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In 2007, Lieff Cabraser attorneys, with local co-counsel, obtained a $50 million verdict against Daimler Chrysler in a wrongful death action. Our firm has participated in over forty-two $100 million-plus settlements and verdicts, including eleven cases in excess of $1 billion.

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Current Cases

Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP is a fifty-plus attorney law firm with offices in San Francisco, New York and Nashville. Since 1972, Lieff Cabraser has successfully represented plaintiffs in class actions, group and individual cases in the fields of securities and investment fraud, personal injury and mass torts, environmental and toxic exposure, non-personal injury product defect, antitrust, consumer protection, employment discrimination and unfair employment practices, aviation disasters and civil and human rights. Our comprehensive and diverse practice is unique among law firms that represent only plaintiffs.
The following is a partial list of our current cases:

 Antitrust
 
Bank ATM Fees
We represent bank customers in a class action lawsuit against several of the nation's largest banks and automatic teller machine (ATM) network companies alleging that they conspired to double-charge ATM customers when they withdraw funds from ATMs not owned by the users' bank in violation of antitrust laws.
  
Carbon Brushes and Collectors
We represent the City and County of San Francisco in a lawsuit against carbon brush and collectors manufacturers for allegedly conspiring to sell these products to consumers at inflated, agreed-upon prices.
  
City of Oakland Government Investment Contracts Price-Fixing
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, is serving as co-counsel for the City of Oakland in a federal antitrust lawsuit alleging that financial companies and brokers agreed among themselves to give cities artificially low bids for Guaranteed Investment Contracts.
  
Comdata Class Action
We represent truck service clients in an antitrust class action lawsuit against Comdata, the owner of a monopoly credit card system used by practically every truck stop in the U.S. Plaintiffs allege that Comdata has used its market dominance to impair competition and has charged independent truck stops millions of dollars in excessive fees.
  
De Beers Antitrust Class Action
Plaintiffs alleged that De Beers, a privately held group of foreign-based companies, had monopolized the international diamond business through its control of mines and a web of agreements with diamond suppliers in other countries.
  
International Airfare Price Fixing
International air passengers who purchased airfare from 2004 to the present charge that American Airlines, British Airways, United Airlines, and Virgin Atlantic Airways conspired to raise passenger fares and fix fuel surcharges.
  
Neurontin Price Inflation
We represent patients prescribed Neurontin, a drug widely prescribed to treat epilepsy, who charge its manufacturers have illegally extended the patent on the drug, depriving consumers from purchasing cheaper, generic versions.
  
TFT LCD Antitrust Class Action
The complaint charges that the world’s leading manufacturers of flat-panel TV screens and other products incorporating liquid crystal displays (LCDs) engaged in collusive behavior that inflated the prices of their products.
  
 Environmental and Toxic
 Exposures
 
Exxon Valdez Disaster
With co-counsel, Lieff Cabraser represents 32,000 fishermen, Alaska natives, landowners and others affected by the 11 million gallons of oil that poured into Prince William Sound after the grounding of the Exxon Valdez in 1989.
  
 Civil & International Rights
 
Braceros Workers
Plaintiffs are workers (known as "Braceros") from Mexico who came to work in U.S. farms and rail yards from 1942 to 1949 and seek to recover wages withheld for placement in savings accounts that were never returned to them.
  
Global Blood Factor Litigation
On behalf of hemophiliacs, or their families, who became infected with HIV and/or Hepatitis C ("HCV") from contaminated blood products, Lieff Cabraser has filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court against the American companies that manufactured and exported the blood products.
  
Metropolitan Transportation Commission Race Discrimination
Lieff Cabraser represents a coalition of organizations and individuals charging that the Metropolitan Transportation Commission discriminates against poor transit riders of color who use or depend on AC Transit bus service.
  
Talisman Energy Human Rights Litigation
Lieff Cabraser represents the Presbyterian Church of Sudan and current and former residents of southern Sudan who allege that that they were victims of genocide, crimes against humanity and other violations of international law by Talisman Energy, Inc. and the Sudanese government.
  
 Products Liability -
 Personal Injuries
 
AMO Contact Lens Contamination
Lieff Cabraser is representing individuals who used AMO Complete Moisture Plus Multi-Purpose contact lens solution and have also been formally diagnosed with Acanthamoeba keratitis.
  
Bausch & Lomb ReNu MoistureLoc Contact Lens Solution Injuries
We represent patients that have developed serious injuries including vision loss, following the use of Bausch & Lomb's ReNu with MoistureLoc contact lens solution.
  
Blood Factor Litigation
We are working on behalf of hemophiliacs inside and outside the U.S. to bring potential claims in U.S. courts against the manufacturers of blood factor concentrate for allegedly repeatedly exposing hemophiliacs to HIV and HCV.
  
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Learn about dangers of carbon monoxide and how to protect your family. Persons injured by carbon monoxide may submit their claim for review.
  
Ford Cruise Control Switch Fires
Lieff Cabraser is representing owners of Ford vehicles who lost their vehicle due to fire and suffered additional significant property damage (such as the destruction of their house) or were injured in the fire.
  
