Amanda Bronstad

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

July 30, 2021 | The Recorder

Sierra Elizabeth, a Los Angeles partner at Kirkland & Ellis, handled back-to-back jury trials this summer in Florida and California, regions with very different COVID-19 protocols. "If they tell me that's the only way to try cases, and put a mask on, I'll do it," she said.

By Amanda Bronstad

8 minute read

July 29, 2021 | Law.com

At the first hearing in the multidistrict litigation over its alleged role in the opioid crisis, the global consulting firm's lawyer on Thursday insisted that more than half the 50 lawsuits are subject to a $573 million multistate settlement reached earlier this year.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

July 28, 2021 | Law.com

A judge on Monday ordered Johnson & Johnson in contempt of court after its witness failed to appear during a talcum powder trial. A revised $26 billion global settlement to resolve the opioid crisis is dependent on who participates – and who doesn't. Who did Philips North America retain to represent it in lawsuits over its recalled breathing machines?

By Amanda Bronstad

7 minute read

July 27, 2021 | Law.com

Attorney Ben Crump teamed up with New York's Napoli Shkolnik to file a lawsuit Tuesday on behalf of the National Council of Negro Women alleging that Johnson & Johnson marketed its baby powder to Black women, many of whom died of ovarian cancer.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

July 26, 2021 | Law.com

An Illinois state court judge issued the contempt order Monday against Johnson & Johnson and its vice president of women's health, Dr. Susan Nicholson, after she failed to appear for cross-examination as a defense witness in the trial, according to Beasley Allen, which is representing plaintiff Colleen Cadagin.

By Amanda Bronstad

3 minute read

July 26, 2021 | Law.com

Tom Girardi and his firm's former bookkeeper are anticipated to plead the Fifth Amendment at an upcoming contempt hearing involving two former partners at Girardi Keese, according to lawyers at a telephonic hearing Monday. A federal judge in Chicago is planning a Sept. 13 hearing to determine whether former partners Keith Griffin and David Lira should be held in contempt over $2 million in missing client settlement funds involving the Lion Air crash litigation.

By Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read