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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 14, 2023 | The Recorder
Bankruptcy trustees in the Chapter 7 cases of Tom Girardi and his law firm, Girardi Keese, plan to seek approval on Tuesday of a new settlement with one of his largest lenders, California Attorney Lending II.
By Amanda Bronstad
5 minute read
March 29, 2023 | The Recorder
U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria, who heard arguments on March 2, granted preliminary approval of the settlement on Wednesday.
By Amanda Bronstad
3 minute read
March 29, 2023 | Law.com
On Tuesday, the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules recommended the first rule to govern multidistrict litigation. Rule 16.1 now goes to a standing committee, which could hear public comments in August.
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 17, 2023 | The Recorder
Several lawyers and federal judges noted a rise in class action trials this week at the annual Class Action Law Forum, hosted by the University of San Diego School of Law and sponsored by Western Alliance Bank.
By Amanda Bronstad
3 minute read
March 3, 2023 | Law.com
U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeffrey Cummings, in Chicago, entered the plea Friday at a virtual arraignment hearing, in which Girardi appeared alongside his brother and conservator, Robert Girardi, and a federal public defender.
By Amanda Bronstad
4 minute read
March 3, 2023 | Law.com
"It's one of the most racially diverse slates we've ever seen," said Diandra "Fu" Debrosse Zimmermann, of DiCello Levitt, of the leadership team, which a federal judge approved on Thursday. She and Ben Crump of Ben Crump Law, who both founded Shades of Mass, are two of the co-lead counsel.
By Amanda Bronstad
3 minute read
March 2, 2023 | The Recorder
At Thursday's preliminary approval hearing in the Cambridge Analytica settlement with Facebook, U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria repeatedly sparred with Corban Rhodes, an attorney for the New Mexico Attorney General's Office, who intervened this week to raise questions about the release.
By Amanda Bronstad
6 minute read
February 28, 2023 | Law.com
U.S. District Judge Raag Singhal in Florida signed off Monday on a class action settlement over Johnson & Johnson's recalled sunscreen but criticized objector lawyer Ted Frank for holding up the deal's final approval.
By Amanda Bronstad
5 minute read
February 15, 2023 | The Recorder
Lead plaintiffs lawyers in the Roundup multidistrict litigation called Bayer's Feb. 8 petition before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit an "orchestrated" appeal.
By Amanda Bronstad
5 minute read
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