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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.
December 22, 2021 | Law.com
In a joint motion for new trial filed on Tuesday, Walmart, Walgreens and CVS cited the judge's decision to eliminate unvaccinated jurors during voir dire.
By Amanda Bronstad
5 minute read
November 23, 2021 | New York Law Journal
Damages will be determined by the trial judge after later hearings.
By Meghann M. Cuniff and Amanda Bronstad
3 minute read
October 21, 2021 | New York Law Journal
Some lawyers who have handled trials this year say the COVID-19 pandemic has clouded how jurors perceive scientific and medical testimony, but others aren't convinced that juries have changed that much. More apparent, lawyers say, is that the political polarization surrounding the pandemic has seeped into the jury pool.
By Amanda Bronstad
13 minute read
September 24, 2021 | New York Law Journal
U.S. District Judge P. Kevin Castel on Friday ordered Kellogg Hansen to explain how the firm plans to represent British newspaper Daily Mail in the multidistrict litigation over Google's digital advertising while representing Facebook in a separate antitrust case brought by the Federal Trade Commission. "I'm not accusing anybody of bad faith here," Castel said at the hearing, "but it's an odd lineup."
By Amanda Bronstad
5 minute read
September 20, 2021 | New York Law Journal
"There are some plaintiffs counsel who believe that having bellwether trials is a source of leverage to push defendants toward settlement, and, if they're not happening, that leverage is diminished," John Beisner of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in New York.
By Amanda Bronstad
10 minute read
September 13, 2021 | New York Law Journal
"At worst, these exorbitant [fertility treatment] costs are prohibitive and entirely prevent people who are unable to shoulder them—disproportionately LGBTQ people of color—from becoming pregnant and starting a family," the complaint says.
By Amanda Bronstad
4 minute read
September 3, 2021 | Law.com
Five years after its filing, a lawsuit over GM's diesel vehicles filed in the wake of the Volkswagen emissions scandal could come to a screeching halt. A federal judge Michigan has ordered the plaintiffs firms to show why their lawsuit shouldn't be tossed, noting he had "serious doubt" that he had jurisdiction over the case given there was no evidence of a "defeat device."
By Amanda Bronstad
5 minute read
August 11, 2021 | New York Law Journal
Tuesday's order by the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation transferred 19 lawsuits to Senior Judge P. Kevin Castel, in New York's Southern District, overruling significant opposition by most of the lawyers. The cases include several in California and the Texas attorney general's lawsuit against Google, which involves 13 other states and Puerto Rico.
By Amanda Bronstad
5 minute read
July 27, 2021 | Law.com
Attorney Ben Crump teamed up with New York's Napoli Shkolnik to file a lawsuit Tuesday on behalf of the National Council of Negro Women alleging that Johnson & Johnson marketed its baby powder to Black women, many of whom died of ovarian cancer.
By Amanda Bronstad
4 minute read
July 21, 2021 | Law.com
Attorneys general from several states, including New York and California, announced Wednesday a $26 billion global settlement to resolve lawsuits against the nation's three largest distributors of opiate pharmaceuticals and Johnson & Johnson. The deal, which is dependent on how many governments participate, also aims to resolves the vast majority of more than 4,000 lawsuits filed by cities and counties.
By Amanda Bronstad
5 minute read
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