Welcome to Law.com Class Actions: Critical Mass, a weekly briefing for class action and mass tort attorneys.

This week:  Plaintiffs’ firm Allen Smith is recommending his 12,000 talc clients accept Johnson & Johnson’s bankruptcy plan after he negotiated for $1 billion more. A federal judge had concerns about a $2.75 billion antitrust settlement with NCAA involving compensation to college athletes. Find out who got appointed to lead lawsuits alleging GM’s OnStar tracks driver data.