The Daily Californian recently covered a panel discussion at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law featuring members of the legal team behind Thakur v. Trump, the ongoing pro bono class action challenging the federal government’s sudden and unlawful termination of critical research grants across the UC system.
Lawyers from Lieff Cabraser’s anti-DEI grant terminations team are featured with co-counsel in the cover story of the spring 2026 issue of UC Berkeley Law’s Transcript magazine. The article focuses on the team’s extraordinary work in Thakur v. Trump, the ongoing pro bono class action challenging the U.S. government’s sudden and unlawful termination of vital
After winning a preliminary injunction reversing the U.S. government’s sudden and indiscriminate termination of hundreds of millions of dollars in research grants, plaintiffs in the UC researcher class action litigation have won another court victory via yesterday’s federal district court Order finding that the government’s subsequent “suspensions” of the same research contracts in an attempt