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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 9, 2023 | The Recorder
"This case is an example of a wealthy client (Facebook) and its high-powered law firm (Gibson Dunn) using delay, misdirection, and frivolous arguments to make litigation unfairly difficult and expensive for their opponents," U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria ruled.
By Amanda Bronstad
4 minute read
January 10, 2023 | Law.com
A New York man brought a proposed class action on behalf of participants of DraftKings' NFL Showdown and Flash Draft contests who didn't get their winnings from the game between the Buffalo Bills and Cincinnati Bengals.
By Amanda Bronstad
3 minute read
January 8, 2023 | New York Law Journal
Attorneys have alleged in at least six new class actions that TikTok has inserted JavaScript code into websites of third parties its users accessed through its app.
By Amanda Bronstad
3 minute read
December 22, 2022 | Law.com
Judges in high-profile mass tort bankruptcies involving Johnson & Johnson's talcum powder and 3M's combat earplugs came out with critical rulings this year, but all eyes are on appeals for 2023.
By Amanda Bronstad
7 minute read
December 20, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal
Ken Feinberg told a bankruptcy judge on Tuesday that he was "under the gun" to complete a report that estimated the total value and volume of cancer claims over Johnson & Johnson's baby powder.
By Amanda Bronstad
4 minute read
November 30, 2022 | Law.com
At a Nov. 17 hearing, U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis, who is overseeing the Exactech multidistrict litigation in New York, indicated a "preference" for plaintiffs lawyers to include "younger or newer lawyers who are learning the trade," according to a transcript.
By Amanda Bronstad
4 minute read
November 17, 2022 | Law.com
U.S. District Judge Denise Cote, on Wednesday, approved the plaintiffs' leadership team in lawsuits against Tylenol manufacturer Johnson & Johnson and more than a dozen retailers, including Walmart Inc. and CVS Pharmacy Inc.
By Amanda Bronstad
5 minute read
November 15, 2022 | Law.com
Walmart Inc. agreed to pay $3.1 billion to resolve thousands of lawsuits by cities, counties, Native American tribes and states alleging its pharmacists failed to regulate opioid prescriptions, leading to a public health crisis in their communities.
By Amanda Bronstad
3 minute read
November 9, 2022 | The Recorder
U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, on Wednesday, rejected a proposed leadership team in the multidistrict litigation alleging social media sites like Facebook and TikTok caused addiction, then questioned 24 plaintiffs lawyers one by one.
By Amanda Bronstad
5 minute read
November 8, 2022 | Law.com
U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria, in a 2021 holding in the multidistrict litigation over Monsanto's Roundup pesticide, called common benefit fees "totally out of control," sending shockwaves throughout the mass torts bar. But the Ninth Circuit, in a five-page unpublished opinion, found it lacked jurisdiction to review the order.
By Amanda Bronstad
7 minute read
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