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Lieff Cabraser Announces Historic $235M Comprehensive Settlement with Altria in National JUUL Youth E-Cigarette Predatory Advertising, Addiction and Injury Cases

Unprecedented in scope, speed, and significance, the global settlement, reached just after plaintiffs concluded their case in the bellwether trial in San Francisco, is the culmination of four years of a vast, unrelenting effort by plaintiffs and their counsel to hold Altria accountable for the 21st century’s ‘cigarettes redux’ youth nicotine plague May 10, 2023,

LieffCabraser2023-05-11T19:53:12+00:00May 10th, 2023|Consumer Fraud, Personal Injury, Public Good, Tobacco Litigation|

Ex-JUUL COO Claims He Was Fired For Sharing Concerns About JUUL Targeting Teen Users

As reported by Law360 in its ongoing coverage of the JUUL multidistrict injury and predatory/fraudulent advertising litigation against Altria (formerly Philip Morris), extraordinary allegations have surfaced from a former JUUL executive who claims he was fired after raising concerns about the company’s marketing campaigns targeting young users.

LieffCabraser2024-01-29T16:47:38+00:00May 3rd, 2023|Consumer Fraud, Firm News, Personal Injury|

Altria CEO Admits to Company’s Involvement in Increasing U.S. Youth Vaping Rates

As reported by Law360, disturbing new details are emerging via evidence presented in the ongoing JUUL multidistrict injury and predatory/fraudulent advertising litigation against Altria (formerly Philip Morris) about the extent to which Altria and Juul allegedly conspired to further hook a new generation of young people on the nicotine in vaping products. According to a

LieffCabraser2023-05-03T19:14:51+00:00April 28th, 2023|Consumer Fraud, Firm News, Personal Injury|

Bellwether Trial Reveals Top JUUL Investor Secured $2.45B Payout from Altria Agreement

Evidence presented in the first JUUL bellwether trial against Altria (nee Philip Morris) in the national JUUL multidistrict litigation reveals new and shocking details about Altria’s buy-in to the tobacco vaping giant As reported by Law360, evidence unfolding in the first JUUL bellwether trial against Altria in the national JUUL MDL

LieffCabraser2024-01-29T16:48:06+00:00April 27th, 2023|Consumer Fraud, Firm News, Personal Injury|

Jury Selection Begins in First JUUL Bellwether Trial Against Altria in National JUUL MDL

Selection of 12 jurors in the trial is expected to be completed by the end of the day, and opening arguments in this first bellwether trial, brought against Altria on behalf of the San Francisco Unified School District, will commence Monday April 24 On Friday, April 21, 2023, jury selection will

LieffCabraser2024-01-29T16:48:56+00:00April 21st, 2023|Consumer Fraud, Firm News, Personal Injury|

Plaintiffs Defeat Altria’s Summary Judgment Motion in JUUL Bellwether

The lawsuit against Altria, brought by Lieff Cabraser and co-counsel on behalf of the San Francisco Unified School District, moves forward on all counts after major settlements reached with Juul Labs As reported by Law360, U.S. District Judge William H. Orrick has denied Altria’s summary judgment motion in the bellwether vaping

LieffCabraser2024-01-29T16:49:24+00:00April 12th, 2023|Consumer Fraud, Personal Injury|

Financial Times Reports on Teen Social Media Addiction, Dangers, Lawsuits

As reported by the Financial Times, the alarming rise in depression among children has been linked to social media use, and Big Tech may soon face a reckoning as a result. The recent tragic death of a UK teen adds to the growing body of evidence pointing to the negative impact of social media on

LieffCabraser2023-03-27T18:49:45+00:00March 27th, 2023|Personal Injury|

Caitlin Woods to Discuss Juul MDL at Upcoming San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association “Ski and CLE” Program

Lieff Cabraser attorney Caitlin Woods will be featured as a distinguished speaker at the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association “Ski and CLE” event taking place January 26–29, 2023 at the Hyatt Regency Incline Village in Lake Tahoe. On day one of the program (1/27), Caitlin will discuss the JUUL e-cigarette multi-district litigation.

LieffCabraser2023-09-05T17:31:50+00:00January 25th, 2023|Firm News, Personal Injury|

Lieff Cabraser, Equal Justice Society, and Serna & Associates PLLC Announce Filing of Federal Injury Lawsuit in California Against L’Oreal, Softsheen, Dermoviva and Others for Cancer Allegedly Caused by Repeated Use of Hair Relaxer Products

Plaintiff Tamara Bryant alleges her uterine cancer was caused by her regular and prolonged use of hair relaxer products manufactured by the defendants that contain phthalates and other endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) January 17, 2023, San Francisco–(BUSINESSWIRE)–On January 13, 2023, Lieff Cabraser, Equal Justice Society, and Serna & Associates PLLC filed a federal injury lawsuit

LieffCabraser2025-03-25T23:25:10+00:00January 17th, 2023|Human Rights, Personal Injury|

Mark Chalos Appointed to Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in Exactech Knee, Hip, & Ankle Polyethylene Orthopedic Products Liability MDL

On December 14, 2022, U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis of the Eastern District of New York issued an order appointing Lieff Cabraser Nashville Office Managing Partner Mark P. Chalos to the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in multidistrict litigation against Exactech accusing the company of the manufacture and sale of defective knee, hip and ankle replacement systems that have

LieffCabraser2022-12-20T02:03:11+00:00December 19th, 2022|Personal Injury|