As reported by Law360, on October 21, 2022, U.S. District Judge Charles R. Breyer of the Northern District of California announced that he plans to issue an order granting final approval to an $80 million settlement resolving driver claims in an emissions cheating class action filed by Lieff Cabraser against Volkswagen and Porsche. The lawsuit alleges
As highlighted in a feature article in Fortune, after an extraordinary 17 years, a gender class action lawsuit against Goldman Sachs is finally headed for trial in New York. All 1,400-plus class members are women who worked for Goldman as associates or vice-presidents, bringing class claims for discrimination in performance pay and promotion, with the named
Lieff Cabraser is proud to sponsor the Tennessee Innocence Project’s annual fundraising event, “Inspired by Innocence,” on Thursday, Oct. 27. Over the past year, the Tennessee Innocence Project (TIP) successfully obtained 4 exonerations for actually innocent clients wrongfully convicted of murder. Funds from the event pay for legal services for TIP clients.
As reported by Law360, Amplify Energy Corporation has agreed to pay $50 million to class members who allege they were harmed by the October 2021 pipeline rupture and resulting catastrophic oil spill that dumped up to 131,000 gallons of highly toxic crude oil off the coast of Huntington Beach. The spill killed fish and wildlife, forced
Article features commentary from Lieff Cabraser partner Douglas Cuthbertson, a lead attorney on the case As reported by Courthouse News, on Tuesday, October 11, 2022, U.S. Magistrate Judge Nathanael Cousins of the Northern District of California signaled that he will likely grant final approval to a recent settlement aimed at resolving privacy invasion claims in a
We are delighted to announce that Lieff Cabraser partner Elizabeth Cabraser will be honored with an Award for Excellence in Ethics in Complex Litigation at UC College of the Law’s upcoming Complex Litigation Ethics Conference on Saturday, Oct. 22, 2022. The conference is the first in what will be an annual event addressing Complex Litigation Ethics. Its
As reported by Bloomberg Law, lawsuits against Meta and other digital platforms are growing in number over allegations that the companies are improperly sharing user’s tracking data related to the videos they watch on the internet.
Law360 Pulse (subscription) has published a profile of the attorneys involved in the recent class action lawsuit filed on behalf of local residents against the City of Jackson, Mississippi over its role in the current water crisis that left city residents without access to clean and safe drinking water. The piece includes an in-depth profile
As reported by Law Street Media, on October 4, 2022, U.S. District Judge Robert S. Lasnik of the Western District of Washington at Seattle issued an order granting preliminary approval to a proposed $6.15 million settlement aimed at resolving Hawaii coffee farmers claims that Costco, Marshalls, Gold Coffee Roasters, and other large retailers falsely labeled ordinary
As reported by WNYT – News Channel 13, after two staff members at a Devereux Health facility in Red Hook, NY were charged in relation to the recent death of a fourteen year old resident, investigators and the community have started looking deeper into abuse allegations made against the non-profit chain. One of the largest behavioral