The New Jersey state legislature has passed a new and long overdue bill instituting protections for victims of sexual violence. The bill, sponsored by Assembly Democrats, establishes a Sexual Assault Victim’s “Bill of Rights.” [Read more…]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has ordered Boston Scientific and Coloplast medical device companies to stop selling trans vaginal mesh, also known as pelvic mesh or bladder sling, products used for the transvaginal repair of pelvic organ prolapse and stress urinary incontinence. [Read more…]
Lieff Cabraser announces that class action litigation has been filed on behalf of investors who purchased or otherwise acquired the securities of Healthcares Service Group, Inc. (“Healthcare Services Group” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: HCSG) between April 11, 2017 and March 4, 2019, inclusive (the “Class Period”). [Read more…]
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – (April 12, 2019) – Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP announces that class action litigation has been filed on behalf of investors who purchased or otherwise acquired the securities of Nutanix, Inc. (“Nutanix” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: NTNX) between March 2, 2018 and February 28, 2019, inclusive (the “Class Period”). [Read more…]
Half-hour film includes commentary from Lieff Cabraser Antitrust & Employment Law partner Dean Harvey on the civil Apple/Google/Intel et al. lawsuit initiated by our firm
In the wake of the successful and precedent-setting lawsuit against numerous tech giants of Silicon Valley, David Donnenfield of Full Frame Productions and Kevin White of Filmmakers Collaborative SF have released “When Rules Don’t Apply,” a new short film highlighting the pivotal legal antitrust actions brought by Lieff Cabraser and its co-counsel against Google, Apple, eBay and other major hi-tech players over the illegal suppression of employee wages and restrictions on employee mobility. [Read more…]
Law Rocks Global Seventh Annual Law Rocks San Francisco rock and roll extravaganza is coming up on April 25, 2019. The event will take place at The Chapel in San Francisco and features seven bands composed of local legal professionals in a “Battle of the Bands” benefit for area nonprofits. Lieff Cabraser’s band, The R-23s, will be one of the bands performing at the concert, participating in support of the nonprofit The Arc of the East Bay, whose mission is to provide advocacy, support, and education to individuals and families living in East Bay communities who are affected by intellectual and developmental disabilities. [Read more…]
Attorney General sues on behalf of injured patients over “reckless” conduct, “egregious” injuries from wildly expensive treatments
Last week, New York State Attorney General Letitita James sued Park Avenue Stem Cell, a private NYC clinic, for allegedly injuring and defrauding patients. Attorney General James is one of many state and federal regulators scrutinizing a growing field of private clinics and their affiliates that represent — recklessly and without full information — to prospective patients that a variety of illnesses can be reversed or made more tolerable by very expensive stem cell injections. [Read more…]
Lieff Cabraser partner Mark P. Chalos will be a featured speaker on the “Holding Together Your Nationwide Class” panel at the Mass Torts Made Perfect (MTMP) Conference on Friday, April 12, 2019 at The Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas. [Read more…]
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP announces that class action litigation has been filed on behalf of investors who purchased or otherwise acquired the securities of Conagra Brands, Inc. (“Conagra” or the “Company”) (NYSE: CAG) between June 27, 2018 and December 19, 2018, inclusive (the “Class Period”), including purchasers in Conagra’s secondary public offering of common stock (the “Offering”) on or about October 9, 2018. [Read more…]
Lieff Cabraser partner Sarah London will be speaking at the “Bridgeport Class Action Litigation & Management Conference” at The Westin Bonaventure in Los Angeles on Friday, May 3, 2019.
As reported by Bloomberg Law (subscription), on Friday March 29, 2019, U.S. District Judge Dolly M. Gee of the Central District of California certified two proposed plaintiff classes in a federal lawsuit against DIRECTV over allegations the company violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) by directing debt collection companies to make unwanted telemarketing phone calls to consumers on their behalf. The Court found that questions common to all class members outweigh any individualized questions of possible consent to the calls. [Read more…]
Early this year, democratic lawmakers announced a new bill aimed at ending the practice of forced arbitration in employment contracts. The Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal (“FAIR”) Act seeks to end the use of mandatory arbitration clauses, which are often inserted into workers’ contracts to require that they waive their right to sue their employers in a real court. With their right to sue waived, employees complaints instead are directed to a private system funded by employers where employers are seen to gain the upper hand in job-related disputes. [Read more…]
As reported in the Daily Journal (subscription), on Wednesday March 27, 2019, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a new bill called the federal Paycheck Fairness Act, aimed at giving mistreated employees more effective tools to assert their rights by expanding sex discrimination class actions, damages assessments therein, and company reporting requirements. [Read more…]
The editorial staff of the California Daily Journal have named Lieff Cabraser partner Michael W. Sobol, along with Eric Gibbs of the Gibbs Law Group and Eve Cervantez of Altshuler Berzon, as 2019 California Lawyer of the Year award recipients for their work on the In re Anthem Data Breach Litigation. The annual CLAY Awards are considered by the California legal community as one of the most prestigious awards, given to “outstanding attorneys whose extraordinary work has had a major impact on the law.” [Read more…]
Law360 has chosen Lieff Cabraser partner Lexi Hazam to serve on its Product Liability Advisory Board for 2019. [Read more…]
As reported by Law360 (subscription), U.S. Magistrate Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley of the Northern District has ruled that claims against Pacific Fertility Clinic’s parent company, Prelude Fertility Inc., over eggs and embryos destroyed after a cryogenic tank failure cannot be resolved in arbitration. Those claims will instead get a full hearing in an open and public court of law. [Read more…]
Lieff Cabraser announces that class action litigation has been filed on behalf of investors who purchased or otherwise acquired the securities of Stamps.com, Inc. (“Stamps” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: STMP) between May 3, 2017 and February 21, 2019, inclusive (the “Class Period”).
Lieff Cabraser announces that class action litigation has been filed on behalf of investors who purchased or otherwise acquired the securities of Inogen, Inc. (“Inogen” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: INGN) between November 8, 2017 and February 26, 2019, inclusive (the “Class Period”). [Read more…]
Lieff Cabraser Partner Mark Chalos Talks to NPR about the growing 3M defective ear plug injury lawsuits
On March 25, 2019, National Public Radio (NPR) interviewed Lieff Cabraser Nashville partner Mark P. Chalos about the growing number of lawsuits filed against 3M over the company’s 10+ year provision of allegedly defective combat ear plugs to men and women serving in the US military. Complaints in the lawsuits by military and ex-military personnel, including large numbers of service men and women from Clarksville’s Fort Campbell and numerous other Tennessee areas including Memphis allege the ear plugs, distributed between 2002 and 2015, were too short for proper insertion into users’ ears, putting users at risk for permanent hearing loss, hearing impairment, and debilitating tinnitus. According to NPR, “service members used the specially-designed earplugs at firing ranges and while driving in noisy military vehicles. One end was supposed to muffle all sound and the other would block only the loudest concussions.” [Read more…]
As reported by Law360, a federal judge has preliminarily approved a $5 million settlement in the class action alleging that Nationwide Mutual Insurance violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) by sending harassing repeat auto-dialer calls, texts, and voice messages to consumers without their consent. [Read more…]
