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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October 24, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

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

October 18, 2016 | The Recorder

Final Approval Near in $14.7 Billion VW Emissions Accord, Judge Says

A federal judge said he planned to grant final approval to a $14.7 billion settlement with Volkswagen over an emissions scandal involving its diesel-powered vehicles.

By Amanda Bronstad

7 minute read

October 10, 2016 | Law.com

Hollywood Guilds Press Claims in 'Wolf of Wall Street' Forfeiture Case

Hollywood's largest unions have asserted claims in the federal government's forfeiture case over “The Wolf of Wall Street,” with one guild acknowledging it was conducting an internal audit of the production company behind the 2013 film.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

October 05, 2016 | National Law Journal

Pesticide Cases Directed to Northern District of Calif.

A federal judicial panel has ordered 40 lawsuits against Monsanto Co. over its RoundUp herbicide to be sent to U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria of the Northern District of California.

By Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read

October 04, 2016 | National Law Journal

FTC Scores Record Judgment in Case Over Payday Lending Scheme

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has scored a record $1.27 billion judgment against race car driver Scott Tucker and several of his companies as part of an alleged deceptive payday lending scheme.

By Amanda Bronstad

10 minute read

September 27, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

Yahoo Security Breach Sparks Class Actions

At least six class actions have been filed against Yahoo! Inc. in the wake of last week's announcement of a security breach that compromised an estimated 500 million account holders.

By Amanda Bronstad

8 minute read

September 26, 2016 | National Law Journal

Legal Staffing Firm Sued for Infringing on Copyright in Stock Photos

A legal technology staffing firm in California has been sued for infringing on the copyrights to half a dozen images with names like “Businessman at desk, touching globe” and “Businessman sitting on chair, smiling, portrait.”

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

September 22, 2016 | National Law Journal

U.S. Judge Rejects Bid to Toss Case Linking Talc, Cancer

A federal judge has remanded a case in which a California woman is scheduled to go to trial on Sept. 26 alleging Johnson & Johnson's baby powder caused her to get ovarian cancer.

By Amanda Bronstad

17 minute read

September 20, 2016 | National Law Journal

Objectors Fault $324 M in Potential Fees in VW Emissions Accord

More than a dozen objectors have urged a federal judge to reject Volkswagen's $14.7 billion emissions settlement next month—most of them criticizing a potential $324 million in fees lead plaintiffs attorneys said they might pursue.

By Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read

September 19, 2016 | National Law Journal

Class Plaintiffs Sue Ford Over Exploding Sunroofs

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

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