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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July 12, 2022 | The Recorder

Allergan, Teva Settle Opioid Trial As Closing Arguments Begin in San Francisco

The two drug companies have agreed to pay $54 million to settle San Francisco's opioid trial on Tuesday, but closing arguments continue against a third defendant, Walgreens.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

July 08, 2022 | The Recorder

Google's $90M Antitrust Settlement With App Developers Had a Power Play: Apple.

The class action settlement, which is up for court approval on Aug. 4, contained many of the same provisions within a similar $100 million class action agreement with Apple, approved last month.

By Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read

July 06, 2022 | Law.com

Johnson & Johnson Wins Third Ethicon Pelvic Mesh Trial This Year

The July 1 defense verdict, from a federal jury in Denver, follows two other pelvic mesh verdicts in March, in Arizona and West Virginia, for Johnson & Johnson's Ethicon.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

July 06, 2022 | Law.com

Critical Mass With Law.com's Amanda Bronstad: What Does WV Judge's Defense Decision Mean For Future Opioid Trials? Lawsuits Emerge Over Prenatal Link Between Acetaminophen and ADHD, Autism.

By Amanda Bronstad

7 minute read

July 05, 2022 | Law.com

West Virginia Judge Rules for Drug Distributors in Opioid Case

U.S. District Judge David Faber, in a bench trial that concluded last year in the Southern District of West Virginia, sided with distributors McKesson, Cardinal Health and AmerisourceBergen in a 184-page decision about the opioid crisis.

By Amanda Bronstad

7 minute read

July 01, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal

Talc Victims: Chapter 11 Case 'Lacks Any Valid Bankruptcy Purpose'

The Official Committee of Talc Claimants filed an opening brief on Thursday before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, challenging a Feb. 25 order refusing to dismiss the bankruptcy of LTL Management, a newly created subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson.

By Amanda Bronstad

3 minute read

June 30, 2022 | Law.com

'A Monumental Undertaking.' New Lawsuits Allege Prenatal Link Between Acetaminophen and ADHD, Autism

Mikal Watts predicted hundreds of thousands of cases. "Indeed, counsel anticipate that this will be one of the largest multidistrict litigations in the history of the United States," he wrote in a motion this month before the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation.

By Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read

June 29, 2022 | The Recorder

Judge Orrick Certifies 4 Classes of Juul Customers in MDL

Tuesday's ruling by U.S. District Judge William Orrick, in San Francisco, found that differences in the specific advertisements that individual class members saw, costs they suffered, or their "nicotine journey," did not overwhelm the common issues among all class members—namely, the allegedly deceptive marketing of Juul's products.

By Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read

June 29, 2022 | Law.com

Critical Mass With Law.com's Amanda Bronstad: Will The FDA's Decision Extinguish Lawsuits Against Juul? The U.S. Supreme Court Denied Review of Another Roundup Case.

By Amanda Bronstad

7 minute read

June 28, 2022 | Law.com

Bankruptcy Judge Says Erika Girardi Must Turn Over Diamond Earrings

The trustee, Elissa Miller, had filed a motion to turn over the $750,000 earrings, claiming that Tom Girardi purchased them in 2007 with a check drawn against a Girardi Keese client trust account that held settlements over diabetes drug Rezulin.

By Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read

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