Amanda Bronstad

July 21, 2021 | Law.com

A proposed $26 billion global opioid settlement that's been in the works for nearly two years could be announced this week, according to several news reports and the lead plaintiff attorneys in the multidistrict litigation negotiating the deal.ra

By Amanda Bronstad

7 minute read

July 19, 2021 | Law.com

Johnson & Johnson's July 14 recall of five sunscreen products found to contain dangerous levels of benzene only scratches the surface, say lawyers, who are preparing for more lawsuits—and more recalls.

By Amanda Bronstad

6 minute read

July 15, 2021 | The Recorder

The trustee of the Girardi Keese bankruptcy has sued Erika Girardi for accepting more than $242,658 from a court settlement that should have gone to her husband Tom Girardi's law firm. Erika Girardi, who stars on "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills," is set receive another $78,000 in payments through 2025 from the settlement of a case involving the lottery winnings of former actress Natalie Marston.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

July 15, 2021 | The Recorder

Mendoza, a mediator for class action settlements at Phillips ADR in Newport Beach, California, said lawyers have become more civil toward one another and that judges, faced with criminal case backloads, increasingly encourage parties to settle.

By Amanda Bronstad

6 minute read

July 14, 2021 | Law.com

Bone scans and off-the-record conferences dominated the first day of final approval hearings in the $641.25 million settlement over water contamination in Flint, Michigan.

By Amanda Bronstad

6 minute read

July 12, 2021 | Law.com

In the first of three final approval hearings this week, objectors on Monday raised concerns about bone scans and off-the-record meetings the settlement attorneys held with U.S. District Judge Judith Levy in Michigan. Arguments challenging a $202 million attorney fee request are set for Thursday.

By Amanda Bronstad

7 minute read

July 09, 2021 | Law.com

A year after the COVID-19 pandemic halted trial plans, jurors are scheduled to hear three cases this summer in Illinois, Pennsylvania and Missouri, alleging Johnson & Johnson's talcum powder products caused ovarian cancer. The first one, brought on behalf of Elizabeth Driscoll, who died in 2016 at age 69, begins July 12—and could involve only vaccinated jurors.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

July 09, 2021 | Law.com

Nancy Rosenstengel, chief judge of the Southern District of Illinois who is overseeing the multidistrict litigation, appointed 16 plaintiffs lawyers, including four attorneys of color, to spearhead more than 150 lawsuits alleging herbicide paraquat causes Parkinson's disease.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

July 08, 2021 | Law.com

At a Thursday hearing, U.S. District Judge Thomas Durkin said he would hold an evidentiary hearing by Sept. 14 to determine whether to issue contempt orders against David Lira and Keith Griffin, former partners at Girardi Keese, for failing to alert him that clients with settlements over the Lion Air crash in 2018 hadn't been paid. Durkin previously issued a $2 million contempt order against Tom Girardi, founding partner of Girardi Keese.

By Amanda Bronstad

7 minute read

July 07, 2021 | Law.com

The Boy Scouts of America and lawyers for 60,000 of its accusers is the largest sexual abuse agreements in U.S. history – and it might get even larger.

By Amanda Bronstad

6 minute read