As alleged in a new lawsuit filed by Lieff Cabraser on behalf of the residents of Jackson, Mississippi over the extreme water crisis that left residents without running water for weeks, the catastrophe arose out of decades of neglect and administrative and political failure. The lawsuit seeks injunctive relief and monetary damages against various government and
The Daily Journal (subscription) has published its annual listing of Top 100 Lawyers in California, which includes 17th-time selection for Lieff Cabraser partner Elizabeth Cabraser and 4th-time selection for Lieff Cabraser partner Richard Heimann. After reviewing hundreds of nominations, the Daily Journal honors a chosen 100 of California’s leading lawyers who are involved in “the most cutting-edge work in
Law360 has published an in-depth profile on Lieff Cabraser partners Elizabeth Cabraser and Richard Heimann, named Product Liability “MVPs of the Year” for 2022. The profile highlights the pair’s most notable accomplishments of the past year.
On Tuesday, October 18, 2022, The American Constitution Society for Law and Policy (ACS) Nashville Chapter will host its annual U.S. Supreme Court Preview. This year’s event will be held at Bass, Berry & Sims PLC and will feature a discussion with Mark Joseph Stern on the 2022-2023 U.S. Supreme Court Term. Stern is a senior
Lieff Cabraser attorney Katherine McBride is a co-author of the American Bar Association Litigation Section’s newly released Second Edition of The Class Action Fairness Act: Law and Strategy, “the definitive book on CAFA.” The second edition offers an updated analysis on CAFAs provisions, with in-depth breakdowns of statutory language, descriptions of key judicial interpretations, and specific
Lieff Cabraser Nashville proudly sponsored the Nashville Bar Association’s first Diversity Summit last week at the Belmont University School of Law.
Lieff Cabraser attorneys Michelle Lamy, Nigar Shaikh, Anne Shaver, and Nicholas Diamand will be featured as distinguished speakers at the 16th Annual ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law Conference, held on November 9–12, 2022 at the Marriott Marquis in Washington, D.C. The conference will feature robust panel discussions and dialogues with prominent speakers from private
The Recorder has announced its 2022 California Legal Award finalists, a list we are proud to report includes Lieff Cabraser partner Richard Heimann, who has been selected as a finalist for “Attorney of the Year.” The winners will be announced at an awards dinne
We are delighted to announce that Law360 has named Lieff Cabraser partners Elizabeth Cabraser and Richard Heimann Product Liability MVPs of the Year for 2022. The award recognizes up to five attorneys in Product Liability practice who have “distinguished themselves from their peers by securing hard-earned successes in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-breaking deals.”
The lawsuit challenges Meta/Instagram’s exploitative platform features, which it alleges were developed and honed to take advantage of developmental vulnerabilities in young users’ brains; “We make body image issues worse for one in three teen girls,” notes Instagram’s own internal report. San Francisco—(BUSINESSWIRE)—On September 1, 2022, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP and Protectus Law