Amanda Bronstad

March 02, 2016 | Law.com

The U.S. Supreme Court has denied a petition to review a closely watched consumer case, raising speculation among the defense bar that Justice Antonin Scalia's absence could make it harder to get key class action issues decided.

By Amanda Bronstad

3 minute read

February 29, 2016 | National Law Journal

The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to take up Girardi Keese's fight against turning over more than $10 million in proceeds from a 2012 settlement to the lead attorneys in multidistrict litigation involving the diabetes drug Avandia.

By Amanda Bronstad

7 minute read

February 29, 2016 | National Law Journal

Suing insurance firms is far from ordinary for Reed Smith.

By Amanda Bronstad

3 minute read

February 26, 2016 | National Law Journal

The Dow Chemical Co. has agreed to pay $835 million to settle price-fixing litigation over urethane sales, citing uncertainties about the prospects of class actions before the U.S. Supreme Court given the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. Dow's move is encouraging news to the plaintiffs bar that other defendants in the same procedural situation will make similar moves, faced with the uncertainty of the Supreme Court.

By Amanda Bronstad

10 minute read

February 24, 2016 | National Law Journal

Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc. has agreed to settle most of its Durom Cup hip implant litigation, but the deal might exclude dozens of cases brought by a lead plaintiffs attorney who is fighting to pay for the rising costs of the multidistrict litigation.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

February 23, 2016 | National Law Journal

A jury has awarded $72 million in the first damages verdict against Johnson & Johnson over claims that the use of talcum powder caused a woman's ovarian cancer.

By Amanda Bronstad

3 minute read

February 22, 2016 | National Law Journal

Trial lawyers on both sides of class actions and products liability lawsuits talked to The National Law Journal about what Justice Antonin Scalia's death could mean going forward.

By Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read

February 19, 2016 | Law.com

A disbarred lawyer who has made it his mission to promote American-manufactured products is facing opposition that would block him from filing lawsuits in California. Joel Joseph, chairman of the Made in the USA Foundation in Los Angeles who was disbarred in 2011 in Maryland, has continued to file suits as a pro se plaintiff against companies like Costco Wholesale Corp., Trader Joe's Co. and CVS Pharmacy Inc. over the labeling of ground meat and generic pharmaceuticals.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

February 17, 2016 | National Law Journal

A Los Angeles Superior Court judge who was killed Monday while crossing the street had a long career in Washington, most recently as a partner at Hogan Lovells.

By Amanda Bronstad

3 minute read

February 15, 2016 | National Law Journal

When initial negotiations began in 2014 over General Electric Co.'s purchase of the power generation business of France's Alstom, there was no mention of selling its own rail signaling assets. But when those assets suddenly became a significant part of the discussion, the legal department at GE Transportation had to move faster than a locomotive.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read