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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 10, 2021 | Law.com
The case, a smoker's lawsuit against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., is the first jury trial to occur at a new courthouse in Multnomah County Circuit Court. It is among the rare civil trials attempting to occur in person during the pandemic; a separate in-person bench trial in Los Angeles concluded Wednesday with a $23.7 million verdict.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
February 9, 2021 | National Law Journal
One attorney has filed a motion before the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation to coordinate 42 class actions into multidistrict litigation in the Northern District of California. Robinhood is one of 35 defendants and their subsidiaries facing lawsuits over the Jan. 28 trading halt, according to court papers.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
January 22, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal
On Friday, U.S. District Judge Brian Martinotti of the District of New Jersey approved a leadership team of 25 plaintiffs lawyers, 18 of whom are women, to spearhead 140 lawsuits alleging Janssen's pharmaceutical drug Elmiron causes eye problems.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
December 16, 2020 | New Jersey Law Journal
In a Tuesday order, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation appointed U.S. District Judge Brian Martinotti to oversee the lawsuits, which allege that Elmiron, used to treat chronic bladder infection called interstitial cystitis, causes eye problems.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
December 10, 2020 | Law.com
In motions to dismiss filed in Iowa and Texas, Tyson cited an April 28 executive order from President Donald Trump to keep meat plants open, as well as two regulatory laws, in arguing that federal law preempts lawsuits brought by employees who got sick or died from COVID-19.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
November 5, 2020 | Law.com
The proposal, which still has to be approved by thousands of cities and counties, may have overcome a major hurdle in the negotiations for a global opioid settlement: legal fees. The deal involves three major pharmaceutical distributors and Johnson & Johnson.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
November 5, 2020 | New Jersey Law Journal
The move comes after the Missouri Supreme Court denied review of a $2.1 billion verdict against Johnson & Johnson, the largest jury award granted to women alleging its baby powder caused them to get ovarian cancer.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
October 27, 2020 | Law.com
Teva and affiliated companies are fighting an attempt to create multidistrict litigation for more than 55 lawsuits brought over the Paragard IUD, a birth control device. "This is about attorney advertising and an uptick in that advertising promoted by movant's counsel," they wrote in a Friday court filing.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
October 15, 2020 | New Jersey Law Journal
Lawyers from several prominent firms have filed 80 lawsuits that allege Elmiron, used to treat a chronic bladder infection called interstitial cystitis, causes eye problems. Anticipating hundreds more cases, they are dueling over whether to coordinate an MDL in Pennsylvania before U.S. District Judge Wendy Beetlestone or U.S. District Judge Brian Martinotti in New Jersey, home to defendant Johnson & Johnson's Janssen Pharmaceuticals.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
October 14, 2020 | Law.com
In the past month, federal judges in California have dismissed cases against Norwegian Air Shuttle and Deutsche Lufthansa after concluding that the airlines did not breach their contracts with passengers, who ultimately got refunds.
By Amanda Bronstad
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