On February 8, 2023, Judge Robert B. Kugler of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey appointed Lieff Cabraser partner Rachel Geman as one of Class Counsel for the Medical Monitoring class in In re Valsartan, Losartan, and Irbesartan Products Liability Litigation, No. 19-2875 (RBK/SAK).
Lawdragon has published its list of the “500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers in America” for 2022, an honor roll that includes Lieff Cabraser partners Donald C. Arbitblit, Kenneth S. Byrd, Elizabeth J. Cabraser, Mark P. Chalos, Paulina do Amaral, Steven E. Fineman, Wendy R. Fleishman, Rachel Geman, Lexi J. Hazam, Richard M. Heimann, Sarah R. London, Annika K. Martin, and Robert J. Nelson. The Lawdragon consumer
Lieff Cabraser partners Kelly Dermody, Rachel Geman, and Anne Shaver will be featured as distinguished speakers at the 15th Annual ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law Conference beginning this Wednesday, November 10 and running through November 13, 2021, in Los Angeles at The Beverly Hilton. As the Section Chair, Kelly
New York Governor Kathy Hochul has enacted legislation that protects employees in the state from retaliatory actions for reporting illegal or dangerous business activities. In meaningfully amending the prior law, there are multiple important and noteworthy aspects of the new law that together give crucial support to whistleblowers.
Since the Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act cleared the House in January 2021, Law360 (subscription) has published a feature including commentary from some of the nation’s top employment attorneys on how the bill could significantly change the way workplace discrimination cases are handled. If enacted, the bill would amend civil rights laws to treat age-related employment claims the
As reported by Law360 (subscription), JPMorgan Chase Bank has agreed to pay $11.5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by Lieff Cabraser and co-counsel on behalf of a proposed class of homeowners’ alleging that the banking giant failed to pay interest on funds held in escrow for mortgages as required by New York state law.
Lieff Cabraser partner Rachel Geman will be moderating a panel entitled “Corporations Are Deponents, My Friend: Taking 30(b)(6) Depositions In Wage & Hour Cases” at the National Employment Lawyers Association Spring Seminar: New Issues, Creative Solutions: Emerging Issues In Wage & Hour Law taking place March 18-19, 2021.
Lawdragon has published its third annual listing of the “500 Leading Plaintiff Employment Lawyers” in America, a list that includes Lieff Cabraser partners Lin Y. Chan, Kelly M. Dermody, Rachel Geman, Daniel M. Hutchinson, and Anne B. Shaver. Introduced as one of the newest additions to Lawdragon’s acclaimed 500 series, the “500 Leading Plaintiff Employment Lawyers” guide includes distinguished attorneys selected over a
Lieff Cabraser partner Rachel Geman spoke today, July 9th at the National Employment Lawyers Association’s 2020 Virtual Convention on a panel that discussed discovery in wage and hour cases.
Lieff Cabraser partner Rachel Geman will teach a May 27 webinar on “Classwide Damage Models in Misleading and False Advertising Consumer Class Actions” for continuing legal education platform Strafford Publications. The program will run from 1:00-2:30pm EST.