamba herbicide, while Bayer insisted the case was an anomaly. Unlike cancer claims associated with Roundup, the cases allege dicamba herbicide sprayed by farmers drifted into neighboring fields, causing damages to their crops.
By Amanda Bronstad
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February 21, 2020 | Litigation Daily
U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer, on Friday, rejected plaintiffs' motion for disqualification from Monday's trial, calling their concerns of bias an "abrupt about-face" from their previous arguments.
By Amanda Bronstad
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February 12, 2020 | Litigation Daily
California's First District Court of Appeal ordered additional briefing on Monsanto's defense of federal preemption—an issue that could have wide ramifications for all Roundup lawsuits. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra filed an amicus brief supporting plaintiffs' claims against federal preemption.
By Amanda Bronstad
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February 10, 2020 | Litigation Daily
In a brief before California's First District Court of Appeal on Friday, Bayer insisted that "egregious and pervasive misconduct" by plaintiffs counsel infected the trial.
By Amanda Bronstad
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February 6, 2020 | Litigation Daily
The judge in the case is likely to slash the punitive damages award to $185 million.
By Amanda Bronstad
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February 6, 2020 | Litigation Daily
On Thursday, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation chose the Southern District of Florida for "what could be a large litigation" over the heartburn medication. The panel selected U.S. District Judge Robin Rosenberg, who has not handled an MDL before.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
February 4, 2020 | Litigation Daily
A judge in a New York talc case found that Simmons Hanly Conroy's disclosure of Johnson & Johnson CEO Alex Gorsky's deposition to Reuters "was frivolous and done to harass the defendants," and ordered a Feb. 24 hearing before a special master to determine monetary sanctions.
By Amanda Bronstad
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