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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June 19, 2024 | Law.com

Critical Mass With Law.com's Amanda Bronstad: Boeing CEO Gets Grilled Over Safety Lapses, Talc Plaintiffs File Medical Monitoring Class Action

This week: Many of the victims of Boeing's Max 8 crashes, represented by Clifford Law Offices, attending Tuesday's hearing in Congress. The same plaintiffs' firms that sued last month to stop Johnson & Johnson's planned third bankruptcy filed a new class action Monday seeking medical monitoring on behalf of talc victims. Find out who stepped in for Poppi Prebiotic Sodas in a class action alleging misrepresentations about gut health.

By Amanda Bronstad

8 minute read

June 17, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Attorneys for Future Talc Claimants File Medical Monitoring Class Action Against J&J

Monday's lawsuit comes less than a month after many of the same plaintiffs' firms sued to stop Johnson & Johnson's potential third talc bankruptcy.

By Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read

June 14, 2024 | Law.com

After Federal Judge's Dismissal, Zantac Legal Fight Reignites in State Courts

On May 23, the first verdict in the nation over Zantac came out in Illinois, while a Delaware judge's May 31 decision allowed plaintiffs' experts for thousands of cases.

By Amanda Bronstad

7 minute read

June 12, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Plaintiffs Move to Prevent Johnson & Johnson's Plans in 3rd Talc Bankruptcy

Lawyers for talc claimants filed a motion on Tuesday to prevent a planned third J&J bankruptcy from being filed outside New Jersey, where two prior Chapter 11 cases were dismissed.

By Amanda Bronstad

6 minute read

June 12, 2024 | Law.com

Critical Mass with Law.com's Amanda Bronstad: New Ozempic Judge Loses No Time; New MDLs Include AT&T Breach, GM Privacy

By Amanda Bronstad

6 minute read

June 11, 2024 | Law.com

Will the Fourth Circuit Finally Take On Bankruptcy's 'Texas Two-Step'?

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has agreed to take up a bankruptcy involving the controversial "Texas two-step," potentially deciding the merger tactic's fate in future Chapter 11 cases. The opening brief is due July 10.

By Amanda Bronstad

6 minute read

June 07, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Ozempic MDL Reassigned to Pennsylvania Judge Karen Marston

On Thursday, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation reassigned the docket to U.S. District Judge Karen Marston, in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, after the initial judge, U.S. District Judge Gene Pratter, 75, died on May 17.

By Amanda Bronstad

3 minute read

June 06, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

Another Dean Omar Talc Trial Opens in Dallas, Two Days After $260M Verdict

'For more than 50 years, people have studied whether there's a connection between baby powder, and its talc, and mesothelioma,' Johnson & Johnson attorney Collin Cox told jurors on Wednesday, according to Courtroom View Network's livestream. 'There isn't.'

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

June 05, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

Panel Sends AT&T Data Breach Lawsuits to Texas Judge Ada Brown

In a Wednesday order, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation assigned U.S. District Judge Ada Brown of the Northern District of Texas to oversee the AT&T data breach docket.

By Amanda Bronstad

3 minute read

June 05, 2024 | Law.com

Critical Mass With Law.com's Amanda Bronstad: $260M Talc Verdict Adds to J&J's Trial Troubles, Ozempic MDL Marches Ahead After Judge Dies

By Amanda Bronstad

6 minute read

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