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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.
May 10, 2015 | National Law Journal
Plaintiffs lawyers have turned to the courts to fight changes to the $9.2 billion Deepwater Horizon settlement that they warn will leave out thousands of businesses suffering oil-spill losses.
By Amanda Bronstad
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May 5, 2015 | National Law Journal
A leading hip implant manufacturer facing about 400 products liability lawsuits goes to trial in two separate cases this month, starting on Wednesday with the first federal court suit.
By Amanda Bronstad
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April 30, 2015 | National Law Journal
A California appeals court has reinstated a class action filed on behalf of thousands of child actors and other young performers alleging Bank of America Corp. illegally charged monthly fees on trust accounts that protect their earnings.
By Amanda Bronstad
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April 29, 2015 | National Law Journal
Magnetar Technologies Corp. designs brakes for roller coasters, but it was the company's patent infringement lawsuit against Six Flags and dozens of other amusement parks that ground to a screeching halt this month after some damaging documents surfaced.
By Amanda Bronstad
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April 28, 2015 | National Law Journal
Takeda Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. has agreed to pay $2.4 billion to settle lawsuits by 9,000 people alleging that the company failed to warn of bladder cancer risks from taking its Type 2 diabetes drug Actos.
By Amanda Bronstad
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April 27, 2015 | National Law Journal
When the parents of a girls' softball league in Los Angeles grew tired of watching their daughters practice in the parking lots while nearby fields leased to a boys' league sat unused, they came up with a plan: They sued.
By Amanda Bronstad
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April 26, 2015 | Corporate Counsel
Litigators are getting ready to try bellwether GM ignition switch cases.
By Amanda Bronstad
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April 26, 2015 | National Law Journal
Attorneys representing the makers of medical devices and pharmaceutical drugs are turning to the courts to combat what they claim are questionable lawsuits driven by an influx of aggressive advertising.
By Amanda Bronstad
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April 23, 2015 | National Law Journal
The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC has agreed to pay $26.5 million to settle claims that its negligence and misstatements about its technical capabilities contributed to shareholder losses on the day of Facebook Inc.'s 2012 initial public offering.
By Amanda Bronstad
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April 21, 2015 | National Law Journal
It stinks to be No. 2—that's why two leading diaper pail makers have spent years wrangling in court over who's No. 1 at keeping odor out. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Monday struck down Munchkin Inc.'s attempts to revive a $13.5 million false advertising verdict against Playtex Products LLC, maker of the Diaper Genie.
By Amanda Bronstad
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