We are proud to announce that The American Lawyer has named Lieff Cabraser partner Mark Chalos to its second annual list of “South Trailblazers.” The award recognizes lawyers in the southern states of the U.S. who have “moved the needle in the legal industry,” and who are “true agents of change.” Mark is one of only 54 lawyers to make
Super Lawyers has released its annual report on New York Metro attorneys, highlighting those who “demonstrate the highest degree of professional achievement and peer recognition.” Sixteen Lieff Cabraser attorneys have been selected as New York Metro Super Lawyers and Rising Stars this year.
As reported by NBC News, on Monday, September 26, 2022, The U.S. Department of Justice threatened to take legal action against local officials in Mississippi if they don’t take the necessary steps to fix problems with the City of Jackson’s water supply, noting that Jackson’s water system is at a “breaking point.”
As reported by Law360 (subscription), plaintiffs represented by Lieff Cabraser and co-counsel were successful in defeating DaVita and other health care providers’ attempts to get employee no-poach claims thrown out of the federal class action lawsuit alleging employee compensation and mobility were criminally suppressed at these companies via illegal agreements with competitors not to compete for each other’s
CNN recently featured a report on the new lawsuit filed by Lieff Cabraser on behalf of the residents of Jackson, Mississippi over the extreme water crisis that left residents without running water for weeks. The class action lawsuit is the first of its kind filed over the Jackson water crisis and accuses the City of
Newly filed motion reveals 133 internal complaints of gender discrimination at Goldman and nine charges filed with EEOC; class comprises more than 1,400 current/former women vice-presidents and associates at Goldman who encountered discrimination over pay, promotion, and reviews NEW YORK (September 21, 2022) — A gender class action lawsuit against Goldman Sachs pending since 2010
On September 20, 2022, U.S. District Judge Philip S. Gutierrez of the Central District of California granted final approval to a $230 million settlement of the long-running Plains Oil Spill lawsuit filed by Lieff Cabraser and co-counsel arising from an oil spill off Refugio State Beach in Santa Barbara County in
As alleged in a new lawsuit filed by Lieff Cabraser on behalf of the residents of Jackson, Mississippi over the extreme water crisis that left residents without running water for weeks, the catastrophe arose out of decades of neglect and administrative and political failure. The lawsuit seeks injunctive relief and monetary damages against various government and
The Daily Journal (subscription) has published its annual listing of Top 100 Lawyers in California, which includes 17th-time selection for Lieff Cabraser partner Elizabeth Cabraser and 4th-time selection for Lieff Cabraser partner Richard Heimann. After reviewing hundreds of nominations, the Daily Journal honors a chosen 100 of California’s leading lawyers who are involved in “the most cutting-edge work in
Law360 has published an in-depth profile on Lieff Cabraser partners Elizabeth Cabraser and Richard Heimann, named Product Liability “MVPs of the Year” for 2022. The profile highlights the pair’s most notable accomplishments of the past year.