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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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October 22, 2024 | Law.com

Mass. Judge Declares Mistrial in Talc Trial: 'Court Can't Accommodate This Case'

Suffolk County Superior Court Judge Jackie Cowin, according to a Courtroom View Network broadcast of the trial, acknowledged to the lawyers: "This is a bad outcome, and I recognize all the reasons it's a bad outcome, but it is what it is."

By Amanda Bronstad

3 minute read

October 16, 2024 | Law.com

Judge Cites 'National Outrage' in Upholding State AG Claims Against Meta

On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers allowed consumer claims brought by more than 30 state attorneys general to move forward against Meta Platforms, parent company of Facebook and Instagram.

By Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read

October 15, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Connecticut Jury Returns $15M Talc Verdict Against Johnson & Johnson

The plaintiffs firm behind Tuesday's verdict was Dean Omar Branham Shirley, based in Dallas, which won three prior mesothelioma verdicts this year against J&J.

By Amanda Bronstad

3 minute read

October 15, 2024 | Law.com

Monsanto Moves to Pause PCB Trial That Starts This Week

Monsanto's emergency stay motion comes after the Washington Supreme Court agreed on Oct. 9 to review a Washington Court of Appeals decision earlier this year reversing the first PCB verdict, a $185 million award in 2021.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

October 11, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

Johnson & Johnson's 3rd Talc Bankruptcy Will Remain in Texas

A bankruptcy judge ruled on Thursday that Johnson & Johnson's third Chapter 11 case to resolve thousands of talcum powder lawsuits would remain in Texas.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

October 11, 2024 | The Recorder

Ex-Girardi Keese CFO Christopher Kamon, Shackled and Sniffing, Pleads Guilty

Christopher Kamon, 51, pleaded guilty to felony charges that he stole funds from Girardi Keese's operating accounts and conspired with founder Tom Girardi to embezzle at least $15 million in client funds.

By Amanda Bronstad

3 minute read

October 10, 2024 | Law.com

NY Appeals Court Grants J&J's Subpoena for Talc Expert as 'Clearly Relevant'

In an Oct. 8 order, a New York appeals court allowed Johnson & Johnson to subpoena plaintiffs' expert Dr. Jacqueline Moline and her employer, Northwell Health, for the names of the individuals in her two groundbreaking reports, published in 2020 and 2023, both of which linked cosmetic talcum powder to mesothelioma.

By Amanda Bronstad

6 minute read

October 09, 2024 | The Recorder

Girardi's Lawyers Move for New Trial: He Doesn't Remember Jury's Verdict

Tom Girardi's lawyers asked a federal judge on Tuesday to toss his conviction because he wasn't competent enough to understand his own criminal trial.

By Amanda Bronstad

6 minute read