Amanda Bronstad

May 23, 2016 | National Law Journal

Labaton Sucharow had its hands in some of most groundbreaking shareholder class actions last year.

By Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read

May 23, 2016 | National Law Journal

Miami-based Berger Singerman has its toes in all of Florida's waters, wading through key business disputes, bankruptcies and real estate deals.

By Amanda Bronstad

7 minute read

May 19, 2016 | National Law Journal

For more than 30 years, medical researchers had studied whether there was a link between talcum powder use in the genital area and ovarian cancer. The answer? It depended on whom you asked. Ted Meadows, who had just finished handling cases brought by women alleging the hormone replacement drug Prempro caused their breast cancer, wanted to take a closer look at the studies. It paid off.

By Amanda Bronstad

6 minute read

May 11, 2016 | National Law Journal

A federal appeals court on Wednesday ordered the removal of a California judge who is overseeing an antitrust class action against the publishers of the Barbri bar review course after his rulings have been repeatedly reversed.

By Amanda Bronstad

7 minute read

May 11, 2016 | National Law Journal

Plaintiffs attorney Thomas Girardi has been ordered to turn over documents detailing his personal net worth and the finances of his Los Angeles law firm, Girardi Keese, as part of a lawsuit alleging he misappropriated more than $12.5 million from a settlement over hormone replacement therapy drug Prempro.

By Amanda Bronstad

16 minute read

May 02, 2016 | National Law Journal

Johnson & Johnson lost another verdict over claims that the use of talcum powder caused a woman's ovarian cancer after a jury in Missouri awarded $55 million on Monday. The verdict comes after another Missouri jury on Feb. 22 awarded $75 million in the first award against Johnson & Johnson over talcum powder's links to ovarian cancer.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

May 02, 2016 | National Law Journal

Despite the $20 billion settlement BP PLC struck with the U.S. Department of Justice over the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, tens of thousands of lawsuits could hit the courts this month, adding to the oil company's ballooning costs.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

April 26, 2016 | National Law Journal

Nearly 45 lawsuits have been filed alleging that four brands labeled "100% Grated Parmesan Cheese" including Kraft and Wal-Mart's private brand fail to tell consumers that they actually contain fillers made from wood pulp.

By Amanda Bronstad

17 minute read

April 25, 2016 | Law.com

A federal judge in Los Angeles on Monday tentatively excluded evidence of drug and alcohol use from the May 10 copyright infringement trial over Led Zeppelin's iconic “Stairway to Heaven.” At the same time, a lawyer suing the band asked that members Robert Plant and Jimmy Page clarify whether they plan to show up in court.

By Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read

April 25, 2016 | The American Lawyer

MetLife v. Financial Stability Oversight Council; Sanofi SA Securities Class Action; Suture Express v. Cardinal Health; In re DePuy Orthopaedics Hip Implant Product Liability Litigation

By Amanda Bronstad, Scott Flaherty and Jenna Greene

45 minute read