About LieffCabraser

"One of the nation's premier plaintiffs firms," Lieff Cabraser has 120 lawyers in San Francisco, New York, Nashville, and Munich. We have a widely diversified practice successfully representing plaintiffs in the fields of personal injury and mass torts, securities and financial fraud, employment discrimination and unlawful employment practices, product defect, consumer protection, antitrust, environmental and toxic exposures, False Claims Act, digital privacy and data security, and civil and human rights. Our clients include individuals, classes and groups of people, businesses, and public and private entities.

Lieff Cabraser & Burgess Law Offices announce employees file unfair labor practice charges against SpaceX for retaliatory firings

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

2022-11-17T19:14:05+00:00November 17th, 2022|Employment Law|

Lexi Hazam Appointed Co-Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs in Teen/Youth Social Media Addiction MDL

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

2024-03-22T17:10:21+00:00November 11th, 2022|Personal Injury|

Judge Denies Motion to Dismiss in California Bail Bonds Antitrust Price-Fixing Class Action

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

2022-11-10T22:35:08+00:00November 10th, 2022|Antitrust|

North Carolina Attorney General Files Amicus Brief Urging Court to Move Forward With Antitrust Claims Against Mission Health

As reported by Law360 (subscription), on November 8, 2022, North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein filed an amicus brief urging a federal court to move forward with an antitrust class action against HCA Healthcare/Mission Health alleging the hospital giant is abusing its market power to prevent insurers from offering patients financial incentives to use lower cost

2022-11-10T02:58:36+00:00November 10th, 2022|Antitrust|

The Recorder: Why San Francisco’s Opioid Bench Trial Was a Rare Experience for Lieff Cabraser’s Richard Heimann

The Recorder has published an in-depth piece on Lieff Cabraser partner Richard M. Heiman highlighting his recent hard-fought work successfully representing the City of San Francisco in a landmark opioid bench trial against Walgreens pharmacy for its role in the City’s current drug crisis. In August 2022, the Court in the bench trial found Walgreens liable for

2022-11-09T19:54:40+00:00November 9th, 2022|Firm News, Prescription Drug Injuries|

Judge Grants Final Approval to $118M Settlement in Google Gender Discrimination Class Action

As reported by Law360, on October 25, 2022, California Superior Court Judge Andrew Y.S. Cheng granted final approval to a $118 million settlement of multidistrict litigation brought on behalf of a class of over 15,000 female Google workers accusing the tech giant of engaging in systemic and pervasive pay and promotion discrimination against its female

2023-06-13T15:11:20+00:00October 26th, 2022|Discrimination, Employment Law|

Judge to Grant Final Approval to $80M Settlement to Resolve Porsche Emissions Cheating Class Action Lawsuit

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

2022-10-25T00:18:29+00:00October 24th, 2022|Consumer Fraud|