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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.
June 2, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer
"This is a message that our co-counsel at Beasley Allen, and me and my partner Todd Schoenhaus of our firm, will be asking the jury to send in the first talc case to try in Philadelphia[,]" Eisenberg, Rothweiler, Winkler, Eisenberg, & Jeck's Nancy Winkler, who is part of the team bringing the first Pennsylvania talc case to trial, said in an emailed statement.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
June 2, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision on Tuesday not to hear Johnson & Johnson's petition to review a $2.1 billion talcum powder verdict prompted plaintiffs lawyers with thousands of similar cases to declare victory. But Johnson & Johnson, in a statement, said the decision "leaves unresolved significant legal questions" in both federal and state courts.
By Amanda Bronstad
5 minute read
May 27, 2021 | Law.com
Federal judges are asking more questions prior to granting preliminary approval of class action settlements, partly due to 2018 rules changes, but also as lawyers have become more creative in how they structure such agreements. One example: The $2 billion Roundup settlement that a judge rejected this week.
By Amanda Bronstad
8 minute read
April 5, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer
The $202 million in attorney fees requested by lawyers who obtained a settlement for residents of Flint, Michigan, faces objections in court, and in public.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
March 8, 2021 | National Law Journal
A year after the COVID-19 pandemic shut down everything, federal judges overwhelmingly have sent the cases to arbitration, including those against Major League Baseball, Ticketmaster and LA Fitness. The rulings come as lawmakers in both houses of Congress have introduced legislation that would ban forced arbitration, which is prevalent in consumer cases.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
March 5, 2021 | The Recorder
More than a dozen law firms opposed the proposed class action settlement, the second attempt by Bayer to resolve lawsuits while keeping Roundup on store shelves. Public Citizen and the American Association for Justice also filed amicus briefs opposing the deal.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
March 3, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer
U.S. District Judge Michelle Childs instructed lawyers to consider a diverse team to lead about 20 lawsuits against Blackbaud. Five weeks later, she followed through.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
February 28, 2021 | National Law Journal
Many in the defense bar, and even some plaintiffs attorneys, have called for more oversight in multidistrict litigation, especially after the sudden bankruptcy of Girardi Keese.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
February 9, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer
One attorney has filed a motion before the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation to coordinate 42 class actions into multidistrict litigation in the Northern District of California. Robinhood is one of 35 defendants and their subsidiaries facing lawsuits over the Jan. 28 trading halt, according to court papers.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
February 5, 2021 | Law.com
One lawyer called the request a "money grab," particularly given that lead counsel got $2 billion in fees for settling their own cases last year.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
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