On Friday, October 22, 2021 @ 11:30 AM PDT, Lieff Cabraser partner David Rudolph will speak as part of an upcoming Practising Law Institute virtual program on California Privacy Law 2021. David will present material on the “Outside Counsel Perspective,” discussing key privacy litigation risks faced by companies, providing an understanding of the plaintiff perspective, and
As reported by Law360 (subscription), Allergan has agreed to pay $30 million to settle an antitrust lawsuit filed by Lieff Cabraser and co-counsel on behalf of a group of pharmaceutical purchasers, union benefit plans, and other buyers of Allergan’s blockbuster dry-eye disease drug Restasis. The sweeping litigation accused the drugmaker of
We are pleased to announce that Lieff Cabraser Managing Partner Steven E. Fineman will be honored with the Edward Brodsky Founders Award at this year’s Anti-Defamation League Legal Conference, taking place virtually on November 4, 2021 from 12:00 PM-2:00 PM ET. The award recognizes Mr. Fineman’s enduring commitment to the ADL’s mission: “To stop the
Lieff Cabraser partner Annika K. Martin will be featured as a distinguished speaker at Berkeley Law’s October 2021 Sexual Harassment in Education Virtual Conference taking place on October 28 – October 29, 2021. On day two of the conference (10/29), Annika will speak in a plenary session entitled “Prevention Education Programs: Is Behavior Actually Changing,” where she will discuss
We are pleased to announce that Lieff Cabraser partner Kevin R. Budner has been named to The National Law Journal’s 2021 list of Elite Trial Lawyers – Rising Stars of the Plaintiff Bar. Kevin is one of only forty young class action law practitioners in the U.S. to make the list. He is featured in the NLJ’s
We are pleased to announce that Lieff Cabraser partners Lexi J. Hazam and Annika K. Martin have been named to The National Law Journal’s 2021 list of Elite Trial Lawyers – Elite Women of the Plaintiffs’ Bar. Lexi and Annika are two of only eleven female class action law practitioners in
The law firms Lieff Cabraser and Robertson & Associates, LLP announce the filing of a federal class action lawsuit in the Central District of California on behalf of Davey’s Locker Sportfishing, Inc.; Blue Pacific Fisheries; Ivar Southern and Linda Southern; Newport Landing Sportfishing, Inc.; San Pedro Bait Co.; Donald C. Brockman, individually and as trustee
Lieff Cabraser partner Annika K. Martin recently spoke at the National Association of Women Judges 43rd Annual Conference, where she introduced the event’s keynote speaker, Berkeley Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky. This year’s conference began on Wednesday October 6, 2021 and will continue through Saturday, October 9, 2021 in Nashville, Tennessee.
The U.S. Senate heard explosive testimony today from Frances Haugen, an ex-Facebook insider who detailed the company's manifest failures in protecting teens and other users from serious and pervasive problems within Facebook's different platforms, including Instagram. Ms. Haugen focused her testimony on the cascade of ways in which the social media behemoth actively harms younger
Sports Illustrated recently published a powerful piece detailing two decades of abuse at the University of San Francisco Dons Men’s Soccer program, where it is alleged that administrators fostered a rampant culture of sexual misconduct on the team that spanned three coaches, four athletic directors, and two school presidents.