The Women Trial Lawyers Caucus will host its biennial Leadership Summit on Friday, February 7, 2020, the day before the start of the Winter Convention. This all-day program will be open to all female voting members and paralegal associates.
As reported by Law360 (subscription), an Ohio federal judge has denied attempts by Rite Aid, Walmart and other pharmacies to dismiss claims alleging their opioid monitoring systems were not reliable and that their failure to stop opioids from being obtained illegally created a public nuisance.
New York State recently enacted the New York Child Victims Act, which opens a one-year window until August 14, 2020 for people of any age who experienced sexual abuse as a child to bring lawsuits in New York even for abuse that occurred decades ago. Going forward, the new law also allows child sex abuse
If You Bought or Provided Reimbursement for the Anticoagulant Medications Lovenox® or Generic Enoxaparin Between September 21, 2011 and September 30, 2015 You Could Get Money from Class Action Settlements Totaling $120 Million Proposed Settlements totaling $120 million have been reached in a class action lawsuit regarding the price that uninsured consumers, hospitals, and third-party
On January 24, 2020, Lieff Cabraser partner David S. Stellings spoke at The University of Miami School of Law’s 2020 “Class Action & Complex Litigation Forum.” David and several other legal experts were featured on the panel “MDL—Who Wants One? Plaintiff, Defense and Judicial Perspectives on MDL Pros and Cons.”
Lieff Cabraser partner Annika K. Martin will speak on “Plaintiff Side Litigation” this Saturday, January 25, 2020, at the University of California Public Service Law Conference in Irvine, California.
Lieff Cabraser today filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court arguing for the importance of the ability of the Securities and Exchange Commission to continue to seek disgorgement of the gains from securities law violations in federal court in order to effectively deter securities fraud and promote the public policies that form the
On Thursday, January 23, 2020, from 12:40 – 2:00 p.m., Lieff Cabraser partner Annika K. Martin will speak at Berkeley Law’s Lunch Talk event on the USC Tyndall Sex Abuse Litigation, in which Ms. Martin represents women who were sexually abused, harassed, and molested by former head USC gynecologist George Tyndall, M.D. while they were
Lieff Cabraser partner Mark P. Chalos is a featured guest columnist in a recent issue of the Tennessean, where he’s penned a striking opinion piece on the importance of fair trials. Read the full article below.
The Duke Law School Bolch Judicial Institute is holding an intensive 3-day mass-tort MDL instructional program from March 11-13, 2020. Faculty will include two Duke Law professors, six experienced MDL judges, and 25 lawyers who have either served as preeminent mass-tort lead counsel or chaired specific-task MDL committees. The program is designed for both plaintiff and defense