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California Department of Insurance Intervenes in Lieff Cabraser’s Lawsuit Against AbbVie Alleging Kickbacks and Improper Marketing of Top-Selling Drug Humira

Joint Complaint Filed Under the California Insurance Frauds Prevention Act On September 18, 2018, Lieff Cabraser and California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones sued AbbVie, Inc. for violations of the Insurance Frauds Prevention Act (“IFPA”) by providing kickbacks to healthcare providers throughout California relating to sale of the immunosuppressive drug Humira. Humira, used to treat arthritis,

LieffCabraser2018-09-18T13:08:35+00:00September 18th, 2018|Consumer Fraud, Whistleblower Law|

State Farm Settles Rigged-Judge Auto Parts RICO Fraud Trial for $250 Million

Hale, et al. v. State Farm, No. 3:12-cv-00660 (S.D. Illinois) began over 20 years ago with a class action suit by State Farm insureds alleging State Farm wrongly replaced their post-accident vehicle parts with non-OEM in violation of the terms of their insurance policies. In 1999, an Illinois state court jury awarded plaintiffs $456 million

LieffCabraser2018-09-13T08:59:54+00:00September 13th, 2018|Car Accidents & Recalls, Consumer Fraud|

Criminal Conviction of Plains All American Pipeline For 2015 Santa Barbara Oil Spill Should Help Plaintiffs in Related Civil Cases

Thousands of Fishermen, Oil Workers and Property Owners Follow Criminal Suit with Civil Action for Losses Relating to Refugio State Beach Oil Spill Texas-based Plains All American Pipeline has been found guilty of criminal charges relating to the 2015 oil spill at Santa Barbara’s Refugio State Beach. That verdict is very likely to help class

LieffCabraser2018-09-11T10:31:50+00:00September 11th, 2018|Environmental Law|

The Working Mom Struggle on Balancing Family Life and Workplace Demands

Wired op-ed reveals how even cutting-edge internet giants don’t do much to facilitate motherhood in the workplace Among developed countries, only the U.S. fails to mandate paid maternity leave. And at companies that do provide paid parental leave, even multi-billion tech giants like Facebook, the maximum seems to be four months. Wired magazine’s just-published opinion

LieffCabraser2018-09-10T14:59:09+00:00September 10th, 2018|Employment Law|

Sexual Assault Subpoenas Issued to All New York Catholic Dioceses by NY Attorney General

As reported by U.S. News, the Chicago Sun-Times, the Washington Post, and numerous other outlets, a major investigation has been launched in New York looking into allegations of widespread sex crimes committed by Catholic Church priests that were subsequently covered up by church leadership. Sources indicate that the NY AG’s office issued civil subpoenas to

LieffCabraser2018-09-06T10:51:20+00:00September 6th, 2018|Personal Injury, Sexual Abuse|

Goldman Sachs Gender Discrimination Lawsuit Approaches Trial

After 13 years and more than 580 docket entries, the gender discrimination case against Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is moving ever closer to trial. Four women who previously worked for the global investment banking giant accused the company of workplace discrimination and gender bias, with the result of systematically denying women career opportunities they deserved.

LieffCabraser2018-09-05T09:57:03+00:00September 5th, 2018|Employment Law|

State Farm Will Settle Rigged-Judge Trial for $250 Million

Law360 has reported that on the same day trial was to begin in the case, State Farm has agreed to pay $250 million to settle the RICO lawsuit wherein plaintiffs alleged the company secretly paid millions to help elect an Illinois Supreme Court judge in order to overturn a billion-plus dollar judgment against it from

LieffCabraser2018-09-04T14:31:11+00:00September 4th, 2018|Consumer Fraud|

Knorr Wabtec Faces Wave of Class Action No-Poach Antitrust Employment Lawsuits

As reported by Bloomberg Law, rail equipment companies Knorr-Bremse and Wabtec Railway Electronics are fighting a new rush of class action antitrust lawsuits in the employment realm after having settled allegations from the U.S. Department of Justice that they agreed not to hire each other’s employees in violation of the law. The lawsuits, which seek

LieffCabraser2018-08-27T10:06:11+00:00August 27th, 2018|Antitrust|

Judge Issues Two Significant Pretrial Rulings Against State Farm in “Explosive” RICO Class Action by Policyholders

On August 21st, 2018, Judge David Herndon of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois issued orders in advance of trial that limit the expert testimony State Farm can present and at the same time block State Farm’s own efforts to limit the plaintiff policyholder class experts.

LieffCabraser2018-08-23T11:51:19+00:00August 23rd, 2018|Consumer Fraud|

The Intercept: Will Shareholders Lose the Right to Sue Over Corporate Fraud?

In partnership with the Investigative Fund, The Intercept has published a powerful piece calling attention to proposed changes to the securities laws that may keep shareholders from being able to sue corporations that violate the law to shareholders’ detriment. The right to a trial may be replaced with mandatory arbitration agreements that will shunt shareholder

LieffCabraser2018-08-21T20:18:33+00:00August 21st, 2018|Securities Fraud|