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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.
March 26, 2018 | National Law Journal
Asbestos filings fell in 2017, and it didn't matter whether they were brought over mesothelioma, lung cancer or other forms of cancer, according to consulting firm KCIC.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
March 7, 2018 | National Law Journal
U.S. District Judge Dan Polster in Cleveland told lawyers in the multidistrict litigation to come up with a plan by March 16 over the scope and timing of a “litigation track.”
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
January 22, 2018 | New Jersey Law Journal
Plaintiffs lawyers have asked an appeals court to revive the only class action in federal court brought over an alleged link between Johnson & Johnson's baby powder and ovarian cancer.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
January 8, 2018 | National Law Journal
Lawyers who scored verdicts of $140 million and $150 million last year in the first trials over low testosterone medications have switched lead counsel for a trial that begins on Monday.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
January 2, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer
Three companies have agreed to pay $125 million to settle claims that they conspired to raise prices on drywall.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
December 20, 2017 | National Law Journal
“So far, the story of the talc litigation has mostly been about two things—the science and the choice of forum,” said Howard Erichson, a professor at Fordham University School of Law.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
December 5, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer
The American Tort Reform Association has once again christened Philadelphia's Court of Common Pleas a "Judicial Hellhole" after a six-year reprieve. And, following two key developments in Philadelphia's mass torts program Tuesday, it's probably safe to say ATRA has no regrets about its decision.
By Zack Needles | Amanda Bronstad
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November 30, 2017 | National Law Journal
Wednesday's ruling gave a boost to plaintiffs lawyers suing Johnson & Johnson over its baby powder and Shower to Shower products, which they allege caused women to get ovarian cancer.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
October 30, 2017 | National Law Journal
Lawyers filing dozens of lawsuits over the opioid crisis have taken a page out of the Big Tobacco playbook—but not the whole book.
By Amanda Bronstad
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October 2, 2017 | National Law Journal
Stephen Paddock, the retired accountant who killed at least 58 people at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas on Sunday night, was "slovenly" and "didn't always make sense," according to a lawyer whose firm ran across the shooter years earlier in an injury case he brought against another casino.
By Amanda Bronstad
1 minute read
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