Amanda Bronstad

November 08, 2021 | Law.com

The trial, in New Orleans, is one of nearly 12,500 lawsuits that allege that women who take Taxotere, a chemotherapy drug used to treat breast cancer, never grow back their hair.

By Amanda Bronstad

3 minute read

November 03, 2021 | The Recorder

Tom Girardi's estranged wife, Erika Girardi, also threatened sanctions against the Girardi Keese trustee for "inflammatory, malicious, and reckless" allegations that she received $25 million in fraudulent transfers from her husband's firm.

By Amanda Bronstad

6 minute read

November 03, 2021 | Law.com

A bankruptcy judge has set two days of hearings on whether to grant an injunction that would halt lawsuits over Johnson & Johnson's talc-based baby powder. A tentative decision on Monday found a group of California governments failed to distinguish legitimate reasons to prescribe opioids from illegal uses. And find out who SoClean hired to represent it in lawsuits over its CPAP cleaning devices.

By Amanda Bronstad

6 minute read

November 02, 2021 | The Recorder

In a tentative decision Monday, Orange County Superior Court Judge Peter Wilson found that the plaintiffs, which are three large California counties and the city of Oakland, failed to differentiate between legitimate uses of opioids, which are prescription painkillers, and the illegal activities that led to addictions and overdoses.

By Amanda Bronstad

7 minute read

October 29, 2021 | Daily Business Review

Friday's defense verdict comes in the fifth bellwether trial in the multidistrict litigation over 3M's dual-ended combat earplugs. 3M won a previous verdict, but other juries have awarded $7.1 million, $1.7 million and $8.2 million to plaintiffs.

By Amanda Bronstad

3 minute read

October 28, 2021 | Daily Business Review

Kimberly Branscome and Jay Bhimani, both partners in Dechert's Los Angeles office, filed an opening brief on Thursday before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, seeking to overturn U.S. District Judge M. Casey Rodgers' sanctions against them in an earplug trial earlier this year.

By Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read

October 27, 2021 | Law.com

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Craig Whitley, who is overseeing J&J subsidiary LTL Management's Chapter 11 filing, issued two orders on Tuesday that challenge the venue and limit the scope of a stay on talcum powder lawsuits.

By Amanda Bronstad

6 minute read

October 27, 2021 | Law.com

A juror in the high-profile opioid trial in Cleveland arrived in court with research from home, but U.S. District Judge Dan Polster still denied a mistrial motion. GMU's Antonin Scalia Law School delved into the debate over rules for multidistrict litigation. And find out which firm got retained to represent the family of a man shot by a security guard while at a Lowe's parking lot in Oregon.

By Amanda Bronstad

7 minute read

October 26, 2021 | Law.com

An alternate juror who sat through a lengthy talcum powder trial last month said there was a "definite need" for Johnson & Johnson to put a warning label on its baby powder but not enough evidence to convince her that the product caused plaintiffs to get ovarian cancer.

By Amanda Bronstad

6 minute read

October 25, 2021 | Law.com

U.S. District Judge Dan Polster, who is overseeing an opioid trial that began on Oct. 4, had dismissed Juror No. 4 after she admitted doing her own internet research on a topic brought up during testimony last week.

By Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read