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,
On January 19, 2022, The University of Michigan announced a settlement of the individual sex abuse claims against sexual predator and university doctor Robert E. Anderson sex abuse claims. The proposed settlement provides $460 million for approximately 1,050 individuals. That fund will be allocated in a process to be set up by the plaintiff lawyers
The University of Michigan’s Board of Regents recently announced that President Mark Schlissel has been removed due to an alleged inappropriate relationship with a university employee. MLive reports that Schlissel was fired for breaking the very same rule he himself announced and implemented at a July Board of Regents meeting aimed at overhauling the school’s
Lieff Cabraser attorney Jessica Moldovan will speak as featured faculty at the Strafford CLE video webinar entitled, “Duty to Protect From Third-Party Harm in Sexual Abuse Cases” taking place on Wednesday, January 19, 2022, from 1:00pm-2:30pm EST. This CLE course will explore the standards applied by courts to determine who may face civil liability for physical