CARES Act Relief for Incarcerated Americans
Supporting the Most Economically Vulnerable Americans
CARES Act Prison Case: Scholl v. Mnuchin, et al., No. 4:20-cv-05309-PJH (N.D. Cal.). Lieff Cabraser and the Equal Justice Society filed a lawsuit challenging the IRS and U.S. Treasury Department’s improper withholding of CARES Act stimulus funds from over 1.5 million incarcerated Americans and their families. In October 2020, Judge Phyllis Hamilton of the federal Northern District of California certified a class and entered a permanent injunction stopping the government misconduct, ruling the policy of excluding incarcerated people from stimulus benefits was “arbitrary and capricious.”
In the aggregate, the judgment won for our clients may be the largest recovery on behalf of a purposefully disenfranchised group through a single lawsuit ever, securing over $1.5 billion in economic assistance to date.
Civil Litigation News
Final Approval Granted to Historic $235M Settlement with Altria in National JUUL Youth E-Cigarette Predatory Advertising, Addiction and Injury Litigation
On March 14, 2024, U.S. District Judge William Orrick of the Northern District of California issued an order granting final approval to a comprehensive
New York Times Spotlights Lieff Cabraser’s Recent Win on Behalf of Hawaiian Kona Coffee Farmers
The New York Times has published an exemplary piece highlighting Lieff Cabraser’s leadership in securing a pivotal victory for Kona coffee farmers
Court Grants Final Approval to Settlement in Kona Coffee Class Action Advertising Fraud Litigation
U.S. District Judge Robert S. Lasnik of the Western District of Washington at Seattle has granted final approval to the latest and