Judge Anita Brody of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has granted plaintiffs’ motion to compel defendant Devereux Foundation to produce certain records related to alleged abuse at behavioral health facility the Devereux Foundation. Judge Brody held that letting Pennsylvania state law take precedence over federal law would create a “worringly”
Defect alleged to affect tens if not hundreds of thousands of cars across the Mercedes-Benz vehicle line can cause rear subframes to rust or corrode, resulting in sudden, unexpected loss of control for the driver. In response to notice of imminent lawsuit, Mercedes announced a belated, inadequate warranty extension. February 10,
February 9, 2023 – Multiple shipping companies have agreed to pay $45 million to class members who were injured from the 25,000 gallon oil pipeline leak offshore Huntington Beach, California, in October 2021. The shipping companies are Capetanissa Maritime Corporation, Costamare Shipping Co., S.A., V.Ships Greece Ltd., and the M/V Beijing (collectively, “Capetanissa”) and Doredellas
On February 8, 2023, Judge Robert B. Kugler of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey appointed Lieff Cabraser partner Rachel Geman as one of Class Counsel for the Medical Monitoring class in In re Valsartan, Losartan, and Irbesartan Products Liability Litigation, No. 19-2875 (RBK/SAK).
On Thursday, February 16, 2023, Lieff Cabraser Munich office managing partner Dr. Katharina Kolb will participate in a panel discussion hosted by the American Bar Association Antitrust Law Section on “International Careers in Antitrust: Perspectives from Practitioners.”
On Tuesday, February 7, 2023, Lieff Cabraser Munich office managing partner Katharina Kolb will take part in the American Bar Association Antitrust Law Section webinar, “Global Antitrust Litigation Update: Trucks, Bucks and More.”
As part of its Member Spotlight series, Public Justice recently sat down with Lieff Cabraser partners Anne Shaver and Michelle Lamy to discuss their roles in the groundbreaking Google gender discrimination class action brought on behalf of more than 15,000 female Google employees in California. In October 2022, final approval was granted to a $118
We are pleased to announce that the Daily Journal (subscription) has named Lieff Cabraser partner Sarah R. London to its inaugural list of “Leading Commercial Litigators in California.” The award recognizes attorneys who have been lead counsel on major litigation that has significantly impacted the state. Sarah is one of only 44 lawyers to make
Lieff Cabraser attorney Caitlin Woods will be featured as a distinguished speaker at the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association “Ski and CLE” event taking place January 26–29, 2023 at the Hyatt Regency Incline Village in Lake Tahoe. On day one of the program (1/27), Caitlin will discuss the JUUL e-cigarette multi-district litigation.
As reported by Law360, on January 20, 2023, U.S. District Judge William H. Orrick of the Federal District Court for the Northern District of California indicated that he expects to grant preliminary approval to a $255 million settlement resolving nationwide economic loss claims in the sprawling multidistrict federal fraud and injury