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.
The lawsuits filed against ERCOT allege that the utility failed to prepare residents for possible rolling blackouts and failed to winterize its equipment.
In one of the first rulings of its kind, a Chicago judge has ordered McDonald's to better enforce social distancing and mask wearing at its stores, saying risks to the community are potentially a "matter of life or death."