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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, 2023 | The Recorder
At Thursday's preliminary approval hearing in the Cambridge Analytica settlement with Facebook, U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria repeatedly sparred with Corban Rhodes, an attorney for the New Mexico Attorney General's Office, who intervened this week to raise questions about the release.
By Amanda Bronstad
6 minute read
March 1, 2023 | Law.com
More than 235,000 plaintiffs allege 3M's combat earplugs caused hearing loss or ringing of the ears, but newly released records for 175,000 of them suggest the "vast majority" of U.S. military service members making those claims have normal hearing.
By Amanda Bronstad
4 minute read
February 28, 2023 | Law.com
U.S. District Judge Raag Singhal in Florida signed off Monday on a class action settlement over Johnson & Johnson's recalled sunscreen but criticized objector lawyer Ted Frank for holding up the deal's final approval.
By Amanda Bronstad
5 minute read
February 27, 2023 | Law.com
An attorney for Norfolk Southern told plaintiffs' lawyers that railcars that contained hazardous materials would be preserved until Wednesday, "at which time the rail cars will be removed or otherwise destroyed so that Norfolk Southern can continue its work at the site."
By Amanda Bronstad
4 minute read
February 16, 2023 | Law.com
National law firms like Simmons Hanley Conroy and Motley Rice descended this week on East Palestine, Ohio, where a freight train derailed earlier this month, exposing residents to hazardous chemicals. Some have already filed class actions against train operator Norfolk Southern Corp.
By Amanda Bronstad
6 minute read
February 15, 2023 | The Recorder
Lead plaintiffs lawyers in the Roundup multidistrict litigation called Bayer's Feb. 8 petition before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit an "orchestrated" appeal.
By Amanda Bronstad
5 minute read
February 13, 2023 | Law.com
On Monday, U.S. Bankruptcy Chief Judge Jeffrey Graham, in Indianapolis, told lawyers that dismissal arguments would be April 19 and April 20, possibly extending to April 21.
By Amanda Bronstad
3 minute read
February 10, 2023 | Law.com
David Lira, 62, who is Tom Girardi's son-in-law, appeared virtually at a hearing in Chicago, where federal prosecutors indicted him Feb. 1 on charges of stealing $3 million from the families of airplane crash victims.
By Amanda Bronstad
3 minute read
February 10, 2023 | Law.com
Despite losing several appeals, Bayer petitioned the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on Wednesday to reverse a Roundup ruling on federal preemption.
By Amanda Bronstad
4 minute read
February 9, 2023 | The Recorder
Christopher Kamon, who was Girardi Keese's CFO from 2004 to 2020, appeared virtually in a federal court in Chicago on Thursday for his arraignment.
By Amanda Bronstad
2 minute read
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