CARES Act Relief for Incarcerated Americans
Supporting the Most Economically Vulnerable Americans
CARES Act Prison Case: Scholl v. Mnuchin, et al., No. 4:20-cv-05309-PJH (N.D. Cal.). Lieff Cabraser and the Equal Justice Society filed a lawsuit challenging the IRS and U.S. Treasury Department’s improper withholding of CARES Act stimulus funds from over 1.5 million incarcerated Americans and their families. In October 2020, Judge Phyllis Hamilton of the federal Northern District of California certified a class and entered a permanent injunction stopping the government misconduct, ruling the policy of excluding incarcerated people from stimulus benefits was “arbitrary and capricious.”
In the aggregate, the judgment won for our clients may be the largest recovery on behalf of a purposefully disenfranchised group through a single lawsuit ever, securing over $1.5 billion in economic assistance to date.
Civil Litigation News
Mark Chalos Selected as Co-Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs in Generac Solar Power Systems Marketing Practice and Products Liability Litigation
The Generac Solar Energy Systems litigation focuses on allegations that energy tech giant Generac’s PWRECell System components are defective and potentially dangerous
Sarah London Testifies Before the CA State Assembly in Support of Bill to Stop Corporate Arbitration Abuse in California
On June 13, 2023, Lieff Cabraser partner Sarah London testified before the California State Assembly in support of SB 365. The bill,
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
