Amanda Bronstad

August 17, 2021 | The Recorder

Attorney Daniel Kramer won a $12.6 million verdict for his client, an injured electrician, earlier this month in one of the first civil jury trials to take place in person in Los Angeles Superior Court since the COVID-19 shutdowns. Other than wearing masks, COVID-19 had little impact on the trial, he said.

By Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read

August 16, 2021 | Law.com

Monday's petition before the U.S. Supreme Court, in the only federal Roundup trial, seeks to reverse an $80 million verdict based on federal preemption and admission of plaintiffs' experts and is among Bayer's key avenues to resolving the litigation over Monsanto's pesticide.

By Amanda Bronstad

6 minute read

August 12, 2021 | Law.com

The public nuisance lawsuits, one in California and one in Illinois, alleged that McDonald's failed to protect its restaurant workers from COVID-19. The suits, one of which alleged workers had to wear doggie diapers and coffee filters as masks, both resulted in preliminary injunctions against the fast-food chain.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

August 12, 2021 | Law.com

A report released on Thursday by Lex Machina, a unit of LexisNexis, found that consumer protection filings in federal court, including data breach class actions, dropped to 12,922 from 14,432 in 2019, even though the COVID-19 pandemic created some new cases.

By Amanda Bronstad

3 minute read

August 11, 2021 | New York Law Journal

Tuesday's order by the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation transferred 19 lawsuits to Senior Judge P. Kevin Castel, in New York's Southern District, overruling significant opposition by most of the lawyers. The cases include several in California and the Texas attorney general's lawsuit against Google, which involves 13 other states and Puerto Rico.

By Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read

August 11, 2021 | Law.com

Objectors and cy pres funds were among the top concerns that prompted the 2018 amendments to the federal rules governing class action settlements. But does that mean there's no place for them? Not exactly.

By Amanda Bronstad

7 minute read

August 10, 2021 | The Recorder

Plaintiffs lawyers alleging that casino-style apps on Facebook, Google and Apple violate state gambling laws had proposed a leadership team in charge of all three dockets.

By Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read

August 09, 2021 | The Recorder

A bankruptcy trustee's request to send the NFL concussion cases to Goldberg, Persky & White, and 52 transvaginal mesh cases to Nadrich & Cohen and The Oshman Firm, is likely to go forward after Erika Girardi, the estranged wife of Tom Girardi, dropped her objection on Monday.

By Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read

July 30, 2021 | Law.com

Many courts were already urging or mandating pretrial mediations, but as the pandemic shutdown lifts lawyers are getting a clear message: "settle it, try it or dismiss it."

By Greg Land | Amanda Bronstad

16 minute read

July 30, 2021 | Law.com

Friday's defense verdict comes four days after an Illinois judge issued a contempt order against Johnson & Johnson because its corporate witness, who testified in the trial, failed to appear for cross-examination.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read