As reported by Law360 (subscription), Volkswagen has agreed to a proposed settlement of $42 million to resolve consumer lawsuits over defective Takata airbag inflators in over one million VW and Audi vehicles with model years ranging from 2005 through 2014.
Nashville, Tenn. – The Tennessee Trial Lawyers’ Community Relief Fund has made significant disaster relief grants to five local community organizations following the devastating August 2021 flood that hit Humphreys County and Waverly, Tennessee. The financial contributions will benefit the community directly through donations to Salter’s Chapel AME Church, the Humphreys Homeless Coalition, Waverly Church
This case on behalf of non-medical faculty follows Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP’s successful similar action against Duke on behalf of medical faculty that led to a $54.5 million settlement in 2019 A federal judge in North Carolina on Monday issued an order granting final approval to a settlement in the class action labor/antitrust “no-poach” lawsuit
As reported by Law360, U.S. District Judge Gonzalo P. Curiel has granted certification to a class of investors represented by Lieff Cabraser who sued BofI federal bank in 2015 for alleged securities fraud which led to the company’s stock plummeting 47%. Investors in BofI, now known as Axos Bank, asserted that confidential witnesses would testify
The Best Lawyers in America has announced its 2022 recognition of outstanding attorney leaders in the U.S., a list that we are proud to announce includes a record twenty-six Lieff Cabraser lawyers. The publication’s 28th edition spotlights the top 5% of private practicing attorneys in the U.S., and is based on more than 10 million
Lawdragon legal magazine has published its list of “500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers” for 2021, outstanding lawyers who specialize “in representing plaintiffs in securities and other business litigation, antitrust, whistleblower claims and increasingly complex financial litigation and data privacy invasions.”
While the #MeToo movement has inspired broad cultural change across the globe, shifting the court of public opinion in favor of abuse victims, many believe its impact has yet to reach the actual U.S. courts, where judges continue to enforce a standard that makes proving workplace sexual harassment claims extremely difficult
As reported by Law360 (subscription), an Illinois state appellate panel has upheld an earlier decision by a trial judge to deny Hyatt Hotel Corp’s attempt to dismiss a lawsuit brought by Lieff Cabraser and co-counsel on behalf of woman who alleges she was sexually assaulted during her stay at Grand Hyatt Istanbul. The panel said
As reported by The Michigan Daily, plaintiffs’ counsel in the ongoing class action lawsuit against the University of Michigan for its handling of allegations of sexual abuse against late former doctor and athletics program physician Robert Anderson have filed a response to the University’s motion to have the lawsuit dismissed.
Reuters reports that FinTech firm Plaid Inc. has agreed to pay $58 million to settle allegations that it improperly obtained and profited from user bank account credentials and personal financial information. The company also agreed to change certain of its business practices, according to public filings made in California.