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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 16, 2022 | Law.com
In a ruling on Friday, U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel found the defendant companies, including 3M, had "significantly greater knowledge" than the U.S. government about the risks of "forever chemicals" in their aqueous film-forming foam products.
By Amanda Bronstad
5 minute read
September 15, 2022 | The Recorder
U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria, at a hearing to determine whether to sanction Facebook and its legal team at Gibson Dunn for discovery misconduct, described some of their actions as "frivolous" and "abominable."
By Amanda Bronstad
5 minute read
September 14, 2022 | Law.com
"The statistics suggest there may be something really wrong with the MDL process," said U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria, who is weighing what to do with 750 remaining Roundup lawsuits after Bayer settled most of the cases.
By Amanda Bronstad
7 minute read
September 13, 2022 | Law.com
The U.S. Department of Justice objected to about $180,000 in incentive awards proposed in a $63 million class action settlement over the 2014 data breach at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
By Amanda Bronstad
5 minute read
September 9, 2022 | Law.com
Law firms Aylstock Witkin and Bradley Grombacher, both at the forefront of other consumer recalls, will take lead roles in the multidistrict litigation over allegedly contaminated infant formula at an Abbott Laboratories plant.
By Amanda Bronstad
3 minute read
September 8, 2022 | Law.com
Facebook has raised an arsenal of legal defenses that could swiftly dismiss lawsuits alleging younger users have become addicted to social media, leading to mental health problems and, in some cases, suicides.
By Amanda Bronstad
6 minute read
September 6, 2022 | The Recorder
In the latest decision concerning the federal Communications Decency Act, U.S. District Judge Edward Davila found that Google, Facebook and Apple are not immune from lawsuits alleging their casino apps constitute illegal gambling.
By Amanda Bronstad
4 minute read
September 1, 2022 | Law.com
The defense verdict, by a jury near Monsanto's headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri, is the first trial involving multiple consumers of its Roundup pesticide.
By Amanda Bronstad
3 minute read
September 1, 2022 | The Recorder
A bankruptcy trustee, in a lawsuit Wednesday, accused California Attorney Lending II of arranging Tom Girardi's financial agreements, illegally splitting fees and refusing to return stolen settlement funds–a possible crime.
By Amanda Bronstad
5 minute read
August 26, 2022 | Law.com
Friday's order by Chief Bankruptcy Judge Jeffrey Graham in Indianapolis means lawsuits would go forward against 3M alleging the earplugs caused hearing loss and ringing of the ears.
By Amanda Bronstad
6 minute read
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