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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 21, 2023 | The Recorder
U.S. District Judge Josephine Staton, at a hearing on Friday, said she was inclined to grant the government's motion to exclude a criminal defense attorney as an expert for Tom Girardi.
By Amanda Bronstad
3 minute read
July 19, 2023 | The Recorder
Some legal experts say Tuesday's verdict could make it harder for Johnson & Johnson to finalize its proposed $8.9 billion settlement in the Chapter 11 talc case.
By Amanda Bronstad
5 minute read
July 18, 2023 | The Recorder
The verdict comes in a rare trial that began May 31 despite an automatic stay halting talc lawsuits from going before jurors after Johnson & Johnson's unit, LTL Management LLC, filed for bankruptcy this year.
By Amanda Bronstad
3 minute read
July 17, 2023 | Law.com
On Monday, lawyers for Randi Ellis, the future claims representative in the Johnson & Johnson talc bankruptcy, suggested sanctioning plaintiffs' lawyer Clay Thompson, who filed a July 12 disqualification motion that included a photo of her dining with lawyers in the case.
By Amanda Bronstad
5 minute read
July 17, 2023 | The Recorder
Davina Pujari of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr in San Francisco said six companies that Norfolk Southern sued shared responsibility for the Feb. 3 incident.
By Amanda Bronstad
5 minute read
July 6, 2023 | The Recorder
The battle has begun over whether Tom Girardi is mentally competent to stand trial. U.S. District Judge Josephine Staton has scheduled an Aug. 23 competency hearing in Los Angeles.
By Amanda Bronstad
4 minute read
June 22, 2023 | The Recorder
Co-lead class counsel Derek Loeser and Lesley Weaver defended their fee request: 'This was a hard-fought litigation over five years that yielded the largest privacy class action recovery to date and the most Facebook has ever paid to resolve a class action.'
By Amanda Bronstad
5 minute read
June 22, 2023 | Law.com
In motions filed this week, Southwest Airlines cited the "first-to-file" rule in arguing that three California class actions should be dismissed or transferred to Louisiana, where one lawsuit is pending.
By Amanda Bronstad
4 minute read
June 20, 2023 | The Recorder
The $25 million, sent last week to bankruptcy trustee Elissa Miller, comes from attorney fees owed to the Girardi Keese estate from the $1.8 billion settlement over the 2015 gas leak in the Porter Ranch neighborhood of Los Angeles.
By Amanda Bronstad
3 minute read
June 20, 2023 | Law.com
In multidistrict litigation dockets created in 2022, about 13% of plaintiffs lawyers appointed to leadership posts were not white, according to Law.com's exclusive data. That's down from the 16% in 2021, and 14% in 2020, but up from 2016 to 2019, when white attorneys dominated with 95% of appointments.
By Amanda Bronstad
9 minute read
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