Former Tesla employees have filed charges with the NLRB claiming that Tesla unlawfully fired them for speaking out about sexual harassment in the workplace and Tesla’s return to office policy. SAN FRANCISCO (December 19, 2022) — Two former Tesla employees filed unfair labor practice charges against the company on December 15, 2022. The charges allege
Lieff Cabraser partners Mark P. Chalos and Kenneth S. Byrd were featured as distinguished speakers at the Mississippi Association for Justice’s 2022 Winter CLE Seminar: Hot Topics in Insurance Law: From Regulation to Litigation, on Thursday, December 15 in Jackson. Both Mark and Kenny led a panel entitled “Texas Two Step. When Insurance is Gone and the Bankruptcy Court
Lieff Cabraser partner Phong-Chau G. Nguyen will speak as featured faculty at the Strafford CLE video webinar entitled, “Selecting and Protecting Class Representatives: Defending Plaintiff Depositions; Proving Adequacy, Typicality” taking place on Thursday, December 15, 2022, from 1:00pm-2:30 pm EST.
Lieff Cabraser partners David S. Stellings and Kenneth S. Byrd were featured as distinguished speakers at the inaugural Trial Lawyers of Mass Torts Conference which took place Tuesday and Wednesday, December 6-7 in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Kenny addressed “Mass Torts/Class Actions and Bankruptcy Issues” on December 6th, while David spoke on “Trends in Class Action
The four settlements with Juul Labs announced today resolve the personal injury, consumer class action, government entity, and tribal harm cases brought in the national MDL and the JCCP in CaliforniaCo-Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs in the federal multidistrict litigation captioned In re: Juul Labs, Inc., Marketing, Sales Practices and Products Liability
The 1st Circuit Court of Appeal in Boston has revived class action litigation accusing Evenflo Company Inc of misleading consumers about the safety of side impacts and testing of its “Big Kid” vehicle booster seats. The Appeals Court ruled that a lower-court judge was wrong in concluding in January that consumers in the multidistrict litigation
Former SpaceX employees have filed charges with the NLRB claiming that SpaceX unlawfully fired nine employees for working collectively to stop sexual harassment and gender discrimination. SAN FRANCISCO (November 17, 2022) — Eight former SpaceX employees filed unfair labor practice charges against the company on November 16, 2022. The charges allege that SpaceX violated the
On November 9, 2022, U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers of the Northern District of California issued an order naming Lieff Cabraser partner Lexi J. Hazam as Co-Lead Counsel for plaintiffs in the nationwide multidistrict teen/youth social media addiction litigation alleging that social media apps such as Facebook and TikTok cause
On November 10, 2022, Lieff Cabraser managing partner Steven Fineman moderated the breakout session panel, “Securing Democracy: Taking Hate and Extremism to Court” at the Anti-Defamation League’s Never Is Now summit in New York City. Never Is Now is the world’s largest annual summit on antisemitism and hate.
As reported by Law360 (subscription), U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar for the Northern District of California has issued an order denying the latest motion by California bail bond industry players to dismiss claims from a class action lawsuit accusing them of conspiring to charge artificially high prices for bail bonds. The class action seeks damages for