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Amanda Bronstad

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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February 14, 2024 | Law.com

Roundup Trials in Four States? Monsanto Could Face Four Trials This Month

Roundup trials are scheduled to start in the coming week in California, Pennsylvania and Arkansas. A fourth trial began earlier this month in Delaware.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

February 12, 2024 | The Recorder

Wisner Baum Roiled After Roundup MDL Leadership Firms Seek 81% of Fees

At least five plaintiffs' firms, including Wisner Baum, which won verdicts of $289 million and $2 billion in 2018 and 2019, are objecting to the allocation of common benefit fees in the Roundup multidistrict litigation.

By Amanda Bronstad

6 minute read

February 08, 2024 | Law.com

Judge Rejects Objections, Grants Final Approval to DuPont's $1.185B PFAS Settlement

A federal judge on Thursday granted final approval to DuPont's $1.185 billion settlement with an estimated 14,000 public water providers across the country.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

February 08, 2024 | Law.com

Big Law Steps In for Shale Oil Producers Hit With Antitrust Allegations

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Kirkland & Ellis and other Big Law firms have appeared in court for shale oil producers accused of conspiring to fix gas prices since early 2021.

By Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read

February 06, 2024 | Law.com

'Every Tool in the Box'? Advisory Committee Hears Final Thoughts on Proposed MDL Rule

The Advisory Committee on Civil Rules on Tuesday heard public comments on its proposed Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16.1, the first rule governing multidistrict litigation.

By Amanda Bronstad

6 minute read

February 05, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Bayer's Monsanto Loses Federal Preemption Appeal Over Roundup—Again

On Monday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit found that the EPA's registration of Roundup did not carry the "force of law" that preempted Georgia plaintiff John Carson's claims.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

February 02, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

A Pennsylvania Judge Will Oversee Lawsuits Targeting Weight Loss Drug Ozempic

On Friday, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation ordered 55 cases filed against Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk over Ozempic, Mounjaro and other medications be coordinated into multidistrict litigation.

By Amanda Bronstad

3 minute read

February 02, 2024 | The Recorder

Tom Girardi Could Get 'Second Bite' at Mental Competency in Illinois

At a Feb. 2 telephonic hearing, Girardi's Illinois lawyer, Seema Ahmad, asked U.S. District Judge Mary Rowland, of the Northern District of Illinois, to allow her to determine whether her client is mentally competent to stand trial.

By Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read