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.
As more governments across the nation sue dozens of drug companies to claw back money spent battling opioid addiction, one lawyer has moved to transfer all the cases into a single federal court.
CalPERS hopes to reverse a ruling that dismissed its securities fraud lawsuit in a case that could impact hundreds of other statutes, including those involving employee retirement plans and product liability claims.