Lieff Cabraser was co-counsel in the Barnett case. Lieff Cabraser attorneys Don Arbitblit and Jennifer Gross participated in the trial, working closely with attorneys Mark Robinson and Andy Birchfield. The court subsequently vacated the jury award and ordered a new trial. Lieff Cabraser is continuing to work with co-counsel in the prosecution of the Federal court Vioxx cases.

The families also asserted claims against the funeral homes that delivered the decedents to Tri-State Crematory for failing to ensure that the crematory performed cremations in the manner required under the law and by human decency. One week into trial, settlements with the remaining funeral home defendants were reached and brought the settlement total to approximately $37 million. Since March 2004, all of the settlements with the funeral homes have been preliminarily or finally approved. The Marsh defendants, the operators of Tri-State Crematory, however, withdrew from the tentatively approved settlement.

• Dupree, et al. v. The Prudential Insurance Company. In February 2004, Lieff Cabraser began trial in federal court in Florida on behalf of retired employees of The Prudential Insurance Company. Plaintiffs intend to prove that Prudential violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) by using the Retirement Plan's assets for its own benefit, instead of for the benefit of retirees. Plaintiffs have asked the Court to order Prudential to restore to the Retirement Plan all of the Plan assets that Prudential removed from the Plan in violation of the law. Lieff Cabraser partner David S. Stellings is co-lead trial counsel, and made plaintiffs' opening statement. The Court heard closing arguments on January 20, 2005.

• Claghorn v. Edsaco. The vast majority of plaintiffs' securities lawyers have never taken a single case to trial and prevailed. Richard M. Heimann, who oversees Lieff Cabraser's securities and investor fraud practice, has tried over 30 civil jury cases in his career, including two successful securities class action trials. In the most recent, Claghorn v. Edsaco case, a federal jury in California in April 2002 returned a $170.7 million verdict against the defendant. Following the Edsaco trial, the parties reached a settlement of the action on favorable monetary terms to the class, which included Edsaco's relinquishment of its right to appeal and the plaintiffs' agreement to vacate the jury verdict. Commenting on Lieff Cabraser's trial work, U.S. District Court Judge Susan Illston observed:

"[C]ounsel for the plaintiffs did a very good job in a very tough situation of achieving an excellent recovery for the class here. You were opposed by extremely capable lawyers. It was an uphill battle. There were some complicated questions, and then there was the tricky issue of actually collecting anything in the end. . . .[T]he recovery that was achieved for the class in this second trial is remarkable, almost a hundred percent.

• In re Farmers Insurance Exchange Claims Representatives' Overtime Pay Litigation. Lieff Cabraser and co-counsel represent personal lines claims representatives of Farmer's Insurance Exchange seeking unpaid overtime. In November 2003, after a three week liability phase trial, the Court held that Farmers' claims adjusters who handle auto and low level property claims are entitled to overtime. 300 F.Supp. 2d 1020 (2003). The Court further found that Farmer's actions were willful and were not taken in good faith. In January and May 2005, the Court entered judgments totaling $52.5 million against Farmers, the largest judgments ever entered as the result of the trial of a Fair Labor Standards Act case.

• Blood Factor Litigation. Lieff Cabraser is representing hundreds of hemophiliacs, or their survivors and estates, from America and across the globe who contracted HIV and/or Hepatitis C (HCV) from contaminated and defective blood factor products produced by American pharmaceutical companies. This ground breaking litigation has been filed in United States federal court, and follows upon a two-month trial directed by Richard M. Heimann in 2003 in California state court on behalf of an HIV-positive hemophiliac. Although the jury was unable to render a verdict, the evidence produced at trial was sufficient to convince the defendant to enter into one of the largest individual settlements in the history of the blood factor litigation on the eve of retrial.

• Lehman Brothers/First Alliance Mortgage Litigation. On June 16, 2003, a federal jury in California held Lehman Brothers, Inc., liable for knowingly assisting First Alliance Mortgage Corporation in committing fraud. First Alliance was accused of misrepresenting the true cost of home loans and of charging borrowers as much as 24% in loan origination and other fees. The jury found that First Alliance systematically defrauded borrowers, and that Lehman Brothers aided and abetted the fraudulent scheme. The verdict showed that the community will hold Wall Street responsible for knowingly serving as a financial backer to abusive lenders. Lieff Cabraser partner Hector D. Geribon served as co-counsel in the trial for the plaintiffs. The federal trial court has denied all post-trial motions. The case is on appeal to the federal court of appeals.