U.S. District Judge Robert S. Lasnik of the Western District of Washington at Seattle has granted final approval to the latest and last settlement in a lawsuit brought by Hawaii’s Big Island coffee farmers accusing retailers and suppliers of falsely labeling ordinary coffee beans as premium “Kona” coffee.
As reported by Law360 (subscription), a California federal judge has granted preliminary approval to a proposed $62 million settlement in a class action lawsuit brought by Lieff Cabraser on behalf of Android and iPhone users’ accusing Google of tracking their movements and activities without their consent. The suit claims that Google tracks users’ location data even after they’ve activated privacy
The new state lawsuits follow preexisting multidistrict litigation in federal court in San Francisco original filed by Lieff Cabraser and co-counsel As reported widely across the media, a bipartisan coalition of state attorneys general that includes California, New York, Georgia, South Carolina, Illinois and related actions from Massachusetts, Tennessee, Mississippi and
Lawsuit asserts that Hillsdale College violated Title IX and state law by not properly investigating several reports of sexual assault on its campus and not adhering to its own inadequate sexual misconduct policy HILLSDALE, MI–Two women filed a class action lawsuit against Hillsdale College accusing it of failing to adequately investigate their reports of sexual
Lieff Cabraser partner David Rudolph will be a speaker at the Practising Law Institute’s California Privacy Law 2023 event on Thursday, October 26, 2023. The half day program will be held in-person in San Francisco and via live webcast. David will co-lead a presentation on “The Outside Counsel Perspective,” where he will discuss key privacy litigation risks faced
Lieff Cabraser attorney Avery Halfon will speak as featured faculty at the upcoming Strafford CLE webinar entitled “Preparing For, Taking, and Defending Depositions of Class Representatives,” being held on Wednesday, October 26, 2023, from 1:00pm-2:30 pm EDT.
The growing national movement to expose and reform the increasingly dangerous “troubled-teen” industry is highlighted in a powerful New York Times opinion piece A compelling New York Times op-ed written by contributing Op-Ed writer Maia Szalavitz brings needed attention to the increasing efforts to address the murky and dangerous practices rife within the “troubled-teen” industry.
Lieff Cabraser client Kirstin Rogers spoke about whistleblower perspectives in cases where fraud is perpetrated against the government at this year’s TAF Coalition “The Anti-Fraud Coalition” conference in Washington D.C. The in-person event provided a three-day “deep dive” into the latest developments of False Claims Act/Whistleblower Law practice and other programs
Lieff Cabraser partners Brendan Glackin and Dean Harvey will be speakers at the American Antitrust Institute’s 17th Annual Private Antitrust Enforcement Conference taking place Thursday, November 2, 2023, at the National Press Club in Washington DC. The event will feature a series of panel discussions on timely topics led by experts and thought-leaders from across the
Lieff Cabraser partner and Securities and Financial Fraud practice group Chair Daniel Chiplock will be a speaker at the NCPERS 2023 Fall Conference, taking place October 22-25, 2023, in Las Vegas. On day two of the conference (10/23), Dan will participate in a panel discussion entitled “Securing Our Markets: The Essential Role of Public Funds.”