• About
    Firm Overview
    Representative Clients
  • Practice Areas
    Commercial Litigation
    Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
    First Amendment, Public Records Act and FOIA
    Lawyer and Law Firm Representation
    Employment Litigation, Class Actions and Counseling
    Higher Education
    Antitrust and Unfair Competition
    Trade Secrets and Intellectual Property
    Legal Malpractice
    Appeals
    Class Actions
    Land Use and Fair Housing
    Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Attorneys
    Partners
    • Sanford Jay Rosen, Of Counsel (Founding Partner Emeritus)
    • Michael W. Bien
    • Ernest J. Galvan
    • Gay Crosthwait Grunfeld
    • Lisa Ells
    • Van Swearingen
    • Jenny Yelin
    • Kara J. Janssen
    Of Counsel
    • Penny Godbold
    • Jane E. Kahn (1954-2018)
    • Thomas Nolan
    Senior Counsel
    • Ben Bien-Kahn
    • Michael Freedman
    • Caroline E. Jackson
    • Marc J. Shinn-Krantz
    Associates
    • Eric Monek Anderson
    • Alexander Gourse
    • Adrienne Harrold
    • Ben Hattem
    • Eric Ho
    • Luma Khabbaz
    • Brenda Muñoz
    • Emma Stodder
    Legal Fellows
    • Hannah Motley Davis
  • News
  • Careers
  • Contact
  • Public Interest Cases

Class Actions

Ninth Circuit Hears State’s Appeal of $170M Fine for Failing to Provide Adequate Mental Health Care in California Prisons

December 9, 2024
Posted in Appellate Practice, Class Actions, Constitutional & Civil Rights Law, Feature on Homepage

Landmark Settlement Agreement Reached in Class Action on Sexual Abuse at FCI Dublin

December 6, 2024
Posted in Class Actions, Constitutional & Civil Rights Law, Feature on Homepage

Monterey Jail Healthcare Provider Fined for Failing to Meet its Court-Ordered Obligations to Provide Care

November 13, 2024
Posted in Class Actions, Constitutional & Civil Rights Law, Feature on Homepage

Judge Finds “Shocking” Disciplinary Violations at FCI Dublin and Extends Term of Special Master

September 30, 2024
Posted in Class Actions, Constitutional & Civil Rights Law, Feature on Homepage

FCI Dublin Judge Denies BOP Motion to Dismiss Class Action; Sexual Assault Survivors Continue to Tell Their Stories

September 10, 2024
Posted in Class Actions, Constitutional & Civil Rights Law, Feature on Homepage

Kaiser to Pay for Woman’s New Wheelchair with Class Action Pending

September 4, 2024
Posted in Class Actions, Constitutional & Civil Rights Law, Feature on Homepage

Another Win in Armstrong – Judge Finds California Still Failing to Accommodate Blind and Deaf in Parole Hearings

August 6, 2024
Posted in Class Actions, Constitutional & Civil Rights Law, Feature on Homepage, Uncategorized

Federal Court Appoints Special Master to Monitor FCI Dublin Women’s Prison; Government Abruptly Closes Facility in Response

May 3, 2024
Posted in Class Actions, Constitutional & Civil Rights Law, Feature on Homepage, Uncategorized

Washington Post Highlights Class Action in California Against Brookdale Senior Living

April 1, 2024
Posted in Class Actions, Constitutional & Civil Rights Law, Feature on Homepage

FBI Raid Ousts Warden at FCI Dublin as Judge Considers Preliminary Injunction in Sex Abuse Class Action

March 12, 2024
Posted in Class Actions, Constitutional & Civil Rights Law, Feature on Homepage, Uncategorized

Post navigation

← Older posts
Newer posts →

Latest Posts

  • Rosen and Galvan Author DJ Article on Limits of Inadvertent Disclosure
  • 18 RBGG Lawyers Named to Super Lawyers List for 2026
  • Court Issues Preliminary Injunction that Stops Trump Administration from Seizing Children’s Private Medical Records Through Out-of-State Grand Jury
  • DJ Names Jenny Yelin a Top Labor and Employment Lawyer for 2026
  • Federal Court Grants Preliminary Approval to Settlement Agreement to Resolve Medical and Dental Care Claims in Class Action on Conditions at San Diego County Jail
  • RBGG Files Amicus Brief on Behalf of SF Public Defender Manohar Raju in Appeal of Contempt Fines
  • Ells and Grunfeld Once Again Named to DJ’s LIst of Top Women Lawyers in California
  • Disability and Patient Advocacy Groups File Federal Lawsuits in New York and Illinois for Landmark National Campaign Against Assisted Suicide Laws
  • RBGG’s Lisa Ells Ranked by Chambers USA for Appellate Law
  • ACLU Report Co-Authored by RBGG Illustrates Human Toll of ICE’s Unprecedented Transfer of Immigrant Detainees to Alaska Prison
101 Mission Street, Sixth Floor   San Francisco, CA 94105
Phone: 415-433-6830
Fax: 415-433-7104
SEARCH
© 2026 Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP