Watershed criminal justice result based in part on pro bono amicus work by Lieff Cabraser attorney Evan Ballan On March 11, 2022, the North Carolina Supreme Court issued an order creating a critical new criminal justice standard, permitting criminal defendants to seek post-conviction DNA innocence testing even if they had pled
Third-party administrator will allocate settlement amounts based on an objective formula to each qualifying class member March 11, 2022 – Update – Last night, the Court granted final approval to the settlement in the Kaiser Race Discrimination Class Action. In addition to the class relief, the Court approved the named
On Wednesday, March 9th, 2022, Lieff Cabraser attorney Jessica Moldovan will speak at the AAML NY Chapter Annual March Program on the topic, “The Threat to Roe, Then and Now.” The CLE-credit program was set up by the Chapter’s Social Action Committee, and also features Slate Magazine’s News Director, Susan Matthews. As the program notes,
We are delighted to announce that Lieff Cabraser partner Michelle Lamy has been named to Bloomberg Law’s “They’ve Got Next: Five Fresh Faces to Know in Consumer Litigation.”
The following is from a piece published by the Impact Fund written by Lieff Cabraser partner Anne B. Shaver, explaining a recent Ninth Circuit decision to reject an attempt to insulate a bank from liability for admitted citizenship discrimination on standing grounds.
Lieff Cabraser attorney Jallé Dafa will moderate the first of the ABA Labor & Employment Law Section’s Heritage Month Webinar Series on Thursday, February 24, 2022 at 12:00 pm CST. In recognition of Black History Month, the Section has assembled an extraordinary set of panelists for a roundtable conversation discussing their entries to the legal field, career
On February 18, 2022, Lawdragon legal media announced its 500 Leading Lawyers in America for 2022, a list which includes Lieff Cabraser partners Kelly M. Dermody, Eric B. Fastiff, Steven E. Fineman, Annika K. Martin and Robert J. Nelson.
Lieff Cabraser partner Dean M. Harvey will be a featured panelist at Berkeley Law’s 2022 Riesenfeld Symposium, Big Money, Big Enforcement: New Frontiers in Global Antitrust Regulation, to be held in-person on Tuesday, February 22, 2022. Dean will participate in a panel discussion on “Is Labor the Next Frontier of Antitrust?” where he will address the intersections between antitrust
As reported by The New York Times (subscription) and multiple other outlets, Native American tribes have reached a $590 million proposed settlement agreement with Johnson & Johnson and three of the country’s largest opioid distributors to resolve claims over the companies’ alleged role in fueling the massive opioid addiction crisis responsible
We are pleased to announce that Lieff Cabraser partner Kelly McNabb has been named to the Steering Committee of The Sedona Conference Working Group 1 for a three-year term commencing in January 2022. Kelly is one of six attorneys who were appointed because of their capacity for dialogue and working to reach consensus, subject-matter expertise, significant