The plaintiffs in the Sears case are represented by Lieff Cabraser, Seeger Weiss and the Complex Litigation Group in Chicago.

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But on Nov. 21, 2005, Curfman was deposed in Boston by lawyers from the firm of Lieff Cabraser Heimann and Bernstein, who represent plaintiffs in one of the Vioxx suits.

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The decision by Judge Ronald Gould chastises lawyers at prominent firms Lieff Cabraser and the National Consumer Law Center for knowingly setting up the conflict and failing to alert the court about it.

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