We are pleased to announce that Law360 has named Lieff Cabraser partner Sean A. Petterson a Rising Star in Class Action Law for 2026 (subscription). Law360’s Rising Stars are attorneys “under 40 whose legal accomplishments belie their age.” After reviewing more than 1,100 submissions, a team of editors selected 164 honorees; Sean is one of only five class action law practitioners in
Lieff Cabraser partner Edward A. Baker will speak at the upcoming National Association of Medicaid Fraud Control Units (NAMFCU) conference on Monday, August 18, as part of the Medicaid Fraud Enforcement Roundtable. The program will take place from 8:45 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. ET.
Proposed settlement terms on behalf of women professors require three years of independent pay audits and new pay and promotion transparency measures; agreement is subject to court approval Equal Rights Advocates (ERA) and Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein announced today that Vassar College has agreed to terms for settling a class action lawsuit brought by
Lieff Cabraser Nashville Managing Partner Mark P. Chalos was featured recently in a FOX13 Memphis news segment discussing the firm’s lawsuit against xAI over allegations that its chatbot, Grok, was used to generate child sexual abuse material (CSAM). The piece also examines Minnesota’s new law banning “nudify” apps that allow users to create explicit deepfakes,
We are pleased to announce that Lieff Cabraser partner Mark P. Chalos has been appointed Vice Chair of the newly established Abuse & Exploitation Section of the American Association for Justice (AAJ).
We are pleased to share that nine Lieff Cabraser partners have been named to this year’s “Lawdragon 500 Leading Civil Rights & Plaintiff Employment Lawyers” guide: Lin Y. Chan, Kelly M. Dermody, Rachel Geman, Dean M. Harvey, Daniel M. Hutchinson, Michelle Lamy, Daniel Seltz, Anne B. Shaver, and Tiseme Zegeye.
Lieff Cabraser Nashville office managing partner Mark P. Chalos will speak at the American Association for Justice’s 2026 Annual Convention in Chicago on Monday, July 27, 2026.
Lieff Cabraser is pleased to report that on July 20, Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin granted final approval to a $1.5 billion class action settlement resolving claims that AI giant Anthropic violated the copyright laws by unlawfully acquiring books. “The settlement is historic. It reminds us, as if we needed reminding, of the
Lieff Cabraser Of Counsel Matthew G. Jacobs will participate in the 2026 SACRS Public Pension Investment Management Program, presented by the State Association of County Retirement Systems (SACRS) in partnership with UC Berkeley Haas School of Business Executive Education.
Law.com and The New York Law Journal have announced the finalists for the 2026 New York Legal Awards, and we’re pleased to share that Lieff Cabraser has been named a finalist for Products Liability/Mass Torts Litigation Department of the Year.