We are proud to announce that The American Lawyer has named Lieff Cabraser partner Mark Chalos to its second annual list of “South Trailblazers.” The award recognizes lawyers in the southern states of the U.S. who have “moved the needle in the legal industry,” and who are “true agents of change.” Mark is one of only 54 lawyers to make
Super Lawyers has released its annual report on New York Metro attorneys, highlighting those who “demonstrate the highest degree of professional achievement and peer recognition.” Sixteen Lieff Cabraser attorneys have been selected as New York Metro Super Lawyers and Rising Stars this year.
As reported by Law360 (subscription), plaintiffs represented by Lieff Cabraser and co-counsel were successful in defeating DaVita and other health care providers’ attempts to get employee no-poach claims thrown out of the federal class action lawsuit alleging employee compensation and mobility were criminally suppressed at these companies via illegal agreements with competitors not to compete for each other’s
CNN recently featured a report on the new lawsuit filed by Lieff Cabraser on behalf of the residents of Jackson, Mississippi over the extreme water crisis that left residents without running water for weeks. The class action lawsuit is the first of its kind filed over the Jackson water crisis and accuses the City of
On September 20, 2022, U.S. District Judge Philip S. Gutierrez of the Central District of California granted final approval to a $230 million settlement of the long-running Plains Oil Spill lawsuit filed by Lieff Cabraser and co-counsel arising from an oil spill off Refugio State Beach in Santa Barbara County
As alleged in a new lawsuit filed by Lieff Cabraser on behalf of the residents of Jackson, Mississippi over the extreme water crisis that left residents without running water for weeks, the catastrophe arose out of decades of neglect and administrative and political failure. The lawsuit seeks injunctive relief and monetary damages against various government and
The Daily Journal (subscription) has published its annual listing of Top 100 Lawyers in California, which includes 17th-time selection for Lieff Cabraser partner Elizabeth Cabraser and 4th-time selection for Lieff Cabraser partner Richard Heimann. After reviewing hundreds of nominations, the Daily Journal honors a chosen 100 of California’s leading lawyers who are involved in “the most cutting-edge work in
Law360 has published an in-depth profile on Lieff Cabraser partners Elizabeth Cabraser and Richard Heimann, named Product Liability “MVPs of the Year” for 2022. The profile highlights the pair’s most notable accomplishments of the past year.
We are pleased to announce that Lieff Cabraser partner Sarah R. London has been elected to serve on the Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC) Executive Committee as Parliamentarian for 2023. Prior to this new position, Sarah served on the CAOC the Board of Directors from 2012-2013 and from 2018 to the present.
On Tuesday, October 18, 2022, The American Constitution Society for Law and Policy (ACS) Nashville Chapter will host its annual U.S. Supreme Court Preview. This year’s event will be held at Bass, Berry & Sims PLC and will feature a discussion with Mark Joseph Stern on the 2022-2023 U.S. Supreme Court Term. Stern is a senior