On March 29, 2022, U.S. District Judge Victoria A. Roberts issued an Order granting preliminary approval to the proposed settlement of the class action lawsuit against the University of Michigan arising out of UofM campus sexual misconduct. In the Order, the Court states that it “will likely be able to approve the Settlement Agreement under
KCRA Sacramento aired a powerful report this evening on two racial discrimination lawsuits brought by physicians against Sutter Health, including Lieff Cabraser’s representation of Dr. Omondi Nyong’o in his discrimination case against Sutter Palo Alto Foundation Medical Group. With a subtitle of “Lawsuit alleges Sutter Health targets minority doctors to ‘keep them in line’,” the
On March 28, 2022, Judge Gregory Woods of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York issued a Memorandum Opinion and Order ruling in favor of employee whistleblowers who were improperly terminated for various reasons — including having sought to prevent their employer from forcing employees to work from the office at
On March 28, 2022, Judge Anita B. Brody of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania issued two Orders denying virtually all of the defendants’ motions to dismiss individual claims in lawsuits filed against The Devereux Foundation/Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health and Quality Health Staffing over allegations that the plaintiffs suffered physical, sexual,
Agreement will result in oversight and institutional reforms at UofM to address sexual assault, harassment, and other sexual violence; creates innovative Coordinated Community Response Team ANN ARBOR – A class action settlement between students and the University of Michigan will lead to the creation and implementation of best-in-class, institutional reforms at UofM that address and
Vice Chancellor Zurn of the Delaware Chancery Court has entered an Order and Final Judgment approving a $237.5 million settlement that will end stockholders’ derivative litigation relating to Boeing’s oversight of the 737 MAX’s design and development. Co-Lead Plaintiffs the New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, as trustee of the New York State Common
Judge Torres’ Order also agrees with plaintiffs on multiple evidentiary and expert testimony issues On March 17, 2022, District Court Judge Analisa Torres issued an Order in the ongoing Goldman Sachs gender discrimination case (originally filed in 2010) with significant positive ramifications for the plaintiffs and the Class. Most significantly:
Watershed criminal justice result based in part on pro bono amicus work by Lieff Cabraser attorney Evan Ballan On March 11, 2022, the North Carolina Supreme Court issued an order creating a critical new criminal justice standard, permitting criminal defendants to seek post-conviction DNA innocence testing even if they had pled
Third-party administrator will allocate settlement amounts based on an objective formula to each qualifying class member March 11, 2022 – Update – Last night, the Court granted final approval to the settlement in the Kaiser Race Discrimination Class Action. In addition to the class relief, the Court approved the named
City of Nashville Mayor John Cooper has announced that the city of Nashville will receive $23 million to recoup taxpayer funds allocated to emergency government responses to the opioid epidemic from 2017 through the present. The news comes in the wake of an historic $26 billion nationwide settlement with American opioid manufacturers and distributors reached