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 04, 2024 | Law.com

Dallas Firm That Won $45M Talc Verdict Scored Again: Jury Hits J&J With $260M

The Oregon jury's verdict, which included $200 million in punitive damages, followed a month of trial in a case brought by Kyung Lee, diagnosed with mesothelioma after decades of being exposed to Johnson & Johnson's baby powder.

By Amanda Bronstad

6 minute read

June 03, 2024 | The Recorder

Lawyers Vying for 23andMe Data Breach Leadership Fear Bankruptcy Imminent

U.S. District Judge Edward Chen heard arguments on Monday from more than a dozen lawyers vying for leadership of the 23andMe data breach litigation.

By Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read

May 31, 2024 | Law.com

Talc Plaintiffs Move to Quash Subpoenas as J&J Defends Attorney's Conduct

On Thursday, Beasley Allen and the plaintiffs' steering committee in the talc multidistrict litigation filed motions to quash subpoenas sought by Johnson & Johnson in the talc litigation.

By Amanda Bronstad

6 minute read

May 31, 2024 | Law.com

'They Shouldn't Allow 24/7 Access': Lawsuits Allege Kids Got Addicted to Video Games

On Thursday, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation heard arguments on whether to combine about two dozen lawsuits alleging children and young adults got addicted to video games.

By Amanda Bronstad

6 minute read

May 29, 2024 | Law.com

Critical Mass With Law.com's Amanda Bronstad: Class Action Alleges J&J's 'Fraudulent Maneuvers' Compromised Talc Plaintiffs, MDL Panel to Hear GM Privacy Lawsuits

This week: Plaintiffs' firms opposing Johnson & Johnson's latest bankruptcy plan filed a class action over alleged "fraudulent maneuvers." The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation hears big cases on May 30, including suits alleging GM sends driver data to insurance firms. Find out who filed the first class action in the wake of the DOJ's antitrust case against Live Nation and Ticketmaster.

By Amanda Bronstad

7 minute read

May 28, 2024 | Law.com

'A Lot of Outrage': Privacy Suits Allege GM Steers Driver Data to Insurers

About two dozen class actions allege General Motors is gathering data about drivers without their consent, and then sending it to insurance companies, which raise their rates.

By Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read

May 24, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Under Fire, Beasley Allen Accuses J&J Talc Lawyer of Misconduct

In a Wednesday letter to U.S. Magistrate Judge Rukhsanah Singh, Jeffrey Pollock, an attorney for Beasley Allen, said Johnson & Johnson outside counsel Jim Murdica violated professional conduct rules by communicating with its talc client.

By Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read

May 23, 2024 | Law.com

Drug Manufacturers Win First Zantac Verdict in the Nation

An Illinois jury sided with pharmaceutical manufacturers GlaxoSmithKline and Boehringer Ingelheim in the first verdict in the Zantac litigation.

By Amanda Bronstad

3 minute read

May 22, 2024 | Law.com

Talc Plaintiffs File Class Action Over Johnson & Johnson's Alleged 'Fraudulent Transfers'

The class action, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey by five plaintiffs in talcum powder lawsuits, names Johnson & Johnson, its subsidiaries and several current and former officers and directors.

By Amanda Bronstad

7 minute read

May 22, 2024 | Law.com

Critical Mass With Law.com's Amanda Bronstad: 'Completely Taken Aback' by Flint Judge's Sanctions Order; Girardi's Lawyers Want Juror Questionnaires to Stem Negative Bias

A federal judge in the cases brought over water contamination in Flint, Michigan, threatened sanctions and a gag order after a defendant's media campaign threatened a jury trial.

By Amanda Bronstad

7 minute read

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