Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP and the Education Civil Rights Alliance (ECRA) have filed a friend-of-court brief on behalf of youth advocates and experts in educational access. This brief contributes to the records of two cases currently pending before the U.S. Supreme Court: Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard
Prominent plaintiffs’ law firm Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP and the Education Civil Rights Alliance (ECRA) filed a friend-of-court brief today on behalf of youth advocates and experts in educational access. This brief contributes to the records of two cases currently pending before the U.S. Supreme Court: Students for Fair
Lieff Cabraser has joined the Legal Alliance for Reproductive Rights, a group of over 20 law firms pledging to provide free legal representation to those negatively impacted by the denial of access to medical services if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade. Led by the Bar Association of San Francisco and the San
National plaintiffs’ firm Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP joins civil rights champions Edwards & Jennings, P.C. and residents of Benton Harbor to hold local and state government officials accountable for the lead poisoning of Benton Harbor tap water Edwards & Jennings, P.C. and Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP have filed a proposed Second
In 2020, Illinois’ largest energy utility admitted to orchestrating a bribery scheme involving the state’s top lawmaker. The 7th Circuit federal appeals court now seeks to determine whether Commonwealth Edison needs to pay residents back for the unfettered rate increases. As reported in Law360 (subscription) and other outlets, on May 17, 2022, Lieff Cabraser partner
City of Nashville Mayor John Cooper has announced that the city of Nashville will receive $23 million to recoup taxpayer funds allocated to emergency government responses to the opioid epidemic from 2017 through the present. The news comes in the wake of an historic $26 billion nationwide settlement with American opioid manufacturers and distributors reached
Over 90% of litigating local governments have confirmed participation in the global settlements approved today by the “Big Three” drug distributors AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health, and McKesson, along with opioid manufacturer Johnson & Johnson Washington, D.C. (February 25, 2022) – Today, the National Prescription Opiate Litigation Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee confirmed participation of over 90% of litigating
Congratulations to The R-23s, and to all the musicians “Banding Together” who raised nearly $118,000 for the Family Violence Appellate Project towards its fight to save victims of domestic violence in California and help them thrive. (It’s worth noting that the original goal was $100,000, which was reached before the show even started, and then
The U.S. Senate heard explosive testimony today from Frances Haugen, an ex-Facebook insider who detailed the company's manifest failures in protecting teens and other users from serious and pervasive problems within Facebook's different platforms, including Instagram. Ms. Haugen focused her testimony on the cascade of ways in which the social media behemoth actively harms younger
For the fourth consecutive year, legal publication Lawdragon has published its list of “500 Leading Plaintiff Employment & Civil Rights Lawyers,” outstanding lawyers “who have devoted their careers to helping workers protect their rights.”