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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January 24, 2025 | The Recorder

No Two Wildfires Alike: Lawyers Take Different Legal Strategies in California

At least three lawsuits have been filed against the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power over the Palisades wildfire, while nearly 30 name Edison over the Eaton wildfire.

By Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read

January 23, 2025 | Law.com

States Reach New $7.4B Opioid Deal With Purdue After SCOTUS Ruling

The deal, announced Thursday, removes nonconsensual releases to the Sackler family, Purdue's founders, which the U.S. Supreme Court had invalidated last year.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

January 22, 2025 | Law.com

Critical Mass With Law.com’s Amanda Bronstad: LA Judge Orders Edison to Preserve Wildfire Evidence, Is Kline & Specter Fight With Thomas Bosworth Finally Over?

By Amanda Bronstad

7 minute read

January 21, 2025 | Daily Business Review

Florida Judge Tosses Antitrust Case Over Yacht Broker Commissions

In a Tuesday ruling, U.S. District Judge K. Michael Moore concluded that, despite similarities to antitrust litigation against the National Association of Realtors, the plaintiffs’ complaint had not 'plausibly alleged direct evidence of an agreement or conspiracy.'

By Amanda Bronstad

3 minute read

January 21, 2025 | The Recorder

Judge Orders SoCal Edison to Preserve Evidence Relating to Los Angeles Wildfires

Hueston Hennigan partners Douglas Dixon, in Newport Beach, and Brittani Jackson, in Los Angeles, appeared at a Tuesday hearing for Southern California Edison.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

January 16, 2025 | The Recorder

Ben Crump Files First Wrongful Death Suit Over Los Angeles Wildfires

Ben Crump filed the suit on Wednesday on behalf of Evelyn Cathirell, one of 17 people who died in the Eaton fire in Altadena, an unincorporated area north of Pasadena with a significant Black population.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

January 16, 2025 | Law.com

Class Action Settlements Totaled $40B+ Three Years in a Row: 'We’re in a New Era'

The total dollar value of class action and mass tort settlements dropped in 2024 but continued to surpass $40 billion for the third year in a row, according to the Duane Morris Class Action Review 2025.

By Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read

January 15, 2025 | Law.com

Critical Mass With Law.com’s Amanda Bronstad: First Lawsuits Over Los Angeles Wildfires Name Edison, J&J Talc Trial in Los Angeles Delayed As Fires Rage

By Amanda Bronstad

6 minute read

January 14, 2025 | Law.com

Seattle Jury Awards $100M in PCB Trial Against Monsanto

The trial, called Rose v. Pharmacia, is the 10th involving former students, teachers and parents at the Sky Valley Education Center in Monroe, Washington.

By Amanda Bronstad

4 minute read

January 14, 2025 | Daily Business Review

A Voyeur Videotaped Them Undressing. Should Cruise Ship Passengers Have to Arbitrate?

Lawyers for women and children who were videotaped by a voyeur while on a cruise ship have moved to certify a class against Royal Caribbean, citing the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act.

By Amanda Bronstad

3 minute read

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