Lieff Cabraser represents employee plaintiffs in class action litigation against fast food chain McDonald’s over the company’s so-called “no-poach” employee pay and mobility restrictions which prohibit employees from seeking opportunities at other establishments within the vast McDonald’s chain. In August of 2023, the Seventh Circuit overturned a lower court’s dismissal of
Firm lawyers will also present and lead multiple panel discussions at the event
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
[Left to right, Lieff Cabraser attorneys Emily N. Harwell, Jessica Moldovan, Kelly M. Dermody, and Edward Baker.] Benchmark Litigation, the self-described “definitive guide to America’s leading litigation firms and attorneys,” held its annual U.S. awards ceremony on Wednesday March 13th, in New York City, where it honored recipients with its 2024 litigation awards. We are pleased to share that
As reported by the Daily Mail, Xcel Energy has admitted that its equipment likely played a critical role in sparking the Smokehouse Creek fire, now recognized as the most devastating wildfire in Texas’s recorded history. Since igniting last Monday, the blaze has ravaged over a million acres, claimed the lives of two people, and led
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein’s Nashville office held its annual New Year’s Celebration with colleagues and friends, public officials, and members of the press at iconic Station Inn in Nashville.
We are pleased to announce that Lieff Cabraser Munich office Managing Partner Dr. Katharina Kolb has been listed by JUVE, the most important magazine in the German-speaking legal market, as one of the “20 Leading Lawyers in Cartel Damages Litigation in Germany.”
Law360 (subscription) has published an in-depth profile on Lieff Cabraser’s Product Liability Law practice group as part of its recognition of the firm as a 2023 “Product Liability Law Practice Group of the Year.” The honor comes on the heels of our firm’s significant legal victories in two landmark cases: a $230 million settlement with Walgreens over the
Lawdragon has published its list of the “500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers in America” for 2024, an honor roll that includes a record 28 Lieff Cabraser lawyers. The Lawdragon consumer law guide, first published in 2007 and annually since 2019, offers the publication’s take on “the best of the U.S. plaintiff bar who specialize in helping consumers get
On February 21, 2024, plaintiffs represented by Lieff Cabraser and co-counsel completely defeated HCA Healthcare/Mission Health’s multiple attempts to get patient claims thrown out of the proposed class action lawsuit alleging the hospital giants are monopolizing hospital-based care in Asheville, North Carolina through the use of illegal anti-competitive terms in their contracts with insurers.