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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.
April 5, 2021 | Law.com
The $202 million in attorney fees requested by lawyers who obtained a settlement for residents of Flint, Michigan, faces objections in court, and in public.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
April 1, 2021 | Texas Lawyer
"Everybody up and down the chain providing the power and distributing the power will end up in these lawsuits," said plaintiffs attorney Mikal Watts, who has 32 wrongful death cases brought over the winter storm that hit Texas in February.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
March 8, 2021 | National Law Journal
A year after the COVID-19 pandemic shut down everything, federal judges overwhelmingly have sent the cases to arbitration, including those against Major League Baseball, Ticketmaster and LA Fitness. The rulings come as lawmakers in both houses of Congress have introduced legislation that would ban forced arbitration, which is prevalent in consumer cases.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
February 28, 2021 | National Law Journal
Many in the defense bar, and even some plaintiffs attorneys, have called for more oversight in multidistrict litigation, especially after the sudden bankruptcy of Girardi Keese.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
February 25, 2021 | Texas Lawyer
Appearing before the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, which will hear arguments on March 25 about whether to coordinate nearly 50 class actions over the trading scandal, were Cravath's Kevin Orsini for Robinhood and Bartlit Beck's Adam Hoeflich for Citadel. Also appearing was Thomas Redburn of Lowenstein Sandler for Melvin Capital Management.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
February 23, 2021 | Texas Lawyer
Even as some lawyers barely had their own lights back on, some began filing lawsuits seeking punitive damages. But a law professor pointed out that "utilities historically have not been found liable for discontinuing service when the weather is to blame."
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
February 22, 2021 | Texas Lawyer
The wrongful death cases, including one filed by San Antonio lawyer Mikal Watts, add to at least three other lawsuits brought against several energy companies and the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, or ERCOT, which is under fire for shutting off power to millions of Texans last week as temperatures dipped into the single digits.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
February 19, 2021 | Texas Lawyer
The lawsuits are filed against the Electric Reliability Council of Texas Inc., or ERCOT, alleging the utility did not prepare residents about possible rolling blackouts and failed to winterize its equipment. Mikal Watts, of Watts Guerra, filed one of the lawsuits.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
February 18, 2021 | Texas Lawyer
An unprecedented winter storm in Texas caused millions of people to lose power in their homes as temperatures reached single digits. Lawyers were no exception. Many had burst pipes that forced them to rely on neighbors for showers and drinking water, while internet connections were nonexistent or poor.
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
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