Read the answers to Frequently Asked Questions About Class Action Lawsuits.
Publications by Lieff Cabraser Attorneys
- California Class Actions – Practice and Procedure is a 1-volume publication covering all requirements, tactics and forms for use in class action litigation in California state courts. This invaluable guide provides pertinent comparisons to federal class action practice, detailed discussion of newly adopted special California Rules of Court for class action litigation. (Lexis/Nexis; Elizabeth J. Cabraser, Editor-in-Chief)
- The Survey of State Class Action Law pamphlet contains a succinct analysis of class action law in each of the fifty states. Organized by states, the report includes a copy of the pertinent statute or rule and an analysis of significant state court decisions and local practice, prepared by an attorney active in class action law litigation in the respective state. (ABA/West; Elizabeth J. Cabraser)
Antitrust
Advocacy and Legal Organizations
- American Constitution Society
- American Association of Justice
- Asian Law Caucus
- Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom
- Consumer Attorneys of California
- East Bay Community Law Center
- Equal Rights Advocates
- Health Law Advocates
- The Impact Fund
- Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area
- La Raza Centro Legal
- Legal Aid Society of San Francisco – Employment Law Center
- Legal Community Against Violence
- National Center for Lesbian Rights
- National Employment Lawyers Association
- National Medical Malpractice Advocacy Association
- New York State Trial Lawyers Association
- Pride Law Fund
- Public Interest Clearinghouse
- Public Justice
- Tennessee Trial Lawyers
Bankruptcy
- The American Bankruptcy Institute (a well-stocked site, offering news, products and services)
- National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees (lists of members, links, seminars and conventions available)
Canadian Lawyers
- Rochon Genova (a Toronto, Ontario law firm representing plaintiffs in a wide range of actions)
Civil Rights
Code of Federal Regulations
Community Safety Organizations
- Carver HEARTS Project
- Center for Auto Safety
- Kids and Cars
Continuing Legal Education (CLE)
- CLE Online
- Practicing Law Institute’s CLE-NET (offers MCLE-approved audio seminars on the internet)
Courts
- California State Courts
- Federal Appellate Courts
- Federal District Courts
Court Opinions
- FindLaw Internet Legal Resources (all Supreme Court Cases from 1893, federal and state codes and cases)
Elder Law
- Senior Law Home Page (information about Elder law, Medicare, Medicaid, estate planning, trusts and the rights of the elderly and disabled)
- National Institute on Aging (NIA research and significant findings, plus employment opportunities, announcements, upcoming events, press releases, funding and health information)
Employment Law
- U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) (offers facts about discrimination and assistance with discrimination matters)
- U.S. National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) (offers assistance, press releases, public notices, forms, rules and regulations, and publications including manuals)
- U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) (offers news, DOL agencies, laws and regulations, programs and services, the DOL library and contacts)
- Legal Information Institute (lists federal and state discrimination statutes)
- Workplace Fairness.org (non-profit organization that promotes workplace policies and practices that work for everyone; their goal is to bring together workers, employers, advocates and policy makers to achieve fairness in the workplace)
Environmental Law
Expert Witnesses
- American Psychological Association (member directory as well as other features, including press releases and journal articles)
- AIM: Docfinder for administrators in Medicine (Association of State Medical Board Executive Directors site, containing over 500,000 listings)
- AMA’s Physician Finder (online doctor-finder; search by name or medical specialty)
- ExpertLaw.com (comprehensive directory of expert witnesses and litigation support services, with additional free services for experts, attorneys and the public)
- Expert Pages (free directory of expert witnesses and consultants, including a variety of other features)
- Find Law Internet Legal Resources (Findlaw list of experts and consultants – searches available)
- The Internet Directory of Expert Witnesses (free to browse, allowing for direct contact via phone, fax or E-mail)
Family Law
Forms
- California Courts (Judicial Council of California forms, searchable by county)
- FindLaw Legal Forms on the web
Healthcare Law
- American Health Lawyers Association (offers current “Health Lawyers Updates,” publications, related web sites, seminars and educational programs)
- Modern Healthcare Business News (offers current and archived issues, classifieds and media information)
- National Health Law Program, Inc. (health care advocacy for low income people)
- Medscape (medical resource for healthcare professionals)
- AIDS Legal Referral Panel (ALRP) (serving the legal needs of people living with HIV/AIDS throughout the San Francisco Bay Area)
Human Rights – Holocaust-Related Links
- Swiss Banks Cases
- Austrian bank claims
- International Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance Claims
- International Organization for Migration (IOM)
- German Forced Labour Cases
- Holocaust Claims Conference
Insurance
Intellectual Property
- Copyright Basics (from the U.S. Copyright Office, Library of Congress) (provides all copyright information, including forms and fees)
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) (provides patent and trademark information, fees, forms, libraries, statistics, jobs and related web sites)
- Intellectual Property Magazine (includes current and archived issues, links, and case digest)
- IBM’s Intellectual Property Network (allows for searches and viewing of patent documents from the U.S. and Europe, as well as patent applications published by the World Intellectual Property Office)
Legal Assistance
Legal Ethics
- American Bar Association – Center for Professional Responsibility (what’s new in legal ethics, including programs, publications and videos)
Legal News
- CalLaw – Recorder (a daily San Francisco legal newspaper)
- Daily Journal
- New York Law Journal
Legal Research
- Cornell Law School
- FindLaw (a well-stocked legal research site)
- Garrett W. McEnerney Law Library at Berkeley Law, UC Berkeley
- Law Crawler (enables FindLaw, Law Crawler and law review searches)
- Legal Information Institute – Cornell University
- Nolo Press (a self-help law center offering plain-English law books for non-lawyers, as well as legal questions and answers, information and an online legal encyclopedia)
- UC Hastings Law Library (legal resources)
- Stanford Law School – Robert Crown Law Library
- WASHLAW WEB – Washburn University School of Law (covers state and federal sources)
Reference
- Area Code Look-Up
- How Far Is It?
- Calculators (mortgage, retirement, debt, educational costs, etc.)
- Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) — Principal FOIA Contacts at various Federal Agencies
- Strunk & White – Elements of Style
- The Universal Currency Converter ™
- Webster’s Dictionary
- Zip Code Look-Up
Securities Law
- Free EDGAR (EDGAR data retrieval – U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission filings by U.S. companies)
- SEC Law (offers event calendar, news updates, SEC LAW bookstore, monthly newsletter and related sites)
Technology Legislation
- Tech Law Journal (news, records and analysis of how the law affects the computer and Internet industry)
