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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.
May 24, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal
In a Wednesday letter to U.S. Magistrate Judge Rukhsanah Singh, Jeffrey Pollock, an attorney for Beasley Allen, said Johnson & Johnson outside counsel Jim Murdica violated professional conduct rules by communicating with its talc client.
By Amanda Bronstad
5 minute read
May 22, 2024 | Law.com
The class action, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey by five plaintiffs in talcum powder lawsuits, names Johnson & Johnson, its subsidiaries and several current and former officers and directors.
By Amanda Bronstad
7 minute read
May 17, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal
The subpoenas, requested in a Friday letter, would focus on Beasley Allen's litigation financing arrangements with Fortress Investment Group and its purported relationship with news agency Thomson Reuters.
By Amanda Bronstad
4 minute read
May 10, 2024 | Law.com
Their 2020 study found 75 unnamed mesothelioma patients had no exposures to asbestos other than cosmetic talcum powder, but Johnson & Johnson has insisted those claims are false as to six or more of the individuals.
By Amanda Bronstad
5 minute read
May 2, 2024 | Law.com
The inaugural Class Action Litigation Report, released on Thursday by Lex Machina, a division of LexisNexis, found class action filings steadily increased from 2014 to 2020, dipped 10% in 2021, then started rising again in 2022. Last year, class action filings jumped 4% to 9,705.
By Amanda Bronstad
3 minute read
May 1, 2024 | Law.com
Wednesday's proposed plan immediately got pushback from lawyers representing ovarian cancer victims: "This is not a done deal," Beasley Allen's Andy Birchfield told Law.com. "There is substantial opposition to this."
By Amanda Bronstad
5 minute read
April 25, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal
Lawyers touting a $500 million settlement over insulin pricing are back at the drawing board after a judge refused to certify their class.
By Amanda Bronstad
5 minute read
April 10, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal
Andy Birchfield, of Beasley Allen, took the stand on Wednesday to fend off Johnson & Johnson's allegations that he breached his ethical duties by working with one of its former lawyers to come up with a proposed $19 billion talc settlement.
By Amanda Bronstad
5 minute read
April 1, 2024 | Daily Business Review
The second trial since the dismissal of Johnson & Johnson's talc bankruptcy last year opened on Monday, alleging its baby powder caused Patricia Matthey's ovarian cancer.
By Amanda Bronstad
5 minute read
March 27, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal
U.S. District Judge Michael Shipp, overseeing more than 50,000 talc lawsuits in multidistrict litigation, cited recent changes to Federal Rule of Evidence 702 and new science since the first Daubert hearing in 2020.
By Amanda Bronstad
5 minute read
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