Leiff Cabraser
Recent News About Leiff Cabraser
-
Work from Center for Class Action Fairness worth a reward, judge in State Street case rules
BOSTON (Legal Newsline) – A class action watchdog has earned more than $60,000 for work that helped show class action lawyers overcharged the class they represented in a $300 million settlement with State Street. -
Judge lawyers up as class action firm in controversial case fights $1.1M reduction in fees
BOSTON (Legal Newsline) - The judge who cut the fees of prominent class-action firm Lieff Cabraser by more than $1 million for alleged misconduct in a long-running lawsuit against State Street Bank & Trust now says he needs his own lawyer to defend that decision before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. -
Democrat Senate-hopeful has taken $1M from lawyers; Husband's firm gave $34K while plotting COVID-19 lawsuits
AUGUSTA, Maine (Legal Newsline) – The race for U.S. Senate in Maine could help Democrats take a majority and, in turn, help the personal injury lawyer-husband of the Democratic front-runner who has taken almost $1 million from lawyers for her campaign. -
Hearing reveals failed restaurant, trust issues among lawyers who claimed $75M in fees in controversial settlement
BOSTON (Legal Newsline) - A lawyer at the center of the scandal over the $300 million settlement of a State Street securities case told a federal judge in Boston it was “stupid and sloppy” to sign a false application for his firm’s share of $75 million in fees, but he didn’t intend to mislead the court. -
Opioid lawyers propose a global settlement team; Pa. attorney critical, says it's likely a ploy to boost their fees
CLEVELAND (Legal Newsline) - Acknowledging it is “likely impossible” to negotiate individual settlements on behalf the nearly 2,000 cities and counties suing the opioid industry, plus thousands more watching from the sidelines, plaintiff lawyers have proposed a unique solution: A “negotiation class” designed to strike a global bargain on behalf of every municipality in the country. -
Texas officials were 'in over their heads' when they struck deals with opioid lawyers
When it hired outside lawyers to represent it in lawsuits against the opioid industry, Harris County agreed to pay a contingency fee of 35%, more than double the rate in Dallas County and equal to the highest in the state. -
Labaton escalates spat with judge in State Street case, demands ex parte communications
Labaton Sucharow, having failed to get a federal judge to recuse himself, asked him to turn over records of any out-of-court communications with the special master probing allegations that Labaton overcharged its clients and improperly shared part of its $75 million fee. -
Details, criticism of how class action lawyers charged $75M might be kept from public
BOSTON (Legal Newsline) - The public might not get to view the findings of a special master tasked with examining why a $300 million class action settlement included inflated hourly rates and a suspicious $200,000 payment to a public defender who is the brother of one of the lead plaintiffs lawyers. -
Opioid judge doesn't want media to know details of settlement talks
CLEVELAND (Legal Newsline) - The judge overseeing multidistrict litigation against opioid manufacturers and distributors has named the teams of lawyers who will try to negotiate a settlement of hundreds of federal lawsuits - a complex task given parallel investigations and litigation by state attorneys general and potentially conflicting goals of private attorneys and their government counterparts.