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Jonathan Selbin Argues Plaintiffs’ Case Before 7th Circuit in Federal Racketeering Lawsuit Against Illinois Energy Giant Commonwealth Edison

In 2020, Illinois’ largest energy utility admitted to orchestrating a bribery scheme involving the state’s top lawmaker. The 7th Circuit federal appeals court now seeks to determine whether Commonwealth Edison needs to pay residents back for the unfettered rate increases. As reported in Law360 (subscription) and other outlets, on May 17, 2022, Lieff Cabraser partner

LieffCabraser2022-05-18T17:13:16+00:00May 18th, 2022|Consumer Fraud, Public Good|

Metro Nashville to Receive $23M From Historic National Opioid Settlement Benefiting Taxpayers by Funding Public Programs to Fight Ongoing Addiction Issues

City of Nashville Mayor John Cooper has announced that the city of Nashville will receive $23 million to recoup taxpayer funds allocated to emergency government responses to the opioid epidemic from 2017 through the present. The news comes in the wake of an historic $26 billion nationwide settlement with American opioid manufacturers and distributors reached

LieffCabraser2022-03-11T22:12:35+00:00March 11th, 2022|Prescription Drug Injuries, Public Good|

Thousands of U.S. communities to receive opioid recovery funds from $26 billion global settlements as soon as May 2022

Over 90% of litigating local governments have confirmed participation in the global settlements approved today by the “Big Three” drug distributors AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health, and McKesson, along with opioid manufacturer Johnson & Johnson Washington, D.C. (February 25, 2022) – Today, the National Prescription Opiate Litigation Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee confirmed participation of over 90% of litigating

LieffCabraser2022-02-25T18:04:51+00:00February 25th, 2022|Mass Tort, Prescription Drug Injuries, Public Good|

Lieff Cabraser’s The R-23s: Another Victory Lap as “Best Lawyer Rock Band in the Bay Area”

Congratulations to The R-23s, and to all the musicians “Banding Together” who raised nearly $118,000 for the Family Violence Appellate Project towards its fight to save victims of domestic violence in California and help them thrive. (It’s worth noting that the original goal was $100,000, which was reached before the show even started, and then

LieffCabraser2021-10-25T22:53:10+00:00October 25th, 2021|Firm News, Public Good|

Insider Whistleblower Blasts Facebook to Senate, Says Company Needs to “Declare Moral Bankruptcy”

The U.S. Senate heard explosive testimony today from Frances Haugen, an ex-Facebook insider who detailed the company's manifest failures in protecting teens and other users from serious and pervasive problems within Facebook's different platforms, including Instagram. Ms. Haugen focused her testimony on the cascade of ways in which the social media behemoth actively harms younger

LieffCabraser2021-10-05T18:07:55+00:00October 5th, 2021|Digital Privacy & Data Security, Public Good|

Eight Lieff Cabraser Attorneys Recognized as Lawdragon “500 Leading Plaintiff Employment & Civil Rights Lawyers” for 2021

For the fourth consecutive year, legal publication Lawdragon has published its list of “500 Leading Plaintiff Employment & Civil Rights Lawyers,” outstanding lawyers “who have devoted their careers to helping workers protect their rights.”

LieffCabraser2022-09-21T16:40:39+00:00September 22nd, 2021|Awards, Employment Law, Public Good|

Lieff Cabraser Assists Scholars, Social Scientists, in Amicus Brief Seeking Simple Dignity for Transgender Elderly in California

It seems a fairly simple and straightforward thing that staff at nursing homes should call transgender residents by their correct names/pronouns. This simple human courtesy was undermined by a recent 3rd Appellate District order striking down a California law requiring such accurate and respectful address of elders.

LieffCabraser2021-09-02T23:59:38+00:00September 2nd, 2021|Amicus, Public Good|

Trial Lawyers’ Community Relief Fund supports Humphreys County, Waverly community following devastating flood in West Tennessee

Nashville, Tenn. – The Tennessee Trial Lawyers’ Community Relief Fund has made significant disaster relief grants to five local community organizations following the devastating August 2021 flood that hit Humphreys County and Waverly, Tennessee. The financial contributions will benefit the community directly through donations to Salter’s Chapel AME Church, the Humphreys Homeless Coalition, Waverly Church

LieffCabraser2025-11-19T14:34:39+00:00September 1st, 2021|Public Good|

NPR’s Fresh Air Covers the Story of Yutico Brileys Miracle Journey from Wrongful Conviction to Freedom

Lieff Cabraser partner Robert Nelson helped secure Yutico his overdue freedom New York Times Magazine staff writer, Emily Bazelon, was recently featured on NPR’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross, where she shared the details of the story of Yutico Briley’s wrongful conviction and eventual successful struggle for freedom. During the program both Briley and Bazelon

LieffCabraser2021-07-13T21:17:16+00:00July 8th, 2021|Public Good|

New York Times Magazine Analyzes Yutico Briley’s Miracle Journey from Wrongful Conviction to Freedom

The New York Times Magazine has published a powerful piece outlining the slow and harrowing journey to freedom for Yutico Briley, a falsely accused New Orleans man who was recently exonerated and released from prison after serving eight years of a 60-year sentence for a robbery he did not commit.

LieffCabraser2021-07-04T20:04:56+00:00July 4th, 2021|Public Good|