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    "description": "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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        "uri": "/2021/11/03/drug-companies-win-big-in-ca-opioid-trial-as-judge-rejects-50b-damages-request-412-123398/",
        "title": "California judge rejects public nuisance claim in opioid lawsuit",
        "byline": "Amanda Bronstad",
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        "prettyDate": "November 03, 2021",
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        "summary": "The ruling gives drug companies their first major victory in the litigation brought by cities and counties across the country.",
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        "uri": "/2021/07/22/26b-proposed-global-settlement-aims-to-resolve-thousands-of-opioid-lawsuits-412-119047/",
        "title": "Global opioid lawsuits heading for $26B settlement",
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        "prettyDate": "July 22, 2021",
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        "summary": "Connecticut Attorney General William Tong said it was the second-largest cash settlement in American history, behind the settlement with Big Tobacco two decades ago.",
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        "uri": "/2021/02/10/lawsuits-over-gamestop-trading-expand-beyond-robinhood-alleging-an-antitrust-conspiracy-412-111550/",
        "title": "Lawsuits over GameStop trading expand beyond Robinhood, alleging an antitrust conspiracy",
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        "prettyDate": "February 10, 2021",
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        "summary": "One attorney has filed a motion before the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation to coordinate 42 class actions into multidistrict litigation in the Northern District of California. Robinhood is one of 35 defendants and their subsidiaries facing lawsuits over the Jan. 28 trading halt, according to court papers.",
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        "uri": "/2020/12/21/a-challenging-argument-tyson-foods-says-federal-law-preempts-covid-19-lawsuits/",
        "title": "Tyson argues federal orders eliminate liability in COVID-19 suits",
        "byline": "Amanda Bronstad",
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        "prettyDate": "December 21, 2020",
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        "summary": "Tyson's move to assert federal preemption could be a critical defense for companies facing COVID-19-related negligence claims.",
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        "title": "Appeals court nixes 'negotiation class' created for opioid settlement",
        "byline": "Amanda Bronstad",
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        "prettyDate": "September 29, 2020",
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        "summary": "The move is a setback for thousands of cities and counties working to streamline a global settlement.",
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        "uri": "/2020/09/14/arkansas-medicaid-work-requirement-did-it-work/",
        "title": "Arkansas' Medicaid work requirement: Did it work?",
        "byline": "Amanda Bronstad",
        "kicker": "Analysis",
        "prettyDate": "September 14, 2020",
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        "summary": "The brief implementation of Medicaid work requirements in Arkansas offers up a glimpse of how effective (or not) such programs could be.",
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        "title": "Increased preventive health screening could result in employer savings",
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        "prettyDate": "September 02, 2020",
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        "summary": "In particular, increased screening for depression offers a significant opportunity for reducing overall health care expenses.",
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        "uri": "/2020/08/26/employers-face-challenges-with-offering-health-savings-accounts/",
        "title": "Employers face challenges with offering health savings accounts",
        "byline": "Amanda Bronstad",
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        "prettyDate": "August 26, 2020",
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        "summary": "Communicating to employees the investment and pre-tax benefits of an HSA for one, but there are more.",
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        "title": "Economic instability and a pandemic? Super savers 'were built for this': study",
        "byline": "Amanda Bronstad",
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        "prettyDate": "August 04, 2020",
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        "summary": "Super savers are those who defer 90% of the IRS maximum to their retirement accounts or 15% or more of their income. Yes, they exist.",
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        "title": "Risk of employee mental health conditions remains 'alarmingly elevated'",
        "byline": "Amanda Bronstad",
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        "prettyDate": "July 24, 2020",
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        "summary": "Employees' collective mental health has started to improve but is still down significantly since the start of the pandemic.",
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