Medtronic Defibrillator Heart Leads
Lieff Cabraser's personal injury attorneys filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of persons seriously injured from Medtronic's allegedly defective defibrillator heart leads.
  
Peter Pan Peanut Butter Salmonella Contamination
We represent consumers seriously injured by peanut butter contaminated with Salmonella Tennessee bacteria.
  
Popcorn Workers Lung
We are investigating claims by workers in the popcorn and snack industries who have developed lung injuries due to exposure to artificial butter flavoring fumes in their factories.
  
Rollover Accidents
We represent families of loved ones who died in rollover accidents involving the Yamaha Rhino, Ford Explorer SUV and 15 Passenger Vans, along with plaintiffs in "park to reverse" cases.
  
Silicone Gel Breast Implants
Since 1992, we have played a leading role representing women who received silicone gel breast implants, and suffered injuries due to defects in the design, manufacture and marketing of these products. We represent these claims on a classwide and individual basis.
  
Trasylol Blood Clotting Drug Injuries
We are investigating claims that the blood clotting drug Trasylol caused thousands of patient deaths during heart surgeries.
  
Yamaha Rhino Accidents
Lieff Cabraser represents persons across America who suffered serious injuries in Yamaha Rhino side-by-side accidents.
  
 Product Liability - Defective
 Consumer & Homeowner
 Products
Carrier Home Furnaces Class Actions
Homeowners in Washington, Wisconsin and Ontario have filed separate class action lawsuits against Carrier Corporation alleging that beginning in the mid-1980s, Carrier started manufacturing its high-end furnaces out of inferior material that corrodes and prematurely fails, without disclosing that fact to consumers. More...
  
Dell Inspiron Notebooks Class Action
In October 2006, customers who purchased Dell Inspiron 1100, 1150, 5100 and 5160 notebooks filed a class action lawsuit against Dell, Inc. alleging misconduct in connection with the design, manufacture, warranting, advertising and selling of these computers. Learn more...
  
Menu Foods, Inc. Pet Food Recall
Pet owners have filed a class action lawsuit against Menu Foods, Inc., maker of several brands of pet food. The plaintiffs allege that Menu Foods is responsible for the injuries and deaths of their pets from eating contaminated products.
  
Viplex 4000 Windows Complaints and Lawsuit
Lieff Cabraser has filed suit on behalf of consumers and homeowners in California who presently own homes equipped with Viplex 4000 windows. The consumers charge that defendants have misrepresented the energy efficiency and overstated the "safety" and "security" of the Viplex 4000 windows,
 Consumer Protection
 
Ameriquest Predatory Lending
Lieff Cabraser serves as Plaintiffs’ Lead Counsel for a certified class of Minnesota property owners who obtained mortgage loans from Ameriquest Mortgage Company.
  
Catholic Healthcare West Uninsured Pricing Class Action
A settlement has been reached by the parties over allegations that CHW charged uninsured patients excessive and unfair prices for medical treatment and services given at CHW-affiliated hospitals, and engaged in aggressive and unfair collections practices.
  
Cingular Class Action
We represent a Cingular Wireless customer in a nationwide class action lawsuit alleging that Cingular unilaterally changed its longstanding billing practices in 2005 and began charging its customers for making calls from their mobile phones to their own mobile phone numbers.
  
Federated Vendors Chargebacks Class Action
With co-counsel, Lieff Cabraser represents vendors who sold goods to the retail divisions of Federated, such as Macy's and Bloomingdales. The vendors allege that the defendants had a standard policy and practice of deducting improper chargebacks from monies owed to the vendors and that defendants took improper discounts.
  
Intuit QuickBooks Data Destruction
With co-counsel, we represent businesses that lost their QuickBooks data and other files due to a faulty software update sent by Intuit in December 2007.
  
Litton Loan Servicing Class Action
We have filed a class action complaint charging the company with unlawful and deceptive business practices in its “servicing” of residential mortgage loans nationwide.
  
Natural Hazard Disclosure Statement Real Estate Fees
Lieff Cabraser represents homeowners in suits against Property I.D. and major real estate brokerage companies in California for alleged illegal kickbacks.
  
Nextel Wireless Billing
We represent a subscriber to Nextel who alleges that charge the company has unilaterally and without adequate notice changed the terms of service agreements to the detriment of Nextel subscribers.
  
NSA Wiretapping & Privacy Violations
Nationwide class action lawsuit alleges AT&T violated federal law in providing the NSA with its customers' call-detail records and that plaintiff and the class are entitled to damages.
  
Ocwen Loan Servicing
We represent homeowners in California with loans serviced by Ocwen Federal Bank, FSB. Plaintiffs allege that Ocwen has engaged in a scheme of deceptive business practices in its "servicing" of residential mortgage loans in California.
  
Scripps Uninsured Patients Class Action
We represent uninsured patients in a class action lawsuit against the Scripps Health hospital system for overcharging. A settlement has been reached.
  
