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By Vanessa Holman, Judge Constance Baker Motley Civil Rights Fellow (2024-2025), Equal Justice Society Habari Gani! The first time that I remember celebrating Kwanzaa was in kindergarten. My predominantly Black school held a highly-anticipated annual assembly where students, teachers, and parents wore kente cloth, performed songs and dances, played traditional instruments, and recited holiday principles.…
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The CDC approximates that 2.3% of U.S. births each year result from assisted reproductive technologies, including in vitro fertilization (IVF). Black and Latina women are more likely to experience infertility but have less access to assisted reproductive technologies. Lieff Cabraser assists hopeful parents seeking justice from fertility companies and IVF supply manufacturers for failures that…
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Los Angeles Fires – Eaton Fire Our thoughts and our hearts go out to our friends, family members, colleagues and all those affected by the devastating January 2025 wildfires in Los Angeles. We recognize with unceasing gratitude the first responders and community members working tirelessly to provide aid and comfort in the affected areas during…
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Scientists at the University of Oxford, funded by Cancer Research UK, are researching OvarianVax, a vaccine which teaches the immune system to recognize and attack the earliest stages of ovarian cancer. If the research is successful, work will then begin on clinical trials of the vaccine. Ovarian cancer is the fifth-leading cause of cancer death…
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By Emily Harwell (Mvskoke), Attorney, Lieff Cabraser Land Acknowledgement Lieff Cabraser and Equal Justice Society acknowledge that we occupy the ceded and unceded Ancestral homelands of Native Americans, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians who are the original inhabitants of North America and what is now known as the United States. The land and water continue…
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Litigation and Legal Update for October/November 2024 (Actualización de legajos de derechos civiles)
It has been two years since studies by the National Institutes of Health found that women who frequently used chemical hair relaxers were more likely to develop gynecological cancers. Since then, over eleven thousand women nationwide have joined the federal court multidistrict litigation (or “MDL”) seeking justice against the relaxer manufacturers and sellers for allegedly causing their…
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By Faith E. A. Lewis and Benjamin A. Trouvais, Associates, Lieff Cabraser You have the right to safe work! You have the right to: Free Resources: Labor Day Labor Day celebrates the crucial contributions of workers in the United States. The first celebrations were in the 1880s, but Labor Day did not become a federal…
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By Heather Snedeker, Director of Development, Equal Justice Society This November, Floridians will vote on Amendment 4, which would protect a patient’s right to terminate a pregnancy before viability or when necessary to protect the patient’s health. This new law would amend the Florida State Constitution. This Amendment is especially necessary to protect Black Lives…
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Hair Relaxer Litigation If you or a loved one were diagnosed with ovarian or uterine/endometrial cancer after using chemical hair relaxers during your life, important time limits to file claims may occur as soon as October 2024. Over nine thousand Plaintiffs across the country in the federal court multidistrict litigation (or “MDL”) continue to seek…
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On July 31, 2024, the San Francisco Chronicle published an article written by Chasity Hale on Lieff Cabraser and Equal Justice Society’s litigation holding hair relaxer companies accountable for cancer-causing products sold to Black women. Our over 225 clients nationwide allege they suffered gynecological cancers as a result of chemical hair relaxers. The article features one…
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