Amanda Bronstad

June 24, 2021 | Law.com

Ohio U.S. District Judge Dan Polster initially said only individuals vaccinated against COVID-19 could serve on a trial set for October. Defense counsel said the move would block the court from getting a fair cross-section of the community. The debate comes as courts, in the midst of returning to jury trials at the courthouse, grapple with jurors and the vaccine.

By Amanda Bronstad

7 minute read

June 23, 2021 | Law.com

Lawyers on both sides had positive reactions to a decision to remand a securities action against the investment bank for further review.

By Amanda Bronstad

7 minute read

June 21, 2021 | The Recorder

In a Monday order, U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria significantly scaled back the request, originally estimated to give $800 million to lead counsel in the Roundup multidistrict litigation. He also found the common fund doctrine inapplicable in the cases and called on a federal rules committee to consider new methods to compensate lead counsel in MDLs.

By Amanda Bronstad

6 minute read

June 21, 2021 | Daily Business Review

U.S. District Judge M. Casey Rodgers imposed a $10,000 sanction on one attorney and $2,000 sanction against another defense lawyer. "Today these proceedings and the integrity of the court were degraded, they were disrespected by the willful violation of my orders by 3M's counsel," the judge said June 18, hours before a jury issued a $1.7 million verdict, according to a transcript.

By Amanda Bronstad

6 minute read

June 18, 2021 | Daily Business Review

The bellwether verdict, issued late on Friday night after a day of deliberations, comes after previous juries in the 3M earplug multidistrict litigation came out with a defense verdict and a $7.1 million award for three plaintiffs.

By Amanda Bronstad

3 minute read

June 17, 2021 | The Recorder

Park, a Morrison & Foerster partner in San Diego who defends companies in product liability matters and consumer class actions, steered clients through the ever-changing rules of the pandemic. Going forward, she sees more regulation of "connected products," and a growing number of environmental contamination lawsuits.

By Amanda Bronstad

6 minute read

June 17, 2021 | Law.com

Lawsuits against China over the pandemic have turned to diplomatic channels to send service of process to the Chinese government, which has refused to respond on immunity grounds. But not all the defendants are governmental entities, according to the lawsuits, including the Wuhan Institute of Virology now at the center of a renewed U.S. intelligence investigation.

By Amanda Bronstad

7 minute read

June 16, 2021 | Law.com

U.S. District Chief Judge Nancy Rosenstengel, favored by plaintiffs, will preside over the case, which consolidates more than 70 lawsuits.

By Amanda Bronstad

7 minute read

June 03, 2021 | The Recorder

The lawsuits, which allege that the apps, available on the Google Play Store, constitute unlawful gambling because they operate like slots, poker, blackjack and bingo, have been sent to U.S. District Judge Edward Davila, who is overseeing similar lawsuits against Apple.

By Amanda Bronstad

2 minute read

June 03, 2021 | Daily Report Online

The settlement was upheld over the arguments of six objectors, including Ted Frank, and OK'd procedural rules that Northern District of Georgia District Judge Thomas Thrash had imposed on them. The panel remanded the incentive awards, however.

By Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read