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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February 01, 2023 | Law.com

Critical Mass With Law.com's Amanda Bronstad: Third Circuit's Talc Dismissal 'Setback' and 'Major Victory,' Science Lab Spurring Consumer Product Recalls Under Attack

Welcome to Law.com Class Actions: Critical Mass, a weekly briefing for class action and mass tort attorneys.

By Amanda Bronstad

7 minute read

January 30, 2023 | Law.com

In 'Landmark' Win for Talc Plaintiffs, Third Circuit Dismisses Johnson & Johnson Unit's Bankruptcy

On Monday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit reversed a bankruptcy judge's decision, concluding that Johnson & Johnson subsidiary LTL Management was not in financial distress at the time it filed its Chapter 11 case in 2021.

By Amanda Bronstad

6 minute read

January 30, 2023 | Law.com

Scientific Lab Behind Dozens of Product Recalls Under the Microscope

In lawsuits, GlaxoSmithKline, Unilever and others are challenging the scientific methods used by Valisure, the Connecticut laboratory whose reports have prompted recalls, and subsequent class actions, over drugs, sunscreen and dry shampoo.

By Amanda Bronstad

10 minute read

January 25, 2023 | Law.com

'A Contrivance by Clever Lawyers': Plaintiffs' Appeal Asks to Exclude 3M From Earplug Bankruptcy

Plaintiffs suing over combat earplugs filed a brief on Wednesday before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit to affirm an Aug. 26 bankruptcy decision not to extend a Chapter 11 case's automatic stay to include the debtor's parent corporation, 3M.

By Amanda Bronstad

3 minute read

January 25, 2023 | Law.com

Critical Mass With Law.com's Amanda Bronstad: Are Lawsuits Possible Over California's Mass Shootings? In Tesla Trial, Elon Musk Takes On Class Actions

Welcome to Law.com Class Actions: Critical Mass, a weekly briefing for class action and mass tort attorneys.

By Amanda Bronstad

6 minute read

January 24, 2023 | The Recorder

Lawsuits Over California Mass Shootings Would Be Tough, Lawyers Say

Lawyers say civil lawsuits could be difficult over the mass shootings in Monterey Park and Half Moon Bay that killed 18 people in California, but many facts remain unknown.

By Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read

January 20, 2023 | The Recorder

San Francisco Judge Approves Juul's $255M Class Action Settlement

At a Friday hearing, U.S. District Judge William Orrick III granted preliminary approval of Juul's settlement, which resolves economic claims brought by its customers.

By Amanda Bronstad

2 minute read

January 20, 2023 | Law.com

T-Mobile's $350M Settlement Scrutinized as New Cyberattack Emerges

One day after T-Mobile announced a new cyberattack, a federal judge heard arguments on Friday whether to approve a $350 million data breach settlement.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

January 19, 2023 | Law.com

Uncertainty Plagues 3M Combat Earplug Global Settlement as Judge Declares 'Impasse'

A federal judge in the multidistrict litigation scrapped mediation talks this week, while, in bankruptcy court, 16 plaintiffs firms opposed a request for more time to come up with a Chapter 11 reorganization plan.

By Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read

January 18, 2023 | The Recorder

'Twitter Haikus Don't Move the Market': Trial Begins Over Elon Musk's Tesla Tweets

In opening statements on Wednesday, a lawyer for Tesla shareholders insisted that Elon Musk's 2018 tweets were lies that caused investor losses. Musk's lawyer said the statements weren't fraudulent.

By Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read

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