Amanda Bronstad

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.

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June 07, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Ozempic MDL Reassigned to Pennsylvania Judge Karen Marston

On Thursday, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation reassigned the docket to U.S. District Judge Karen Marston, in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, after the initial judge, U.S. District Judge Gene Pratter, 75, died on May 17.

By Amanda Bronstad

3 minute read

June 06, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

Another Dean Omar Talc Trial Opens in Dallas, Two Days After $260M Verdict

'For more than 50 years, people have studied whether there's a connection between baby powder, and its talc, and mesothelioma,' Johnson & Johnson attorney Collin Cox told jurors on Wednesday, according to Courtroom View Network's livestream. 'There isn't.'

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

June 05, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

Panel Sends AT&T Data Breach Lawsuits to Texas Judge Ada Brown

In a Wednesday order, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation assigned U.S. District Judge Ada Brown of the Northern District of Texas to oversee the AT&T data breach docket.

By Amanda Bronstad

3 minute read

June 05, 2024 | Law.com

Critical Mass With Law.com's Amanda Bronstad: $260M Talc Verdict Adds to J&J's Trial Troubles, Ozempic MDL Marches Ahead After Judge Dies

By Amanda Bronstad

6 minute read

June 04, 2024 | Law.com

Dallas Firm That Won $45M Talc Verdict Scored Again: Jury Hits J&J With $260M

The Oregon jury's verdict, which included $200 million in punitive damages, followed a month of trial in a case brought by Kyung Lee, diagnosed with mesothelioma after decades of being exposed to Johnson & Johnson's baby powder.

By Amanda Bronstad

6 minute read

June 03, 2024 | The Recorder

Lawyers Vying for 23andMe Data Breach Leadership Fear Bankruptcy Imminent

U.S. District Judge Edward Chen heard arguments on Monday from more than a dozen lawyers vying for leadership of the 23andMe data breach litigation.

By Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read

May 31, 2024 | Law.com

Talc Plaintiffs Move to Quash Subpoenas as J&J Defends Attorney's Conduct

On Thursday, Beasley Allen and the plaintiffs' steering committee in the talc multidistrict litigation filed motions to quash subpoenas sought by Johnson & Johnson in the talc litigation.

By Amanda Bronstad

6 minute read

May 31, 2024 | Law.com

'They Shouldn't Allow 24/7 Access': Lawsuits Allege Kids Got Addicted to Video Games

On Thursday, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation heard arguments on whether to combine about two dozen lawsuits alleging children and young adults got addicted to video games.

By Amanda Bronstad

6 minute read

May 29, 2024 | Law.com

Critical Mass With Law.com's Amanda Bronstad: Class Action Alleges J&J's 'Fraudulent Maneuvers' Compromised Talc Plaintiffs, MDL Panel to Hear GM Privacy Lawsuits

This week: Plaintiffs' firms opposing Johnson & Johnson's latest bankruptcy plan filed a class action over alleged "fraudulent maneuvers." The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation hears big cases on May 30, including suits alleging GM sends driver data to insurance firms. Find out who filed the first class action in the wake of the DOJ's antitrust case against Live Nation and Ticketmaster.

By Amanda Bronstad

7 minute read

May 28, 2024 | Law.com

'A Lot of Outrage': Privacy Suits Allege GM Steers Driver Data to Insurers

About two dozen class actions allege General Motors is gathering data about drivers without their consent, and then sending it to insurance companies, which raise their rates.

By Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read

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