Weekend Warrior Trailers Consumer Protection Lawsuit
We represent California residents who purchased allegedly defective new or used 1999-2005 model year FS 2600 or FS 3000 model trailers manufactured by Weekend Warrior Trailers, Inc. with Zieman Manufacturing Company frames.
  
 Employment Law
 
A&P Supermarkets Overtime Wages
We represent employees in a class action lawsuit against The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, Inc., which operates A&P, The Food Emporium and Waldbaum's. The plaintiffs charge that the chains fail to pay overtime wages and delete hours actually worked from time records.
  
Best Buy Race & Gender Discrimination
Lieff Cabraser represents current and former employees of Best Buy in a federal class action civil rights lawsuit against the multi-billion dollar national electronics chain. The lawsuit charges Best Buy with violating federal and state laws against race and sex discrimination in employment.
  
Cadence Design Systems Overtime Wages
Lieff Cabraser represents current and former employees of Cadence in a suit charging that Cadence unlawfully deprives workers of overtime pay.
  
Caterpillar Retirees Healthcare Benefits
We represent retirees of Caterpillar, Inc. in a class action to preserve promised employee health care benefits.
  
Costco Gender Discrimination
Lieff Cabraser and co-counsel represent plaintiffs in a nationwide employment discrimination class action lawsuit filed against Costco Wholesale Corporation alleging that Costco operates a "glass ceiling" at the store-management level which precludes women from obtaining promotion to assistant manager and general manager positions.
  
Smith Barney Gender Discrimination

Lieff Cabraser and co-counsel represent female financial consultants in a national class action lawsuit charging sex discrimination at Smith Barney, the retail brokerage arm of Citigroup. The lawsuit charges that Smith Barney discriminates against its female financial consultants in compensation, account distribution, sales support, and other terms and conditions of employment throughout the company.

Tata Workers Tax Refund Practices
Lieff Cabraser represents former and current employees of Tata in a suit that charges that Tata has unjustly enriched itself by requiring all of its non-U.S.-citizen employees to endorse and sign over their federal and state tax refund checks to Tata.
  
Wal-Mart Employment Practices
Lieff Cabraser represents present and former Wal-Mart Stores employees in a class action lawsuit alleging that Wal-Mart systematically avoided paying employees their full earned wages.
  
 Securities & Investment Fraud
Broadcom & Stock Options Backdating
Lieff Cabraser serves as court-appointed lead counsel in a stockholders' derivative action against the Board of Directors of Broadcom.
 
Brooks Automation Securities Litigation
Lieff Cabraser serves as Court-Appointed Lead Counsel in a class action lawsuit on behalf of all persons who purchased securities of Brooks Automation between July 25, 2001 and May 22, 2006. Plaintiff charges that Brooks Automation violated federal securities laws by participating in a scheme to backdate Brooks Automation stock options over a six year period.
  
In re Cablevision Systems Corp. Shareholder Derivative Litigation
Lieff Cabraser serves as Co-Lead Counsel in a stockholders’ derivative action against the board of directors of Cablevision. The suit alleges defendants intentionally manipulated their stock option grant dates between 1997 and 2002 in order to enrich themselves at the expense of Cableivision and Cablevision shareholders.
  
Qwest Communications Securities Litigation
Lieff Cabraser represents numerous Funds in individual securities fraud actions filed in federal court against Qwest Communications International, Inc. Defendants are charged with significantly overstating Qwest's publicly-reported growth, revenues, earnings, and earnings per share from 1999 through 2002.
  
Deutsche Bank/Alex. Brown Investor Fraud Lawsuit
On behalf of investors in two investment funds controlled, managed and operated by Deutsche Bank and advised by DC Investment Partners, Lieff Cabraser filed lawsuits for alleged fraudulent conduct that resulted in an aggregate loss of hundreds of millions of dollars.
  
Peregrine Investors Lawsuit
Lieff Cabraser represents Lawrence L. Garlick, the co-founder and former Chief Executive Officer of Remedy Corporation and 24 other former senior executives and directors of Remedy Corporation in a private (non-class) securities fraud lawsuit against Stephen P. Gardner, the former Chief Executive Officer of Peregrine Systems, Inc., other former executive officers of Peregrine and its accounting firm Arthur Andersen.
About Lieff Cabraser
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP is a fifty-plus attorney law firm that has represented plaintiffs nationwide since 1972. We have offices in San Francisco, New York and Nashville. We represent plaintiffs in class and group actions and in individual lawsuits in cases involving substantial losses. For the last five years, the National Law Journal has selected Lieff Cabraser as one of the top plaintiffs' law firms in the nation.
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Antitrust
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Aviation
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Human Rights
Human Rights
We uphold civil and human rights in the U.S. and worldwide. Learn more.
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Consumer Protection

We seek to halt unfair business practices that harm consumers nationwide. Learn more.
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Employment Law
Employment Law
Read how we hold employers liable for discrimination and other unfair workplace practices.
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Product Defects
Product Defects
We protect consumers and homeowners against faulty products, including building products. Learn more.
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Investment Fraud
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Toxic & Environmental Exposures
Toxic Exposures
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