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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 14, 2021 | The Recorder
A bankruptcy trustee wants to hire San Francisco plaintiffs' firm Girard Sharp to investigate whether Girardi Keese's litigation financing firms knew that founding partner Tom Girardi fraudulently transferred $25 million to his estranged wife of "Real Housewives" fame, Erika Girardi.
By Amanda Bronstad
5 minute read
October 13, 2021 | The Recorder
Attorneys general in 13 states have joined numerous objectors, including class action critic Ted Frank, in petitioning the Ninth Circuit to reverse an $80.6 million legal fee award in Apple's $310 million iPhone throttling settlement.
By Amanda Bronstad
4 minute read
October 5, 2021 | The Recorder
In a rare win for Monsanto, a Los Angeles jury found that its Roundup pesticide was not a "substantial factor" in causing a 10-year-old to suffer from an aggressive form of cancer called Burkitt's lymphoma. Tuesday's verdict comes in a bifurcated trial in which jurors had to decide causation in the first phase.
By Amanda Bronstad
3 minute read
October 1, 2021 | The Recorder
In a Thursday order, U.S. District Judge John Lee wrote that the notice program's digital media campaign alone was expected to reach more than 95% of class members, who had accused TikTok of violating the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act.
By Amanda Bronstad
4 minute read
October 1, 2021 | The Recorder
Owen, of Owen, Patterson & Owen in Valencia, represented thousands of victims of a 2015 gas leak that Southern California Gas agreed to compensate this week for $1.8 billion. Owen's firm also is the largest unsecured creditor of Girardi Keese.
By Amanda Bronstad
5 minute read
September 30, 2021 | The Recorder
On Thursday, Orange County Superior Court Judge Peter Wilson interrupted Motley Rice partner Fidelma Fitzpatrick's closing argument, held via Zoom, to question how a rise in opiate pharmaceuticals created a public nuisance in California. Fitzpatrick represents the counties of Los Angeles, Orange and Santa Clara, as well as the city of Oakland.
By Amanda Bronstad
4 minute read
September 27, 2021 | The Recorder
The defense verdict is a major blow for plaintiffs, which have lost three trials so far this year, including one on Sept. 24 in Philadelphia. Additional trials are scheduled during the next year in state courts in California, Florida, Georgia and New Jersey.
By Amanda Bronstad
4 minute read
September 27, 2021 | The Recorder
Monday's settlement, one of the largest environmental tort agreements in California, comes as Southern California Gas and its parent company, Sempra, faced trial in the litigation, which alleges the leak at the Aliso Canyon Natural Gas Storage Facility in Los Angeles caused medical problems and property damages for businesses and residents.
By Amanda Bronstad
4 minute read
September 24, 2021 | The Recorder
U.S. District Judge P. Kevin Castel on Friday ordered Kellogg Hansen to explain how the firm plans to represent British newspaper Daily Mail in the multidistrict litigation over Google's digital advertising while representing Facebook in a separate antitrust case brought by the Federal Trade Commission. "I'm not accusing anybody of bad faith here," Castel said at the hearing, "but it's an odd lineup."
By Amanda Bronstad
5 minute read
September 23, 2021 | The Recorder
U.S. District Judge Edward Davila, who emphasized the importance of diversity, said he would appoint a 14-lawyer plaintiff team on Thursday in lawsuits against Google, Apple and Facebook over their casino apps. Edelson partner Rafey Balabanian had reduced the size of the team and made it more diverse.
By Amanda Bronstad
5 minute read
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