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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 20, 2023 | Law.com
David Cohen, the special master in the opioid multidistrict litigation, sent an Aug. 28 email accidentally to lawyers in the cases. Now, two pharmacy benefit managers have moved to disqualify him, insisting the email 'would lead any reasonable observer to question his impartiality.'
By Amanda Bronstad
6 minute read
September 18, 2023 | Law.com
Defense lawyers insist there's been an uptick in mass arbitration, but many plaintiffs firms remain cautious.
By Amanda Bronstad
5 minute read
September 13, 2023 | The Recorder
Former Skadden Arps partner Richard Marmaro and four others testified on Wednesday that they noticed a mental decline in Tom Girardi, 84, for the past several years.
By Amanda Bronstad
4 minute read
September 7, 2023 | The Recorder
At a final approval hearing on Thursday, plaintiffs' attorney Derek Loeser said there were 17 million claims in the Facebook settlement over the Cambridge Analytica scandal -- the 'most we've ever seen, and most ever submitted in a class action.'
By Amanda Bronstad
4 minute read
August 30, 2023 | The Recorder
"Plaintiffs ask this court to recognize a duty that no court in any state has ever recognized," Gilead lawyer E. Joshua Rosenkranz, at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, said during oral arguments on Wednesday before California's First District Court of Appeal.
By Amanda Bronstad
5 minute read
August 18, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal
Lead attorneys in the talc multidistrict litigation, vowing to "proceed with alacrity," already have proposed a bellwether trial plan, which Johnson & Johnson opposed this week.
By Amanda Bronstad
5 minute read
July 25, 2023 | The Recorder
Apple, Google and Facebook's Meta Platforms filed opening briefs on Monday asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to reverse a 2022 order holding them potentially liable for gambling losses tied to their casino-style apps.
By Amanda Bronstad
4 minute read
July 21, 2023 | Law.com
Three New York towns filed an objection this week to the 3M settlement, which resolves cases over perfluoralkyl and polyfluoralkyl substances, or PFAS, and attorneys general from 14 states, including New Jersey and Texas, plan to respond this Monday with their concerns.
By Amanda Bronstad
5 minute read
July 19, 2023 | The Recorder
Some legal experts say Tuesday's verdict could make it harder for Johnson & Johnson to finalize its proposed $8.9 billion settlement in the Chapter 11 talc case.
By Amanda Bronstad
5 minute read
July 18, 2023 | The Recorder
The verdict comes in a rare trial that began May 31 despite an automatic stay halting talc lawsuits from going before jurors after Johnson & Johnson's unit, LTL Management LLC, filed for bankruptcy this year.
By Amanda Bronstad
3 minute read
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