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Amanda Bronstad

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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April 29, 2024 | Law.com

Another Roundup Trial Kicks Off in Missouri. Monsanto Faces 3 Plaintiffs

Jury selection began Monday in St. Louis in a case brought by two Ohio women and one woman in Oklahoma.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

April 26, 2024 | The Recorder

Leadership War Breaks Out in 23andMe Data Breach Case 'at the Crossroads'

Lawyers ramped up their fight over how to manage the 23andMe Inc. data breach litigation, disagreeing on everything from whether to immediately settle the cases to handling class members who are "truly frightened."

By Amanda Bronstad

6 minute read

April 25, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Pennsylvania Judge Grants Final Approval to Philips CPAP Settlement

U.S. District Senior Judge Joy Flowers Conti of the Western District of Pennsylvania granted final approval to a class action settlement over recalled Philips breathing devices, plus nearly $100 million in attorney fees.

By Amanda Bronstad

3 minute read

April 25, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

As Eli Lilly's Insulin Pricing Settlement Unravels, Lawyers Vow to Push Ahead

Lawyers touting a $500 million settlement over insulin pricing are back at the drawing board after a judge refused to certify their class.

By Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read

April 24, 2024 | Law.com

Critical Mass With Law.com's Amanda Bronstad: Mixed Results in J&J's First Post-Bankruptcy Talc Verdicts, Antitrust Class Actions Surge Over Sugar

The first talcum powder verdicts involving Johnson & Johnson since the failed bankruptcies of its subsidiary last year both ended on April 19—but with mixed results.

By Amanda Bronstad

7 minute read

April 22, 2024 | Law.com

'We Fight': The Dallas Firm That Won $45M Talc Verdict Refused Johnson & Johnson's Settlement Offer

Friday's verdict against Johnson & Johnson, in Chicago's Cook County Circuit Court, is the first for a mesothelioma victim since two failed talc bankruptcies last year—and a groundbreaking win for Dallas-based Dean Omar Branham Shirley.

By Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read

April 22, 2024 | Law.com

Soaring Sugar Prices Not So Sweet: Antitrust Class Actions Surge

Two years after the U.S. Department of Justice failed to block a $315 million merger between United States Sugar Corp. and Imperial Sugar Co., antitrust lawyers have lodged nearly two dozen class actions at the sugar industry.

By Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read

April 19, 2024 | Daily Business Review

Florida Jury Sides With Johnson & Johnson in First Post-Bankruptcy Talc Verdict

Thursday's verdict comes in the second ovarian cancer trial since Johnson & Johnson's failed talc bankruptcies last year.

By Amanda Bronstad

3 minute read

April 17, 2024 | Law.com

Paraquat Judge Tosses Key Plaintiffs' Expert Over 'Methodological Contortions'

U.S. District Judge Nancy Rosenstengel, who is overseeing the paraquat multidistrict litigation, found that Dr. Martin Wells, a biostatistician and epidemiologist at Cornell University, used unreliable methodologies in concluding that exposure to the pesticide increased the risks of getting Parkinson's disease.

By Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read