As reported in Law360 (subscription), plaintiffs represented by Lieff Cabraser and co-counsel have defeated General Motors’ attempts to dismiss the federal class action lawsuit alleging that for more than a decade, GM hid defects in its trucks and SUVs that prevented airbags from deploying and seatbelts from tightening during crashes.
Lawsuit filed by Lieff Cabraser and co-counsel asserts that The Hotchkiss School fostered an environment rife with sexual abuse for decades; if successful, future survivors would have quicker pathway to justice and not need to again prove school is liable for negligence, breached its duty, and created unreasonable risk Lakeville, Connecticut – A class-action lawsuit
Lieff Cabraser has been retained by the California Attorney General’s office in litigation against five of the largest oil and gas companies in the world over allegations the companies misled the public about climate change. The Attorney General’s lawsuit, filed in San Francisco County Superior Court in September 2023, claims that Exxon Mobil, Shell, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, BP,
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, sponsored the Tennessee Innocence Project’s (TIP) annual gala last week at Music City Center in Nashville.
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
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
As reported by CNN, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration intends to propose a ban on hair straightening products like hair relaxers that have been linked to health risks including uterine and ovarian cancer in long-time users. The rule is expected to bank hair-straightening products that contain formaldehyde and other related chemicals like methylene and