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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 20, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal
Plaintiffs lawyer Andy Birchfield fired back against Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday, calling its motion to disqualify him and his firm, Beasley Allen, from the talc multidistrict litigation the 'latest example in a long line of smear tactics.'
By Amanda Bronstad
5 minute read
December 18, 2023 | Law.com
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments this month in the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy about third-party releases in a case that could also impact the Boy Scouts of America's Chapter 11 plan next year.
By Amanda Bronstad
5 minute read
December 11, 2023 | Law.com
Peter Mougey, a lead plaintiffs attorney in the opioid multidistrict litigation, said of Suboxone patients: "Their teeth are falling out of their mouths."
By Amanda Bronstad
5 minute read
December 5, 2023 | Law.com
In a Tuesday motion, Johnson & Johnson said that Beasley Allen principal Andy Birchfield had struck an alliance with one of its former lawyers, James Conlan, at Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath.
By Amanda Bronstad
5 minute read
November 9, 2023 | The Recorder
In opening statements on Thursday, Johnson & Johnson lawyer Kim Bruno, of Butler Snow, told a jury in Oakland, California, that plaintiff Marlin Eagles was exposed to asbestos from Naval Shipyards and his work at Peterbilt.
By Amanda Bronstad
4 minute read
November 9, 2023 | Law.com
The 2023 Torts Litigation Report, by Lex Machina, a division of LexisNexis, found there were 14,375 tort lawsuits filed in federal courts last year, among the lowest levels in a decade.
By Amanda Bronstad
4 minute read
October 19, 2023 | Law.com
At a Sept. 6 status hearing, lawyers on both sides of the talcum powder lawsuits against Johnson & Johnson debated the impact of the upcoming amendments to Federal Rule 702 of Evidence.
By Amanda Bronstad | Ross Todd | Ellen Bardash
6 minute read
October 16, 2023 | Law.com
Lead class counsel who reached a nearly $1.2 billion settlement with DuPont and a $10.5 billion deal with 3M are asking for nearly $1 billion in legal fees.
By Amanda Bronstad
4 minute read
October 10, 2023 | Law.com
In a Tuesday ruling, U.S. District Judge Dan Polster found that David Cohen, the special master in the opioid multidistrict litigation, should not be disqualified because he was protected under the judicial deliberative privilege.
By Amanda Bronstad
5 minute read
October 3, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal
The settlement, announced on Tuesday, is the largest so far in the multidistrict litigation involving proton-pump inhibitor medications, used to treat heartburn and stomach acid.
By Amanda Bronstad
2 minute read
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