After winning a preliminary injunction reversing the U.S. government’s sudden and indiscriminate termination of hundreds of millions of dollars in research grants, plaintiffs in the UC researcher class action litigation have won another court victory via yesterday’s federal district court Order finding that the government’s subsequent “suspensions” of the same research contracts in an attempt
Thursday, June 5, 2025 (SAN FRANCISCO)—A group of six University of California faculty and other researchers have filed a class action in federal court against the Trump Administration on behalf of all UC researchers whose previously approved agency grants were terminated pursuant to Executive Orders or other directives of President Trump, as implemented through the
As lawyers, we swore an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States. We also undertook a duty “to uphold legal process,” and to “further the public’s… confidence in the rule of law and the justice system,” because “legal institutions in a constitutional democracy depend on popular participation and support to maintain
WASHINGTON– A group of federal employees filed a groundbreaking legal action today against the Trump administration on behalf of federal employees across federal agencies targeted for their participation in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) activities.
Any Tribal U.S. Marine Corps veterans and family members who lived at U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune for 30 days or more from 1953 to 1987, and who suffer or died from cancer or other illnesses, may be able to file a claim in the Marine Corps Camp Lejeune Poisoned Water Litigation. We are
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 $235 million settlement with Altria in the nationwide JUUL e-cigarette youth vaping predatory advertising, fraud, addiction and injury litigation. Unprecedented in scope, speed, and significance, the global settlement, reached just after plaintiffs concluded
(l-r) Lieff Cabraser attorney Edward Baker, U.S. Attorney for Middle Tennessee Henry Leventis, USAO Deputy Chief Kathryn Booth, and USAO Deputy Chief Ellen Bowden McIntyre met for a roundtable discussion with The Anti-Fraud (TAF) Coalition in Nashville about Whistleblower law. The Anti-Fraud (TAF) Coalition, a national, public interest organization that defends
The law firms of Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, Simmons Hanly Conroy LLC, Motley Rice LLC, and Browne Pelican PLLC, counsel for plaintiffs in the McKinsey opioids litigation, announce that U.S. District Court Judge Charles Breyer has granted final approval to a $230 million settlement by McKinsey &
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,
People don’t tend to think of plaintiff litigators as agents of societal change, but our culture often ends up being shaped by high-profile civil litigation cases that create ripples of change extending far beyond the courtroom. These cases, championed by dedicated attorneys who often work without compensation unless and until they win a case, play