Lieff Cabraser partner Paulina do Amaral will be a speaker at the American Association for Justice 2024 Winter Convention, taking place February 10-13, 2024 at the JW Marriot Austin in Austin, Texas. On day three of the convention, Paulina will participate in a panel discussion on “The Opioid Crisis in America: Exploring the Legal Solutions,” featuring the
The law firms of Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, Simmons Hanly Conroy LLC, Motley Rice LLC, and Browne Pelican PLLC, counsel for plaintiffs in the McKinsey opioids litigation, announce that U.S. District Court Judge Charles Breyer has granted final approval to a $230 million settlement by McKinsey &
On Thursday, February 8, 2024, Lieff Cabraser partner Elizabeth Cabraser will co-lead a panel discussion hosted by the UC Berkeley Center for Consumer Law & Economic Justice and the European Law Institute (ELI) Digital Law Group. The conversation is the second in a series of transatlantic dialogues on pressing issues in the area of consumer
On Tuesday January 30, 2024, plaintiffs won a series of procedural victories in the overtime pay lawsuit filed against medical device giant Stryker Corporation when U.S. District Judge George Wu of the Central District of California denied a summary judgment motion filed by Stryker on multiple issues seeking to dismiss the litigation. The lawsuit was filed by Lieff
At this week’s inaugural TLMT Mardi Gras Bench & Bar Conference at New Orleans’ Four Seasons Hotel, Lieff Cabraser partner Kenneth S. Byrd participated in a panel discussion on “Complex Litigation Trials Tips and Tricks.”
Law360 (subscription) has published an in-depth profile on Lieff Cabraser’s Employment Law practice group as part of its recognition of the firm as a 2023 “Employment Law Practice Group of the Year.” Law360’s piece spotlights Lieff Cabraser’s work advocating for thousands of clients in workers’ rights disputes, including in securing a landmark $215 million settlement in a
Lieff Cabraser attorney Mark Chalos testified in a hearing held by the Advisory Committee of the U.S. Judicial Conference on Federal Civil Rules in Washington, D.C, this month regarding the proposed Federal Rule of Civil Procedure new rule 16.1, which would govern key aspects of the organization and case management of multidistrict litigations (MDL) in
We are pleased to announce that the Daily Journal (subscription) has named Lieff Cabraser partners Richard M. Heimann and Sarah R. London to its second annual listing of “Leading Commercial Litigators in California” The award recognizes attorneys who have been lead counsel on major litigation that has significantly impacted the state.
Lieff Cabraser partners Sarah R. London and Jason L. Lichtman are featured as panelists at HarrisMartin’s MDL Conference, taking place today, January 24, 2024, at the Kimpton Canary Hotel in Santa Barbara.
Law360 has announced the winners of its 2023 Practice Group of the Year awards, selecting Lieff Cabraser for Practice Group of the Year in the categories of Employment Law and Product Liability Law. These awards seek to recognize “law firms behind the litigation wins and major deals that resonated throughout the legal industry.”