As reported by Law360 (subscription), Allergan has agreed to pay $30 million to settle an antitrust lawsuit filed by Lieff Cabraser and co-counsel on behalf of a group of pharmaceutical purchasers, union benefit plans, and other buyers of Allergan’s blockbuster dry-eye disease drug Restasis. The sweeping litigation accused the drugmaker of
We are pleased to announce that Lieff Cabraser Managing Partner Steven E. Fineman will be honored with the Edward Brodsky Founders Award at this year’s Anti-Defamation League Legal Conference, taking place virtually on November 4, 2021 from 12:00 PM-2:00 PM ET. The award recognizes Mr. Fineman’s enduring commitment to the ADL’s mission: “To stop the
Lieff Cabraser partner Annika K. Martin will be featured as a distinguished speaker at Berkeley Law’s October 2021 Sexual Harassment in Education Virtual Conference taking place on October 28 – October 29, 2021. On day two of the conference (10/29), Annika will speak in a plenary session entitled “Prevention Education Programs: Is Behavior Actually Changing,” where she will discuss
We are pleased to announce that Lieff Cabraser partner Kevin R. Budner has been named to The National Law Journal’s 2021 list of Elite Trial Lawyers – Rising Stars of the Plaintiff Bar. Kevin is one of only forty young class action law practitioners in the U.S. to make the list. He is featured in the NLJ’s
We are pleased to announce that Lieff Cabraser partners Lexi J. Hazam and Annika K. Martin have been named to The National Law Journal’s 2021 list of Elite Trial Lawyers – Elite Women of the Plaintiffs’ Bar. Lexi and Annika are two of only eleven female class action law practitioners in
Lieff Cabraser partner Annika K. Martin recently spoke at the National Association of Women Judges 43rd Annual Conference, where she introduced the event’s keynote speaker, Berkeley Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky. This year’s conference began on Wednesday October 6, 2021 and will continue through Saturday, October 9, 2021 in Nashville, Tennessee.
Lieff Cabraser partner Elizabeth J. Cabraser will be serving on the faculty for Duke Law School’s third annual Mass Tort MDL Certificate program, to be hosted virtually November 15th-17th, 2021, from 11:55 am – 4 pm EST each day.
Lieff Cabraser partner Mark P. Chalos spoke as a featured panelist at the Georgetown Law School virtual summit “Opioid Litigation Summit: Maximizing the Impact of Settlements to Address the Opioid Epidemic.” Mark participated in “State of the Settlements, Bellwethers, and Settlement Design Innovations.”
We are proud to announce that Equal Rights Advocates (ERA) has named Lieff Cabraser partner Elizabeth Cabraser their 2021 Ramey Gender Justice Award winner. The award was presented at yesterday’s virtual ERA Annual Gala.
Only one lawyer receives “Lawyer of the Year” recognition for each specialty and location Best Lawyers has published its lawyer and law firm ratings for 2022, and we are proud to highlight Lieff Cabraser Donald C. Arbitblit’s selection as “Lawyer of the Year” for Mass Tort & Class Action Litigation for Northern California.