Special to The Virginian-Pilot and The Virginia Daily Press, by Kearsten and Zachary Walden, Guest Columnists In-vitro fertilization is a lifeline, a remarkable medical advancement that allows countless individuals and couples struggling with infertility a chance to experience the joy of parenthood. For so many of us, IVF isn’t just a medical procedure; it’s a
A front-page article by the San Francisco Chronicle features Lieff Cabraser partner Tiseme Zegeye, who is a leader in litigation holding hair relaxer companies accountable for cancer-causing products sold to Black women. The case centers on the alleged link between chemical hair relaxers and cancer, impacting thousands if not hundreds of thousands of injured women
Speaking with Bloomberg, partner Sarah London discussed our clients’ lawsuits against CooperSurgical and the lack of regulation in the U.S. IVF industry. Sarah highlighted the delicate nature of eggs and embryos and advocated for new safety protocols, saying “What you need in this system are multiple safety layers. Bad things can be anticipated to happen,
Lieff Cabraser partner Tiseme Zegeye was highlighted in a Law.com article outlining the growing trend of lawsuits against CooperSurgical, a global leader in the infertility treatment market, for its defective IVF solution that damaged or destroyed plaintiffs’ embryos. Read more in the article here.
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
Plaintiffs allege Natera negligently allowed contaminants to ruin its embryo testing with entire sample sets being lost for use, then fraudulently concealed the contamination from the public; complaint includes allegations of fraud, failure to warn, strict product liability, manufacturing defects, negligence, and intentional infliction of severe emotional distress to families who just wanted to know
As reported by Law360 (subscription), the Supreme Court of Mississippi has ordered the consumer fraud and false advertising lawsuit filed by Lieff Cabraser and co-counsel against health-products giant Johnson & Johnson to move forward. Johnson & Johnson had argued that the lawsuit over insufficient and deceptive labeling that failed to warn consumers talc baby powder
Lieff Cabraser partner Sarah R. London testified today at the California Assembly Judiciary Committee hearing in San Francisco, in favor of AB 556, regarding the misuse of eggs, embryos and sperm.
As reported by Law360 (subscription), a California federal judge has ruled that Johnson & Johnson must pay nearly $344 million in civil penalties for misleading consumers about the true health risks associated with its pelvic mesh products. The trailblazing suit was brought by California’s attorney general, Xavier Becerra, who in a statement touting the judge’s
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein attorneys Kelly M. Dermody, Tiseme G. Zegeye, and Madeline M. Gomez represent Amici, reproductive and racial justice scholars, in support of Petitioners June Medical Services, et al., requesting that the Supreme Court reverse the Fifth Circuit’s recent decision to require that doctors who perform abortions in Louisiana have admitting privileges