Bulletin notes serious infant injuries and at least one infant death, warns of possible contamination at manufacturing plant as well as manufacturing problems On February 18, 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an urgent recall and warning relating to Abbott Nutrition Sturgis infant formula products Similac, Alimentum, and Elecare. The alarm arose in
On February 18, 2022, Lawdragon legal media announced its 500 Leading Lawyers in America for 2022, a list which includes Lieff Cabraser partners Kelly M. Dermody, Eric B. Fastiff, Steven E. Fineman, Annika K. Martin and Robert J. Nelson.
Lieff Cabraser partner Dean M. Harvey will be a featured panelist at Berkeley Law’s 2022 Riesenfeld Symposium, Big Money, Big Enforcement: New Frontiers in Global Antitrust Regulation, to be held in-person on Tuesday, February 22, 2022. Dean will participate in a panel discussion on “Is Labor the Next Frontier of Antitrust?” where he will address the intersections between antitrust
The House and Senate have passed an important law to help prevent sexual harassment, called “The Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021.” It stops employers from imposing arbitration agreements on employees who have suffered sexual harassment or sexual assault by their employer. Employees now can
Congress is poised to take a huge step forward in passing a law that prohibits the use of forced arbitration clauses for sexual assault and harassment claims. Forced arbitration clauses are often included only in the fine-print of employment contracts, causing many workers to unknowingly sign away their rights and be silenced from speaking out.
Complaint in the case alleged The Door falsely inflated the number of visits to its facility on cost reports in order to fraudulently receive additional undeserved reimbursement money from the Indigent Care Pool In a press release issued today, the U.S. Attorney’s office has announced that the United States filed and settled a civil fraud
As reported by The New York Times (subscription) and multiple other outlets, Native American tribes have reached a $590 million proposed settlement agreement with Johnson & Johnson and three of the country’s largest opioid distributors to resolve claims over the companies’ alleged role in fueling the massive opioid addiction crisis responsible
As reported by Law360 (subscription), on January 28, 2022, U.S. District Judge William H. Orrick of the Northern District of California issued an order denying the bulk of the latest wave of defendant motions to dismiss two tribes’ bellwether suits in multidistrict injury and fraudulent advertising litigation against e-cigarette manufacturer Juul and its part-owner Altria. The lawsuits
We are pleased to announce that Lieff Cabraser partner Kelly McNabb has been named to the Steering Committee of The Sedona Conference Working Group 1 for a three-year term commencing in January 2022. Kelly is one of six attorneys who were appointed because of their capacity for dialogue and working to reach consensus, subject-matter expertise, significant
Lieff Cabraser partner Kelly M. Dermody is featured in this week’s episode of the “55 Voices for Democracy” podcast with award-winning journalist Birte Meier. “55 Voices” is inspired by the 55 BBC radio addresses Thomas Mann delivered between 1940 and 1945 from his home in California, warning listeners in Germany, Switzerland,