Amanda Bronstad

October 04, 2021 | Law.com

Chicago partner Gary Elden brought the class action prior to his firm's 2015 merger with Shook, Hardy & Bacon, but the firm continued to pursue the case on behalf of a group of doctors suing a hospital system in Tennessee.

By Amanda Bronstad

6 minute read

October 01, 2021 | Daily Business Review

Friday's verdict, which comes after two weeks of testimony in federal court in Pensacola, is the largest yet from bellwether trials in the multidistrict litigation over 3M's dual-ended combat earplugs.

By Amanda Bronstad

3 minute read

October 01, 2021 | The Recorder

In a Thursday order, U.S. District Judge John Lee wrote that the notice program's digital media campaign alone was expected to reach more than 95% of class members, who had accused TikTok of violating the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

October 01, 2021 | The Recorder

Owen, of Owen, Patterson & Owen in Valencia, represented thousands of victims of a 2015 gas leak that Southern California Gas agreed to compensate this week for $1.8 billion. Owen's firm also is the largest unsecured creditor of Girardi Keese.

By Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read

September 30, 2021 | The Recorder

On Thursday, Orange County Superior Court Judge Peter Wilson interrupted Motley Rice partner Fidelma Fitzpatrick's closing argument, held via Zoom, to question how a rise in opiate pharmaceuticals created a public nuisance in California. Fitzpatrick represents the counties of Los Angeles, Orange and Santa Clara, as well as the city of Oakland.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

September 29, 2021 | Law.com

It was three up, three down, for Johnson & Johnson and its courtroom battles tying its cosmetic talcum powder products to ovarian cancer.

By Amanda Bronstad

7 minute read

September 28, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

Leigh O'Dell, an attorney with Beasley Allen, said the plaintiffs' side is still processing the recent verdicts and will be revisiting its strategy and examining questions such as whether COVID has changed juror attitudes.

By Aleeza Furman | Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read

September 27, 2021 | Law.com

The defense verdict is a major blow for plaintiffs, which have lost three trials so far this year, including one on Sept. 24 in Philadelphia.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

September 27, 2021 | The Recorder

Monday's settlement, one of the largest environmental tort agreements in California, comes as Southern California Gas and its parent company, Sempra, faced trial in the litigation, which alleges the leak at the Aliso Canyon Natural Gas Storage Facility in Los Angeles caused medical problems and property damages for businesses and residents.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

September 24, 2021 | New York Law Journal

U.S. District Judge P. Kevin Castel on Friday ordered Kellogg Hansen to explain how the firm plans to represent British newspaper Daily Mail in the multidistrict litigation over Google's digital advertising while representing Facebook in a separate antitrust case brought by the Federal Trade Commission. "I'm not accusing anybody of bad faith here," Castel said at the hearing, "but it's an odd lineup."

By Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read