On September 13, 2019, U.S. District Judge James G. Carr ordered tobacco giant Philip Morris USA Inc., to finally pay up on a $20 million verdict won against it by now-deceased former smoker, Judith Berger, saying that the company’s arguments for a new trial “served no other purpose than to delay payment of the judgment”
On Monday, September 23, 2019, Lieff Cabraser partner Dean M. Harvey will participate in a panel discussion at the Antitrust Division of the Justice Department’s public workshop on “Competition in Labor Markets” at the DOJ Conference Center in Washington, D.C. The event will feature a number of well-known antitrust and competition lawyers, experts, and scholars.
On October 18th, 2019, Lieff Cabraser partner Mark P. Chalos will participate in a panel discussion at the American Bar Association’s 23rd Annual National Institute on Class Actions in Nashville. The discussion is entitled: “How Big is Your Audience? Crescendos and Diminuendos in the Class-Action World.”
Legal publication The Daily Journal has published its annual list of Top 100 Lawyers in California, naming Lieff Cabraser name partner and co-founder Elizabeth J. Cabraser to the list for the 14th time.
Lawdragon legal magazine has published its first annual listing of the “500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers,” a listing that includes Lieff Cabraser partners Elizabeth Cabraser, Lin Chan, Eric Fastiff, Brendan Glackin, Dean Harvey, Lexi Hazam, Richard Heimann, Sharon Lee, Annika K. Martin, David Rudolph, and Daniel Seltz.
New article in Medium highlights Juul Stroke Injury lawsuit and includes commentary from Lieff Cabraser partner Sarah London A new piece published in Marker, Medium’s business publication takes aim at ‘lawless’ startups, so-called “Daredevil Unicorns” worth a billion dollars or more, such as Uber, Airbnb, and Juul, who stand out for their unabashed readiness to
As reported in Bloomberg Law, the U.S. government is now collecting detailed race and gender pay data from thousands of companies in an effort to eliminate wage discrimination in the workplace.
The National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) is pleased to announce that Lieff Cabraser partner Elizabeth J. Cabraser was selected to receive the 2019 Vern Countryman Award, consumer law’s most prestigious award. One of the nation’s most accomplished plaintiffs’ attorneys, Cabraser is a co-founder and partner of Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein,
On Thursday, June 20th, 2019, Lieff Cabraser’s house band The R-23s delivered an epic set at the Family Violence Appellate Project’s 2019 Battle of the Bands. Ultimately taking home first place in the battle and receiving the coveted “Best Lawyer Band in the Bay” award, the R-23’s were able to raise nearly $23,000 toward the event’s
As reported by Law360 (subscription), U.S. District Judge Dan Polster has approved the innovative and unprecedented approach of creating a negotiation class of government authorities empowered to negotiate a global settlement with drug manufacturers accused of fueling the destructive opioid addiction crisis that has swept the nation. The “negotiation class” concept was originally