Fox17 Nashville reports that a medication mix-up before “routine” knee replacment surgery has left a 72-year old Tennessee woman partially paralyzed and caused harm to three other patients at Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown in Nashville. The now-paralyzed patient was supposed to receive anesthetic prior to surgery, and instead was given
Law360 has published a profile of Lieff Cabraser partner Sean A. Petterson as part of its 2026 Rising Stars series, recognizing leading attorneys under 40.
Lieff Cabraser partner Elizabeth Cabraser will speak at the 5th annual Complex Litigation Ethics Conference, taking place October 15–16, 2026, at UC Law San Francisco, hosted by the Center for Litigation and Courts. The event convenes judges, scholars, and practitioners to debate cutting-edge ethics in class actions and multidistrict litigation.
Benchmark Litigation, the “definitive guide to the world’s leading litigation firms and lawyers,” has announced this year’s Top 250 Women in Litigation, a list that includes Lieff Cabraser patners Elizabeth J. Cabraser and Kelly M. Dermody.
Benchmark Litigation, the “definitive guide to the world’s leading litigation firms and lawyers,” has announced this year’s Benchmark 40 & Under Hot List, which includes a 9th-time selection for Lieff Cabraser partner Phong-Chau G. Nguyen. The annual list recognizes top emerging talent in litigation across the United States and Canada.
We are pleased to announce that Lieff Cabraser partner Katherine “Kara” McBride has been named to Bloomberg Law’s 2026 “They’ve Got Next: The 40 Under 40” list.
A new report from Funston Advisory Services examines transparency and disclosure across 67 different state public retirement funds and concludes that “what separates the leaders is not resources or statute,” but rather a “deliberate decision, made by a board, about what to disclose and how.”
On August 4, 2026, CAL FIRE and the L.A. County Fire Department released their Origin and Cause Investigation Report and Supplemental Report on the Eaton Fire. The report conclusively determines that the Eaton Fire was caused by electrical arcing events on an out-of-service Edison transmission tower on the Mesa-Sylmar circuit. According to the report, these
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.