Last week, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein’s Nashville office hosted lawyers from the Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association (TTLA) and the Kentucky Justice Association (KJA) for a joint networking event with a message of partnership among plaintiffs’ attorneys fighting for the rights of businesses and individuals harmed by wrongdoers.
On Friday afternoon, a federal judge of the U.S. District Court in White Plains, New York, denied a motion by Vassar College to dismiss the equal pay claim in a class action lawsuit challenging long-standing gender-based pay disparities between Vassar’s male and female full professors. The order followed a longer ruling from the bench, which
Lieff Cabraser partner Wilson Dunlavey was profiled last week by Berkeley Law in an article entitled “By the Billions: Wilson Dunlavey ’15 Gains Big Environmental Law Settlements From the Big Apple.” One of a series of pieces aimed at highlighting “standout alums who are shining across various practice areas,” the Berkeley Law article examines Wilson’s
How Acadia, a leading hospital chain, reportedly traps patients The New York Times has released the results of an investigation into allegedly improper and illegal conduct by Acadia Healthcare, one of the US’s largest chains of psychiatric hospitals. The investigation discovered that at least some of Acadia’s doubled-since-Covid profits appear to be predicated on Acadia
This week, Vanderbilt Law School hosted the panel discussion “What is a Plaintiff’s Attorney?” organized by the student group Plaintiffs’ Advocates & Litigation Society (PALS). Lieff Cabraser partners Mark P. Chalos and Kenneth S. Byrd were among the featured panelists, exploring the distinctions between plaintiff-side attorneys and traditional Big Law roles. Panelists addressed what is meant by
First-Ever Sexual Assault MDL Could Soon Be Largest Sexual Assault Litigation Ever, With 10,000+ Reported Rape/Sexual Assault Allegations Gathered for Consolidation in Federal Court. SAN FRANCISCO – Attorneys for Uber sexual assault and rape survivors across the country filed a master complaint in the Uber Passenger Sexual Assault Multi-District Litigation (MDL). The MDL was ordered
(l-r) Lieff Cabraser attorney Edward Baker, U.S. Attorney for Middle Tennessee Henry Leventis, USAO Deputy Chief Kathryn Booth, and USAO Deputy Chief Ellen Bowden McIntyre met for a roundtable discussion with The Anti-Fraud (TAF) Coalition in Nashville about Whistleblower law. The Anti-Fraud (TAF) Coalition, a national, public interest organization that defends and empowers whistleblowers who
At this week’s Fall 2023 Mass Torts Made Perfect Seminar at Las Vegas’ Bellagio Hotel, Lieff Cabraser partners Mark P. Chalos and Sarah R. London led a breakout session on “Learning How to Litigate High Profile Sexual Assault Cases: The Importance of Empowerment, Advocacy In & Out of Court, and Implementing Change.”
Five women full professors from historically women’s college file class action suit over systemic pay disparities, with 35 additional women full professors saying they share the class representatives’ grievances about Vassar’s pattern of pay discrimination Poughkeepsie, NY, Aug. 30, 2023—As classes began this week, most of the women full professors at Vassar College spoke out
We are proud to announce that Mark P. Chalos has been named a 2023 “Distinguished Leader” by ALM and Law.com. The Managing Partner of Lieff Cabraser’s Nashville office, Mark was honored for serving as Lead or Co-Lead counsel in multiple class actions and additional complex multidistrict litigations in federal and state courts across the U.S.