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 10, 2024 | Law.com

NY Appeals Court Grants J&J's Subpoena for Talc Expert as 'Clearly Relevant'

In an Oct. 8 order, a New York appeals court allowed Johnson & Johnson to subpoena plaintiffs' expert Dr. Jacqueline Moline and her employer, Northwell Health, for the names of the individuals in her two groundbreaking reports, published in 2020 and 2023, both of which linked cosmetic talcum powder to mesothelioma.

By Amanda Bronstad

6 minute read

October 09, 2024 | The Recorder

Girardi's Lawyers Move for New Trial: He Doesn't Remember Jury's Verdict

Tom Girardi's lawyers asked a federal judge on Tuesday to toss his conviction because he wasn't competent enough to understand his own criminal trial.

By Amanda Bronstad

6 minute read

October 09, 2024 | Law.com

GlaxoSmithKline Settles Most Zantac Lawsuits for $2.2B

The settlement, announced on Wednesday, resolves 93% of all Zantac cases in state courts against GlaxoSmithKline.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

October 09, 2024 | Law.com

Critical Mass With Law.com's Amanda Bronstad: Could Cases Over Depo-Provera Be A New Mass Tort? Rulemaking Committee Might Take Up Litigation Funding

By Amanda Bronstad

6 minute read

October 07, 2024 | Law.com

Judicial Panel Sends Snowflake-Related Data Breach Lawsuits to Montana

The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation ordered that about 80 data breach cases centered on cloud storage software firm Snowflake Inc. be transferred to Chief U.S. District Judge Brian Morris in the District of Montana.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

October 03, 2024 | Law.com

First Lawsuit Filed Alleging Contraceptive Depo-Provera Caused Brain Tumor

Ellen Relkin, who filed the first case on Tuesday, predicts thousands of lawsuits after a French study in March found the contraceptive Depo-Provera had a 550% higher chance of developing brain tumors.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

October 03, 2024 | Law.com

BD Settles Thousands of Bard Hernia Mesh Lawsuits

The settlement with Becton, Dickinson and Co., or BD, resolves nearly 25,000 cases in federal multidistrict litigation and more than 15,000 in state courts in Rhode Island, where Bard is headquartered.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

October 02, 2024 | Law.com

Lawyer in 3rd NEC Formula Trial Asks Jurors for 'a Very, Very Large Number'

The third trial over cow's milk-based infant formula began on Wednesday in St. Louis City Circuit Court. It is the first trial against both manufacturers, Abbott Laboratories and Mead Johnson.

By Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read

October 02, 2024 | Law.com

Critical Mass With Law.com's Amanda Bronstad: Nonwhite Attorneys Got Only 11% Of 2023 MDL Appointments, Talc Bankruptcy Trustee in Wants Texas Case in NJ

Law.com statistics found that only 11% of the leadership appointments in multidistrict litigation last year went to attorneys of color, down from 14% in 2022.

By Amanda Bronstad

7 minute read

October 01, 2024 | Law.com

'You Are Not Alone': 120 Sex Assault Victims Plan to Sue Sean 'Diddy' Combs

At a Tuesday news conference, attorney Tony Buzbee, of The Buzbee Law Firm in Houston, called on Sean 'Diddy' Combs' sexual assault victims to come forward. 'There is a great strength in numbers,' he said.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

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