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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April 20, 2022 | The Recorder

San Francisco's Opioid Trial Starts Monday. One Defendant Already Settled.

San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu, at a press conference on Wednesday, said drug companies "flooded San Francisco with prescription opioids," creating a public nuisance. One defendant, Endo, settled for $10 million.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

April 20, 2022 | Law.com

Law.com's Critical Mass With Amanda Bronstad: New PFAS Lawsuits Target Waterproof Mascara, Big Mac Wrappers. Bankruptcy Judge Greenlights Trustee's Probe Of Girardi Keese's Lenders.

By Amanda Bronstad

7 minute read

April 19, 2022 | The Recorder

'Things Have Changed.' Bankruptcy Judge Approves Girardi Keese Trustee's Lender Probe.

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Barry Russell, who previously rejected a similar request back in November, shut down the objections of litigation funders Stillwell Madison, California Attorney Lending II and Virage SPV 1 LLC, all of whom are potential targets of the trustee's investigation.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

April 19, 2022 | Law.com

New PFAS Lawsuits Target Waterproof Mascara, Burger Wrappers

A growing list of consumer products are now being targeted in lawsuits for containing PFAS, or polyfluoroalkyl substances, also known as "forever chemicals."

By Amanda Bronstad

7 minute read

April 14, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal

Bankruptcy Judge Greenlights Proposed Talc Class Action

Chief Bankruptcy Judge Michael Kaplan on Wednesday granted a motion declaring that the automatic stay of 38,000 talcum powder lawsuits against Johnson & Johnson did not apply to a proposed class action.

By Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read

April 13, 2022 | Law.com

Critical Mass by Law.com's Amanda Bronstad: Gibson Dunn 'Mortified' At Judge's Sanctions Threat Over Facebook Discovery. Walgreens Cites AG's Prior Statements in Florida's Opioid Trial.

By Amanda Bronstad

7 minute read

April 12, 2022 | The Recorder

Gibson Dunn 'Mortified' at Possible Sanctions Over Facebook Discovery

On Monday, lawyers at Gibson Dunn said U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria's statements about discovery sanctions were based on a "false and misleading account" by the plaintiffs' attorneys, who filed a sanctions motion last month in lawsuits against Facebook over the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

By Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read

April 11, 2022 | Daily Business Review

'Pharmacies Were Lied To.' Walgreens Cites Florida AG's Own Words in Opioid Trial

In an opening statement on Monday, Walgreens attorney Steven Derringer cited statements on the attorney general's office website in 2018 and 2019 that drug manufacturers, such as Purdue Pharma, misrepresented the risks of opioids to pharmacies. "We agree with the attorney general about this," he told jurors, according to a broadcast by Courtroom View Network.

By Amanda Bronstad

3 minute read

April 08, 2022 | Daily Business Review

3M Wins Latest Earplug Verdict, Two Weeks After Juries Awarded $57M to Plaintiffs

3M, represented by Kirkland & Ellis at this month's trial, has now won six of the 14 bellwether trials in the multidistrict litigation over its dual-ended combat earplugs.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

April 07, 2022 | Law.com

Boeing Faces First Trial Over Toxic Cabin Air

Matt Leckman, a partner at Littlepage Booth Leckman, represents the wife of a pilot allegedly sickened from toxic cabin air, which is caused when engine fumes seep into the cabin. Trial begins on April 18 in Chicago.

By Amanda Bronstad

8 minute read

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