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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 25, 2018 | Law.com
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Institute for Legal Reform released the report on Wednesday at its annual summit, along with a white paper that called on Congress to reform securities laws.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
October 9, 2018 | Law.com
U.S. Magistrate Judge David Ruiz on Oct. 5 allowed most of the claims in a key case in a massive MDL against opioid companies to go forward, concluding that the complaint was far from a “fishing expedition.”
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
October 2, 2018 | National Law Journal
The lawsuits come on the heels of a $670.7 million settlement with DuPont and Chemours Co. last year involving an MDL over a related chemical that has been linked to cancer and hypertension in pregnant women and other illnesses.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
September 7, 2018 | New Jersey Law Journal
The only class action brought on behalf of consumers of Johnson & Johnson's baby powder was focused on the lack of warning labels, but the appeals court said the class had no standing.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
August 23, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer
Six separate lawsuits have been filed since The Wall Street Journal reported last month that the Justice Department was investigating whether media sales teams and station owners shared information with one another.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
August 15, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer
Opioid manufacturers and one distributor say the complaint against them lacks specifics to back up deceptive trade practices and public nuisance claims. But the amicus briefs said none of that mattered because a state has a “unique role” in the opioid crisis.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
August 2, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer
A federal judicial panel has sent about 100 lawsuits brought over Merck's shingles vaccine to Pennsylvania.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
July 3, 2018 | New Jersey Law Journal
The Missouri Court of Appeals decision on June 29 is the third ruling to reverse a jury award against Johnson & Johnson over its baby powder, which thousands of lawsuits have alleged caused women to get ovarian cancer.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
June 21, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer
A federal appeals panel upheld an award of about $127,800 in attorney fees and costs to the manufacturer of fire engine sirens after finding the plaintiffs' firm had failed to investigate claims of hearing loss among firefighters while voluntarily dismissing similar cases across the country.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
May 29, 2018 | National Law Journal
Some female and minority attorneys have struck out on their own to get appointments, while many firms are diversifying their hiring or pitching new faces to MDL judges, who themselves are evolving into a more diverse corps.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
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