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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January 19, 2022 | Law.com

Critical Mass with Law.com's Amanda Bronstad: Plaintiff Firms Navigate COVID-19 Surge: 'We Have Had To Remain Nimble.' Lawsuits Over Preemie Infant Formula Hit a Growth Spurt.

By Amanda Bronstad

8 minute read

January 14, 2022 | Law.com

Lawsuits Over Premature Infant Formula Deaths Are Growing

Nearly 50 lawsuits allege Abbott Laboratories and Mead Johnson made false statements about the safety of their cow's milk-based infant formula, which studies have found caused a gastrointestinal inflammation called necrotizing enterocolitis, or NEC, in premature babies.

By Amanda Bronstad

6 minute read

January 12, 2022 | Law.com

Roundup Trial in Missouri Postponed Due to COVID-19 Omicron Surge

A Jan. 31 jury trial in Kansas City, Missouri, over the pesticide Roundup was postponed on Tuesday after Monsanto raised concerns about rising COVID-19 cases.

By Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read

January 12, 2022 | Law.com

Critical Mass With Law.com's Amanda Bronstad: 3M Trial Greenlighted As COVID-19 Cripples Defense Team. It's Official - Tom Girardi Recommended For Disbarment.

By Amanda Bronstad

6 minute read

January 10, 2022 | Daily Business Review

'The Court Must Go About Its Business.' Earplug Trial Goes Forward Despite COVID-19 Outbreak.

U.S. District Judge M. Casey Rodgers denied a request from 3M to postpone Monday's trial over its combat earplugs after three members of its trial team tested positive for COVID-19.

By Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read

January 07, 2022 | Daily Business Review

3M's Earplug Trial Team, in 'Midst of an Active COVID-19 Outbreak,' Requests Bellwether Delay

Kirkland & Ellis partner Mike Brock filed a motion to continue Monday's bellwether trial in Pensacola, Florida. "The entire team has been exposed — every partner, associate, paralegal, legal assistant, and vendor — and three team members have already tested positive," he wrote.

By Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read

January 06, 2022 | Daily Business Review

'It Was News to Us': Storm Clouds Surface Over Rapidly Reached J&J Sunscreen Settlement

At the first hearing in the multidistrict litigation over Johnson & Johnson's sunscreen, several plaintiff lawyers questioned a proposed class action settlement reached within months of the July 14 recall.

By Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read

January 05, 2022 | Law.com

'It's Just Plain Wrong.' Lead Counsel Under Fire Over Talc Fees.

The Ferraro Law Firm in Miami has accused lead counsel in the multidistrict litigation over Johnson & Johnson's talcum powder of a "money grab" by collecting potential common benefit fees on two dozen lawsuits he settled.

By Amanda Bronstad

6 minute read

January 05, 2022 | Law.com

Critical Mass with Law.com's Amanda Bronstad: After New York Opioid Verdict, Plaintiffs Seek Billions of Dollars. Johnson & Johnson Says A Reuters 'Bombshell' Report on Talc Had Nothing New.

By Amanda Bronstad

7 minute read

December 23, 2021 | Law.com

2021 Was the 'Year of Trying Public Nuisance Claims' in Opioid Cases

So far, manufacturers of opioids won a bench verdict in California, followed by reversal of a $465 million judgment in Oklahoma. Two Ohio counties won the first jury verdict this year.

By Amanda Bronstad

8 minute read

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