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  • June 22, 2005 | The Recorder

    Defect May Set Lawyers' Hearts Racing

    There's nothing like a short circuit inside thousands of people's chest cavities to jumpstart plaintiff lawyers and shock the heart of a corporate defendant.That has become clear over

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  • May 3, 2010 | National Law Journal

    Key Player: Elizabeth Cabraser

    Elizabeth Cabraser's appointment as temporary plaintiffs' co-lead counsel in the Toyota MDL was hardly a surprise to those familiar with the mass torts scene. Cabraser, who co-founded San Francisco

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  • December 12, 2006 | The Recorder

    Lieff Cabraser Heavyweight Bolts for Altshuler

    Employment and securities heavyweight James Finberg is leaving Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein in January for a much smaller San Francisco litigation firm.On Jan. 1, he and employment

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  • December 27, 2004 | The American Lawyer

    Tainted Miracle

    People hailed it as a miracle drug. In the 1970s, a blood-clotting product designed to help extend and normalize the lives of hemophiliacs by allowing them to treat bleeds at home became

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  • March 3, 2011 | The Recorder

    Lieff Partner Adds Weird Twist to Wells Fargo Case

    SAN FRANCISCO — The Wells Fargo case that appears to be at the center of Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein's partner a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/ca/PubArticleCA.jsp?id=1202483554

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  • November 10, 2003 | The Recorder

    James Finberg (Plaintiffs)

    James Finberg jumped to the plaintiffs side of securities class actions just in time to play a leading role in several of the largest securities fraud cases in the 1990s.Finberg,

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  • March 7, 2003 | The Recorder

    Punitive Measures

    Brent Ferguson and Florencia Prieto were dumbfounded in 1997 when the class counsel in their suit against Unocal Corp. chose not to seek punitive damages in order to cement an $80 million glob

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  • July 2, 2004 | The Recorder

    Plaintiffs Bar Checking In to Hospitals

    The plaintiffs bar has found a new target: nonprofit hospitals.In the past two weeks, plaintiffs firms have filed 19 class actions against not-for-profit hospitals, claiming they are c

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  • March 13, 2007 | Alm

    DaimlerChrysler Hit With $50 Million Punitive Verdict

    In a move that could bring a measure of relief to the plaintiffs bar, a Los Angeles jury last week hit DaimlerChrysler with a $50 million punitive damages verdict. The verdict, which f

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  • November 5, 2003 | The Recorder

    Mouth of the South Bay

    The last of three profiles of colorful lawyers who loom over San Jose's legal sceneRichard Alexander hooked up with famed personal injury lawyer Melvin Belli straight out of law

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