District court largely denies L’Oreal, Revlon, other companies’ attempts to dismiss 8,000+ case multidistrict hair relaxer use injury litigation As reported by Law360 (subscription), plaintiffs represented by Lieff Cabraser and numerous co-counsel were successful in defeating L’Oreal, Revlon, and other companies’ attempts to get thousands of coordinated hair relaxer-linked cancer injury lawsuits dismissed at the
The 17th Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference is being held on November 8–11, 2023 in Seattle, Washington. This Conference is the Section of Labor and Employment Law’s signature event of the year, offering cutting-edge and in-depth programs covering developments across the full range of labor and employment law topics along with numerous networking opportunities.
Lieff Cabraser Partner Kelly M. Dermody will speak at the American Bar Association’s 15th Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles from November 10-13, 2021. Panelists will be discussing “How Transgender Women of Color Laid the Groundwork for Modern Equality Laws.” Some events will be available to remote attendees
Lieff Cabraser partner Kelly M. Dermody is featured on the latest episode of Today’s Worklplace, where she and fellow plaintiff-side class action attorney Jahan Sagafi join hosts Belinda Reed Shannon and Barbara Johnson to discuss the topic of systemic discrimination. Today’s Workplace is a podcast created to keep employers current on the latest employment law
THE QUESTION as posed to WUSA9: Will prisoners get the $1,400 stimulus checks in the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill? THE ANSWER: Yes, inmates qualify for checks, just as they did with the previous two rounds of stimulus checks passed during the Trump administration. But that doesn’t mean they will actually get the money in
On, Friday, November 8, 2019, Lieff Cabraser partner Kelly M. Dermody moderated a plenary session entitled “The Power of People Analytics” at The American Bar Association’s 13th Annual Labor and Employment Law conference in New Orleans.
On May 8, 2019, Lieff Cabraser partner Kelly M. Dermody addressed Big Law’s issues with #MeToo on a panel at the American Bar Association’s National Conference on Professional Responsibility held in Vancouver, British Columbia, noting how many high profile firms are guilty of allowing their highest paid and most powerful “rainmaker” lawyers to participate in
We are proud to announce that Lieff Cabraser partner Kelly M. Dermody, Chair of the firm’s Employment Law practice group, has been elected as a member of the American Law Institute. The Institute is the leading independent organization in the United States producing scholarly work to clarify, modernize, and otherwise improve the law.
Lieff Cabraser attorney Kelly M. Dermody notes clients are pleased HSUS is committed to providing healthy and safe environment to fulfill its mission The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) is proud to announce the details of a Reconciliation Process, the latest among multiple efforts that are underway to improve the organization for the