Amanda Bronstad

Amanda Bronstad is the ALM staff reporter covering class actions and mass torts nationwide. She writes the email dispatch Law.com Class Actions: Critical Mass. She is based in Los Angeles.

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July 17, 2024 | Law.com

Critical Mass With Law.com's Amanda Bronstad: Tom Girardi's Lawyers Want Criminal Trial Moved to October, Judge Asks: Should Roundup Settlement Program Continue?

Federal public defenders for Tom Girardi have asked to delay next month's criminal trial, alleging that prosecutors "affirmatively misled" them about the scope of the case

By Amanda Bronstad

7 minute read

July 16, 2024 | The Recorder

Genetic Testing Firm 23andMe Settles Data Breach Lawsuits

Lawyers told U.S. District Judge Edward Chen on Tuesday that they accepted a mediator's proposal to settle dozens of data breach lawsuits against 23andMe.

By Amanda Bronstad

3 minute read

July 15, 2024 | The Recorder

Tom Girardi's Attorneys Ask to Delay Criminal Trial Again: 'Simply Not Trial-Ready'

Tom Girardi's federal public defenders said they had been 'affirmatively misled' about the scope of the Aug. 6 trial, citing the government's plans to include evidence of $25 million given to Erika Jayne's entertainment business.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

July 10, 2024 | Law.com

First Infant Formula Trial Against Abbott Begins in Missouri

Jake Plattenberger told jurors in an opening statement on Tuesday that Abbott's cow's milk-based formula, sold under the Similac brand, caused plaintiff Margo Gill's premature daughter, Robynn Davis, to get necrotizing enterocolitis, or NEC, a gastrointestinal inflammation.

By Amanda Bronstad

3 minute read

July 10, 2024 | Law.com

Critical Mass With Law.com's Amanda Bronstad: Why Crash Victims Plan to Oppose Boeing's Plea Deal, Monsanto Moves to Toss Upcoming PCB Trial

Lawyers for families of those who died in two 737 Max plane crashes will ask a judge to reject Boeing's criminal plea agreement.

By Amanda Bronstad

6 minute read

July 09, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

J&J Loses Bid to Subpoena Beasley Allen Over Talc Financing

Retired U.S. Magistrate Judge Joel Schneider, of the District of New Jersey, found on Tuesday that there was not good cause to allow Johnson & Johnson to pursue discovery about Beasley Allen's litigation financing.

By Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read

June 26, 2024 | The Recorder

Tom Girardi's Lawyers Move to Sever Upcoming Trial From Firm's Ex-Accountant

The motion to sever is among a flurry of filings that followed a June 20 hearing in the federal government's criminal case against Tom Girardi. The trial begins Aug. 6.

By Amanda Bronstad

6 minute read

June 25, 2024 | Law.com

MDLs Make Up More Than Half of U.S. Cases, Whether It's 65% or 71%

According to fiscal year 2023 statistics from the Administrative Office of U.S. Courts, and the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, multidistrict litigation now makes up 65% of the federal civil caseload, a far bigger share than the 38% a decade ago.

By Amanda Bronstad

8 minute read

June 21, 2024 | Daily Business Review

Eleventh Circuit: J&J's Recalled Sunscreen Deal Possible 'Coupon Settlement'

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, in a Thursday opinion, remanded the sunscreen settlement back to U.S. District Judge Anuraag 'Raag' Singh of the Southern District of Florida, who had criticized objector Ted Frank for holding up his approval of the class action agreement.

By Amanda Bronstad

6 minute read

June 21, 2024 | The Recorder

Lawyers Preview Tom Girardi's Defense: He Wasn't the One 'Running the Machine'

Tom Girardi's lawyers outlined their criminal defense on Thursday: the former chief accountant of his now defunct law firm, Girardi Keese, stole client funds while hiding the financial information from their client, who was already suffering from cognitive decline.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

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