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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.
October 30, 2020 | Law.com
The earplug cases show few signs of slowing down, with plaintiffs lawyers estimating that more than 800,000 military veterans now suffer from hearing damage. The first trial is set for April 5.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
October 22, 2020 | Law.com
The unprecedented finding, if upheld, would "devour all of Oklahoma tort law," according to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the American Tort Reform Association in a joint amicus brief.
By Amanda Bronstad
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October 21, 2020 | Texas Lawyer
Blake Hawthorne, the clerk of the Texas Supreme Court, posted guidelines this month on Twitter to assist appellate attorneys in virtual oral arguments. Among his tips: Avoid wireless Internet connections and windows behind you.
By Amanda Bronstad
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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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October 5, 2020 | Law.com
Several judges have come out with the first rulings from among hundreds of class actions seeking refunds for university and college tuition and fees tied to the COVID-19 shutdowns. Most of them have refused to dismiss claims of breach of contract.
By Amanda Bronstad
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September 8, 2020 | Law.com
The rulings may not bode well for the plaintiffs bar looking to bring lawsuits on behalf of COVID-19 victims, according to a law professor tracking the cases.
By Amanda Bronstad
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August 26, 2020 | Law.com
Bayer, which owns Monsanto, said it agreed in June to pay up to $10.9 billion to resolve Roundup claims "without regard to race or any other demographics." But in a new civil rights lawsuit, attorney Ben Crump said failures to warn fell more heavily on Black farmers with smaller acreage.
By Amanda Bronstad
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August 26, 2020 | Law.com
Deal over sterilization device took shape while parties were immersed in extended trial preparation, plaintiffs' counsel says
By Amanda Bronstad
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August 17, 2020 | Law.com
Data gathered by Law.com shows very little progress in ethnic diversity of MDL leadership teams: only 5% of appointments, on average, went to lawyers who identified as "nonwhite" in MDLs created from 2016 through 2019.
By Amanda Bronstad
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August 12, 2020 | Law.com
"To say this litigation would result in a complicated MDL seems an understatement," wrote the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation in an order Wednesday rejecting coordination of lawsuits brought by small businesses against more than 100 insurance firms. But the panel opened the door for MDLs against specific insurers.
By Amanda Bronstad
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