Amanda Bronstad

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.

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November 17, 2021 | Law.com

In a Bid to Resolve Roundup Lawsuits, Monsanto Makes Its Case Before the 11th Circuit

The appeal is the latest effort by Monsanto, now owned by Bayer, to toss thousands of lawsuits over Roundup as part of a "five-point plan" announced earlier this year.

By Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read

November 17, 2021 | Law.com

Critical Mass by Law.com's Amanda Bronstad: In 1st Jury Trial Over Opioid Crisis, What Will Verdict Be? Lawsuits Against Erika Girardi Are Now in Two States.

Welcome to Law.com Class Actions: Critical Mass, a weekly briefing for class action and mass tort attorneys. The first jury trial over the opioid…

By Amanda Bronstad

7 minute read

November 16, 2021 | The Recorder

Bankruptcy Judge Green Lights Embezzlement Suit Against Erika Girardi

At a brief hearing on Tuesday, a bankruptcy judge allowed Chicago-based Edelson PC to pursue its embezzlement lawsuit against Erika Girardi, the estranged wife of Tom Girardi.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

November 15, 2021 | Daily Business Review

2 Florida Juries Render Split Verdicts in 3M Earplug Lawsuits

On Friday, a jury in Pensacola gave 3M its third defense win in the litigation over its combat earplugs. Then, on Monday, a Tallahassee jury awarded more than $13 million to the plaintiff.

By Amanda Bronstad

3 minute read

November 11, 2021 | The Recorder

Girardi Keese Trustee Replaces Special Counsel Ronald Richards

The trustee replaced Richards, a Beverly Hills attorney, two days after he was accused of conducting a "bizarre shakedown" to make way for a settlement with Tom Girardi's estranged wife, Erika Girardi.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

November 10, 2021 | Law.com

Talc Cases Halted as J&J Bankruptcy Moves to New Jersey

A bankruptcy judge on Wednesday ordered that all talcum powder lawsuits be stayed for 60 days, pending transfer of the Chapter 11 filing of Johnson & Johnson subsidiary LTL Management from North Carolina to New Jersey.

By Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read

November 10, 2021 | Law.com

Critical Mass by Law.com's Amanda Bronstad: The Oklahoma Supreme Court Reversed A $465M Opioid Judgment. And Lawsuits Are Soaring Over Astroworld's Concert Catastrophe.

The state's highest court refused to expand Oklahoma's public nuisance law into the "newest fictional shape-shifting monster." Nearly 30 lawsuits have been filed over deaths, injuries and economic damages associated with the Travis Scott concert on Nov. 5.

By Amanda Bronstad

7 minute read

November 09, 2021 | The Recorder

Edelson Accuses Girardi Keese Bankruptcy Lawyer of 'Bizarre Shakedown'

In a Tuesday brief, Edelson PC claims Ronald Richards, special counsel to the Girardi Keese bankruptcy trustee, is attempting to thwart its embezzlement lawsuit in order to strike a deal with Tom Girardi's estranged wife, Erika Girardi.

By Amanda Bronstad

6 minute read

November 09, 2021 | Law.com

Oklahoma Supreme Court Tosses $465M Opioid Judgment

A majority opinion found the district judge "went too far" in extending Oklahoma's public nuisance law to include the marketing of Johnson & Johnson's opioid products.

By Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read

November 08, 2021 | Law.com

Second Bellwether Trial Over Chemo Drug Taxotere Begins Today

The trial, in New Orleans, is one of nearly 12,500 lawsuits that allege that women who take Taxotere, a chemotherapy drug used to treat breast cancer, never grow back their hair.

By Amanda Bronstad

3 minute read

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