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 25, 2016 | National Law Journal

In the Big Verdicts Arena,Don't Mess with Texas

Everything really was bigger in Texas last year. The Lone Star State had 18 of the top 100 verdicts in 2015.

By Amanda Bronstad

8 minute read

April 22, 2016 | Law.com

A Flood of Nearly 100 Flint Civil Suits Filed Amid Criminal Charges

Criminal charges filed this week against three government employees over the Flint water crisis come as many state and local officials are fighting off civil cases by hiring their own attorneys and, in some cases, already moving to dismiss the litigation.

By Amanda Bronstad

13 minute read

April 15, 2016 | Law.com

P.F. Chang's Can't Dodge Data-Breach Class Action

The issue of standing has plagued plaintiffs in recent data-breach cases, but a federal appeals court has ruled in their favor by reversing the dismissal of a class action against P.F. Chang's China Bistro Inc.

By Amanda Bronstad

9 minute read

April 14, 2016 | National Law Journal

Ashley Madison Litigation Ensnares Law Firm's Emails

AshleyMadison.com is fighting to block thousands of internal documents exposed in last year's data breach from getting into court, where plaintiffs attorneys want to use emails between the company's executives and outside counsel to allege the extramarital-affair website was engaged in widespread fraud on consumers.

By Amanda Bronstad

33 minute read

April 12, 2016 | National Law Journal

Led Zeppelin Wants Drug and Alcohol Evidence Barred at 'Stairway' Trial

Rock legends Jimmy Page and Robert Plant are poised to appear at trial next month in a copyright fight over Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven," but they want evidence about alleged past escapades with drugs and alcohol kept outside the courtroom.

By Amanda Bronstad

7 minute read

April 08, 2016 | National Law Journal

More Than 100 Viagra Suits Alleging Skin Cancer Headed to San Francisco

Lawsuits filed against Pfizer Inc. claiming that Viagra caused men to get skin cancer have been transferred to a judge in San Francisco by a federal judicial panel.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

April 06, 2016 | Law.com

VW Sued Again, This Time By Its Own Dealerships

Add Volkswagen's own franchise dealerships to the list of parties suing the automaker over its emissions scandal.

By Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read

April 04, 2016 | National Law Journal

In Reversal, Tenth Circuit Slashes Punitives to One-to-One Ratio

In a case closely watched by tort reformers, a federal appeals court has whittled a $25.5 million punitive damages award to $1.95 million in a carbon monoxide poisoning lawsuit out of Wyoming.

By Amanda Bronstad

6 minute read

March 31, 2016 | Law.com

'Stairway to Heaven' Leading to Trial for Led Zeppelin

Members of legendary rock band Led Zeppelin face a May 10 trial over claims that they ripped off another artist to make the iconic song “Stairway to Heaven.”

By Amanda Bronstad

12 minute read

March 28, 2016 | The American Lawyer

Big Suits

U.S. v. VimpelCom; Northland Financial v. Schwab; U.S. v. Julius Baer; Fox v. J&J; U.S. v. HSBC

By Amanda Bronstad, Scott Flaherty, Jenna Greene, Christian Nolan, Sue Reisinger

38 minute read

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