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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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November 03, 2016 | National Law Journal

Ballot Measures in 4 States Could Impact State Courts

Initiatives on Nov. 8 ballots in four states could affect the courts, from changes to the judicial retirement age to the potential dismantling of an entire judicial disciplinary committee.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

November 03, 2016 | National Law Journal

'Down-Ballot' State Court Elections Now Played Up With Spending, Obama Nod

Though the U.S. Supreme Court has been a dominant issue in this year's presidential debates, state judicial races are gaining national attention, with one even featuring an unprecedented intervention from the White House.

By Amanda Bronstad

11 minute read

November 02, 2016 | The American Lawyer

Big Suits

By Amanda Bronstad, Scott Flaherty, Jenna Greene, Mark Hamblett, Ben Hancock

54 minute read

November 01, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

FaceTime: Ex-Apple Lawyer Can't Sue as 'Jane Doe'

A Los Angeles judge has ordered a former in-house attorney at Apple Inc. to refile a gender discrimination case she brought anonymously in June under her real name.

By Amanda Bronstad

10 minute read

November 01, 2016 | The Recorder

Koh Emerging as Class Counsel's Choice to Preside in Yahoo Data Breach Cases

Lawyers who have filed 18 consumer class actions over Yahoo's data breach are converging on where the litigation should be heard: California's Northern District and, in particular, before U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh.

By Amanda Bronstad

8 minute read

October 31, 2016 | The Recorder

FaceTime: Ex-Apple Lawyer Can't Sue as 'Jane Doe'

A Los Angeles judge has ordered a former in-house attorney at Apple Inc. to refile a gender discrimination case she brought anonymously in June under her real name.

By Amanda Bronstad

10 minute read

October 27, 2016 | National Law Journal

J&J Hit With $70M Verdict in Third Talc Powder Loss

The damages award for plaintiff Deborah Giannecchini follows two eight-figure verdicts against Johnson & Johnson earlier this year in the same Missouri court.

By Amanda Bronstad

23 minute read

October 26, 2016 | National Law Journal

Lawyers in Trump University Case Trade Barbs Over 'Gamesmanship'

The gloves are off not just in the presidential campaign but in the case over Trump University, with lawyers on each side accusing the other of gamesmanship ahead of next month's scheduled trial.

By Amanda Bronstad

11 minute read

October 26, 2016 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Government Doesn't Have to Disclose Names of Terrorist Groups in Refugee Vetting, Court Says

In its second opinion this month involving refugees from Syria, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit agreed that the U.S. government didn't have to disclose the names of certain terrorist organizations that have come up in vetting asylum applicants.

By AMANDA BRONSTAD, Law.com

8 minute read

October 24, 2016 | National Law Journal

Professional Services Firms Increasingly a Target of Pay Equity Suits

Lawyers, accountants and software engineers—they might have jobs that pay hundreds of thousands of dollars a year, but for many women that's not enough.

By Amanda Bronstad

26 minute read