On Saturday June 10, 2023, Lieff Cabraser partner Tiseme Zegeye connected with the Southern California community at the 2023 Long Beach Women's Health Expo, an annual event that has served as a vital platform for advancing women's health issues for over two decades. [Event photo: Legal Nurse Consultant Monica Bullard and Lieff Cabraser Partner Tiseme
Litigation to date has recovered more than $50 billion for communities nationwide to address and abate opioid epidemic June 8, 2023 – An additional $18.75 billion will now be provided to communities nationwide to directly address the opioid epidemic, as a vast majority of state and local governments confirmed participation in global settlements that resolve
Lieff Cabraser attorney Edward Baker recently spoke at the American Association of Professional Coders HealthCon 2023 event in Nashville, where he co-led a panel discussion on Risk Adjustment on 5/22, and led a separate presentation entitled “The Essential Role of Coders and Auditors in Risk Adjustment Litigation” on 5/24.
Lieff Cabraser partner Rachel Geman will speak as featured faculty at the Strafford CLE video webinar entitled “Medical Monitoring in Personal Injury, Products Liability, and Medical Device Litigation: Developments and Strategies,” taking place on Wednesday, June 7, 2023, from 1:00pm-2:30 pm EDT.
On May 19, 2023, Lieff Cabraser attorney Edward Baker spoke at the American Health Law Association’s Health Plan Law and Compliance Institute in Chicago, where he co-led a panel discussion entitled “A Moving Target: Key Litigation and Regulatory Developments in Medicare Advantage Risk Adjustment.” The panel was designed to provide plaintiff, defense counsel, and compliance expert perspectives on
Lawdragon legal magazine has published its list of “500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers” for 2023, “outstanding” lawyers who specialize “in representing plaintiffs in securities and other financial litigation; the booming antitrust field; whistleblowing claims; data privacy and so much more…They stand tall taking on opioid peddlers, flavored-cigarette sharks, scheming banks, pirating crypto bros, … and social media
As reported by Law360, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy, has issued a crucial health alert emphasizing the harmful effects of social media on the well-being of America’s youth. The advisory, coming as it does from a new perspective, clearly classifies social media platforms as “products,” a stance that could significantly reshape the range of applicable law.
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein hosted a welcome reception on May 8, 2023 in Nashville for women trial lawyers from across the country as part of the annual “A Class of Our Own” conference. The conference was sponsored by Lieff Cabraser and other law firms and covered a wide range of
As reported by Law360, a pivotal legal victory has been achieved in the fight against the U.S. opioid crisis, with Walgreens agreeing to a $230 million payment to the city of San Francisco. The payment is the culmination of an intense bench trial which established Walgreens’ culpability for its part in the city’s opioid epidemic.
Prince George’s joins other school districts in Maryland and nationwide seeking accountability for addictive social media products harming students, straining resources UPPER MARLBORO, MD – Prince George’s County Public Schools, one of the 20 largest school districts in the country, today filed a lawsuit against social media companies Meta, Google, ByteDance, and Snap Inc. alleging