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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.
July 26, 2021 | Law.com
An Illinois state court judge issued the contempt order Monday against Johnson & Johnson and its vice president of women's health, Dr. Susan Nicholson, after she failed to appear for cross-examination as a defense witness in the trial, according to Beasley Allen, which is representing plaintiff Colleen Cadagin.
By Amanda Bronstad
3 minute read
July 21, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer
Attorneys general from several states, including, Pennsylvania 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
June 28, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer
The first state to sue electronic cigarette maker Juul has reached a $40 million settlement ahead of a July 12 trial. The proposed consent decree, announced in court Monday, includes payments that Juul plans to make to the state of North Carolina over six years.
By Amanda Bronstad
4 minute read
June 21, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer
"Today these proceedings and the integrity of the court were degraded, they were disrespected by the willful violation of my orders by 3M's counsel," U.S. District Judge M. Casey Rodgers said June 18, hours before a jury issued a $1.7 million verdict, according to a transcript.
By Amanda Bronstad
6 minute read
June 17, 2021 | Law.com
Lawsuits against China over the pandemic have turned to diplomatic channels to send service of process to the Chinese government, which has refused to respond on immunity grounds. But not all the defendants are governmental entities, according to the lawsuits, including the Wuhan Institute of Virology now at the center of a renewed U.S. intelligence investigation.
By Amanda Bronstad
7 minute read
June 2, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer
"This is a message that our co-counsel at Beasley Allen, and me and my partner Todd Schoenhaus of our firm, will be asking the jury to send in the first talc case to try in Philadelphia[,]" Eisenberg, Rothweiler, Winkler, Eisenberg, & Jeck's Nancy Winkler, who is part of the team bringing the first Pennsylvania talc case to trial, said in an emailed statement.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
June 2, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision on Tuesday not to hear Johnson & Johnson's petition to review a $2.1 billion talcum powder verdict prompted plaintiffs lawyers with thousands of similar cases to declare victory. But Johnson & Johnson, in a statement, said the decision "leaves unresolved significant legal questions" in both federal and state courts.
By Amanda Bronstad
5 minute read
May 27, 2021 | Law.com
Federal judges are asking more questions prior to granting preliminary approval of class action settlements, partly due to 2018 rules changes, but also as lawyers have become more creative in how they structure such agreements. One example: The $2 billion Roundup settlement that a judge rejected this week.
By Amanda Bronstad
8 minute read
April 5, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer
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
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
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