Court Grants Final Approval to Historic $215 Million Settlement in 13-Year Old Gender Discrimination Case Against Goldman Sachs

The settlement represents the largest gender employment case settled before a plaintiffs’ verdict at trial, and one of the largest of any type of employment dispute As reported by Law360 (subscription) and other media outlets, on Tuesday, November 7, 2023, U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres granted final approval to a proposed $215 million settlement in

2023-11-10T20:12:06+00:00November 7th, 2023|Employment Law|

Drivers Claims To Move Forward in Airbag Failures Lawsuit Against General Motors

As reported in Law360 (subscription), plaintiffs represented by Lieff Cabraser and co-counsel have defeated General Motors’ attempts to dismiss the federal class action lawsuit alleging that for more than a decade, GM hid defects in its trucks and SUVs that prevented airbags from deploying and seatbelts from tightening during crashes.

2023-11-07T20:19:28+00:00November 7th, 2023|Defective Products, Firm News|

Plaintiffs Defeat T-Mobile’s Motion to Dismiss Private Antitrust Lawsuit Over $26B Sprint Deal

T-Mobile will now face private antitrust action over its allegedly anticompetitive 2022 merger with Sprint In June of 2022, Lieff Cabraser and co-counsel filed a federal class action complaint against Deutsche Telekom, T-Mobile, and Softbank Group challenging the merger of T-Mobile and Sprint as a violation of the antitrust laws, specifically the Clayton Act and

2023-11-06T21:31:30+00:00November 6th, 2023|Antitrust, Firm News|

Hotchkiss Student Files Class Action Lawsuit To Create Pathway for Survivors of Abuser Roy Smith to Come Forward, Hold School Accountable

Lawsuit filed by Lieff Cabraser and co-counsel asserts that The Hotchkiss School fostered an environment rife with sexual abuse for decades; if successful, future survivors would have quicker pathway to justice and not need to again prove school is liable for negligence, breached its duty, and created unreasonable risk Lakeville, Connecticut – A class-action lawsuit

2023-11-06T18:09:08+00:00November 6th, 2023|Sexual Abuse, Survivors|

Lieff Cabraser Retained as Co-Counsel with CA Attorney General’s Office in Climate Change Litigation Against “Big 5” Oil Companies 

Lieff Cabraser has been retained by the California Attorney General’s office in litigation against five of the largest oil and gas companies in the world over allegations the companies misled the public about climate change. The Attorney General’s lawsuit, filed in San Francisco County Superior Court in September 2023, claims that Exxon Mobil, Shell, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, BP,

2023-11-02T23:29:27+00:00November 2nd, 2023|Environmental Law, Firm News|

Court Grants Final Approval to Settlement in Kona Coffee Class Action Advertising Fraud Litigation

U.S. District Judge Robert S. Lasnik of the Western District of Washington at Seattle has granted final approval to the latest and last settlement in a lawsuit brought by Hawaii’s Big Island coffee farmers accusing retailers and suppliers of falsely labeling ordinary coffee beans as premium “Kona” coffee.

2023-10-30T20:15:28+00:00October 30th, 2023|Consumer Fraud, Firm News|

Court Grants Preliminary Approval to $62M Settlement in Google Unconsented Tracking Complaints Class Action

As reported by Law360 (subscription), a California federal judge has granted preliminary approval to a proposed $62 million settlement in a class action lawsuit brought by Lieff Cabraser on behalf of Android and iPhone users’ accusing Google of tracking their movements and activities without their consent. The suit claims that Google tracks users’ location data even after they’ve activated privacy

2023-10-27T20:01:38+00:00October 27th, 2023|Digital Privacy & Data Security|

State Attorneys General File Lawsuits Alleging Meta Deliberately Hooks Kids on Social Media

The new state lawsuits follow preexisting multidistrict litigation in federal court in San Francisco original filed by Lieff Cabraser and co-counsel As reported widely across the media, a bipartisan coalition of state attorneys general that includes California, New York, Georgia, South Carolina, Illinois and related actions from Massachusetts, Tennessee, Mississippi and

2024-03-22T17:11:49+00:00October 26th, 2023|Personal Injury|

Lieff Cabraser & Co-Counsel File Class Action Sexual Abuse Lawsuit Against Hillsdale College on Behalf of Students Alleging School Failed to Properly Investigate Sexual Assault Complaints

Lawsuit asserts that Hillsdale College violated Title IX and state law by not properly investigating several reports of sexual assault on its campus and not adhering to its own inadequate sexual misconduct policy HILLSDALE, MI–Two women filed a class action lawsuit against Hillsdale College accusing it of failing to adequately investigate their reports of sexual

2023-11-14T17:12:27+00:00October 25th, 2023|Firm News, Sexual Abuse|