June 2022 – Page 2 – Lieff Cabraser

Lieff Cabraser and Co-Counsel File Federal Antitrust Class Action Lawsuit Against Deutsche Telekom, T-Mobile US, and Softbank Group over T-Mobile/Sprint Merger

Federal lawsuit alleges American consumers have paid billions more for wireless services after one of the most anti-competitive acquisitions in history reduced the number of U.S. retail mobile carriers from four to three and combined two fierce competitors into a single behemoth with no incentive to compete CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–On Friday, June 17, 2022, Lieff Cabraser

LieffCabraser2022-08-23T16:00:00+00:00June 17th, 2022|Antitrust|

Volkswagen Agrees to $80M Proposed Settlement to Resolve Porsche Emissions Cheating Class Action Lawsuits

As reported by Law360, Volkswagen and Porsche have agreed to pay $80 million to settle claims that they manipulated nearly 500,000 gasoline-powered Porsche vehicles to overstate their advertised fuel economy and obtain fraudulent emissions certifications in an attempt to make them seem more eco-friendly than they actually were.

LieffCabraser2022-06-17T18:51:31+00:00June 17th, 2022|Consumer Fraud|

Nine Lieff Cabraser Attorneys Recognized by Lawdragon as “Leading Plaintiff Employment & Civil Rights Lawyers” for 2022

We are pleased to announce that nine Lieff Cabraser partners were named to this year’s Lawdragon “500 Leading Employment & Civil Rights Lawyers” list: Lin Y. Chan, Kelly M. Dermody, Rachel Geman, Dean M. Harvey, Daniel M. Hutchinson, Michelle Lamy, Michael Levin-Gesundheit, Anne B. Shaver, and Tiseme Zegeye. This is Lawdragon’s fifth consecutive year of publishing its list of distinguished lawyers “who have

LieffCabraser2022-06-16T22:23:30+00:00June 16th, 2022|Awards, Firm News|

Lieff Cabraser & Shavitz Law Group File Federal Collective and California Class Action Lawsuit Against Stryker Corporation for Failure to Pay Overtime Wages, Provide Meal and Rest Breaks, and Pay Business Expenses

The class, collective and representative lawsuit was filed on behalf of Stryker Sales Representatives and Sales Associates working across a wide range of Stryker medical product divisions in the U.S. On June 14, 2022, the law firms of Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP and Shavitz Law Group, P.A. filed a lawsuit in the Central

LieffCabraser2022-06-15T23:05:57+00:00June 15th, 2022|Employment Law|

Plaintiffs and Google Agree to $118 Million Settlement of Pay Equity Class Action

Plaintiffs’ law firms Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP and Altshuler Berzon LLP announce today that Plaintiffs have reached an agreement with Defendant Google LLC ( “Google”), in which Google will pay $118 million to settle a class action gender discrimination lawsuit, Ellis v. Google LLC, No. CGC-17-561299, pending since 2017. The settlement covers approximately

admin2022-06-13T17:17:35+00:00June 11th, 2022|Employment Law|

Connecticut Supreme Court Issues Landmark Decision in Medical Device Case

In a case focusing on Bausch & Lomb’s artificial in-eye lenses that can break inside patient’s eyes, causing vision that is equivalent to seeing the world through a kaleidoscope — at best — plaintiffs won a signal victory in the Connecticut Supreme Court when that authority held that the plaintiffs’ injury claims against Bausch &

LieffCabraser2022-06-09T21:41:40+00:00June 9th, 2022|Defective Medical Devices, Firm News, Personal Injury|

Daily Journal Names Elizabeth Cabraser, Kelly Dermody and Richard Heimann “2022 Top Plaintiff Lawyers in California”

We are delighted to announce that the Daily Journal (subscription) has named Lieff Cabraser partners Elizabeth Cabraser, Kelly Dermody and Richard Heimann to its annual listing of “Top Plaintiff Lawyers in California.” The Top Plaintiff Lawyer awards acknowledge attorneys’ active involvement in “significant cases that make a difference in California and the world.”

LieffCabraser2022-06-08T19:49:16+00:00June 8th, 2022|Awards, Firm News|

Critical Need for New Judges with Antitrust Expertise Highlighted in NY Times Op-Ed: “When Picking Judges, Democrats Need to Stop Ignoring Economics”

The New York Times has published a powerful opinion piece by lead business and economics writer Binyamin Appelbaum, calling on President Biden to push back against corporate abuses by “putting antitrust experts on the federal bench.” The piece refers back to the massive impact then-President Reagan’s court nominations had on our justice system in the

LieffCabraser2022-06-07T23:39:00+00:00June 7th, 2022|Antitrust|

Lieff Cabraser Ranked Among Top Class Action Antitrust Law Firms in Newly-Issued 2021 Antitrust Annual Report

Lieff Cabraser recognized as one of the leading antitrust law firms named by Huntington Bank and UC Hastings Law in the recently-issued “2021 Antitrust Annual Report: Class Action Filings in Federal Court” Huntington Bank and the Center for Litigation and Courts at UC College of the Law, San Francisco have released

LieffCabraser2022-09-24T03:38:41+00:00June 6th, 2022|Antitrust|

Lieff Cabraser and Co-Counsel Announce Filing of New Federal Lawsuit Against Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health

Sexual abuse cases continue to mount against Devereux as five new abuse survivors come forward to file individual complaints alleging that Devereux and partner QualityHealth Staffing exposed them to physical, emotional, or sexual abuse by its staff and failed to enact or enforce safety measures or protective policies Lieff Cabraser and Sauder Schelkopf filed a

LieffCabraser2022-06-02T22:47:03+00:00June 2nd, 2022|Firm News, Sexual Abuse|

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