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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.
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 1, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer
With three Roundup verdicts totaling more than half a billion dollars in the past two weeks, plaintiffs lawyers are putting pressure on Bayer to settle thousands of cases, or recall its pesticide.
By Amanda Bronstad
5 minute read
October 24, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer
On Tuesday, attorneys general from 41 states and the District of Columbia sued Meta alleging Instagram and Facebook are "unsafe and addictive" to youth.
By Amanda Bronstad
4 minute read
October 23, 2023 | Law.com
The inaugural "Digital Payments in Class Actions and Mass Torts" report, released on Monday by Western Alliance Bank's Digital Disbursements, found 170 settlements had a digital payment option in 2022, up from two in 2019.
By Amanda Bronstad
5 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
September 14, 2023 | Law.com
Product liability cases that aren't coordinated in multidistrict litigation reached their highest level since 2013, with 5,826 filed in 2022, according to a Lex Machina report released Thursday.
By Amanda Bronstad
4 minute read
September 7, 2023 | Law.com
The class action settlement, announced on Thursday, provides cash payments to consumers who purchased the recalled devices and $100 awards to those who return them.
By Amanda Bronstad
3 minute read
April 11, 2023 | Law.com
Chief Judge Michael Kaplan, of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, cautioned lawyers on Tuesday at the first hearing in this month's Chapter 11 case to tone down the vitriol. "The world is watching," he said.
By Amanda Bronstad
5 minute read
March 24, 2023 | Law.com
At least two petitions for a writ of certiorari are pending before the U.S. Supreme Court over incentive awards, which compensate class representatives for their added time and work.
By Amanda Bronstad
7 minute read
March 22, 2023 | Law.com
On Wednesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit denied Johnson & Johnson's petition to rehear its Jan. 30 decision effectively dismissing its talc bankruptcy.
By Amanda Bronstad
4 minute read
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