“Shareholders are unlikely to bat an eye over festering conflicts when economic times are good. Success has a thousand fathers, after all.” Los Angeles Lawyer Magazine has published a practice tips article by Miller Barondess counsel Robby Naoufal, examining the key risks and potential liabilities investors face in portfolio companies, particularly as economic conditions change...Read More

Mötley Crüe starts over, ‘From the Beginning,’ with a Las Vegas residency and a new era of decadence By Tina Benitez-Eves, Los Angeles Times, Sept. 11, 2025 3 AM PT In the beginning, it was 1981 and bassist Nikki Sixx left London, the glam metal band he’d formed in Hollywood three years earlier, to start a new...Read More

Dave Franco, Alison Brie, WME Hit With Idea Theft Lawsuit Over ‘Together’ StudioFest accuses Dave Franco and Alison Brie of copyright infringement, claiming they crafted the script for the body horror alongside WME client Michael Shanks after the duo declined an offer to star in its movie. (The case is StudioFest LLC v. William Morris...Read More

On April 8, 2025, partner Mira Hashmall presented oral argument before the California Supreme Court on behalf of the defendants in Brown v. City of Inglewood, et al.  The case poses the following issue: Are elected public officials considered employees under Labor Code section 1102.5(b) for purposes of whistleblower protection?  A decision from the Court...Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 27, 2025 Contact: Amnon Siegel +1 310-552-7557 asiegel@millerbarondess.com Los Angeles, CA – (BUSINESS WIRE) – Trophy Universal City Group, LLC and Trophy West Covina Motor Group, LLC (“Trophy Group”) have filed a lawsuit against Nissan North America, Inc., accusing the automaker of orchestrating a deliberate and nefarious scheme to suffocate vehicle inventory...Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 18, 2025 Contact: Amnon Siegel +1 310-552-7557 asiegel@millerbarondess.com Los Angeles, CA – (BUSINESS WIRE) – Christopher Coffey, an early pioneer in the remote security surveillance industry, has filed a lawsuit against multi-billion-dollar, international security company, Garda Security, Inc.  Coffey alleges that Garda violated his rights as a minority shareholder of eCAMSECURE (“eCAM”),...Read More

The complaint, filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court on behalf of CriticalPoint Partners, alleges that two rival companies founded by two former CriticalPoint employees used stolen confidential information to jumpstart competing businesses, 48North Partners and Anvil Partners. Read the Daily Journal’s coverage here (login credentials required). The lawsuit claims that each defendant company engaged...Read More

Nadia Sarkis and Ellie Ruth are scheduled to speak at the International Municipal Lawyers Association’s Mid-Year Seminar. The 2024 Seminar will be held on April 18–21 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C., and will address in-depth topics on legal issues facing local government lawyers today. Nadia and Ellie will speak on “The Impossible Bind: Unintended Consequences...Read More

By Douglas Saunders Sr., Daily Journal Staff Writer (January 17, 2024)Founder Louis R. “Skip” Miller said Tuesday, “We’ve hired 12 associates in the last year. We’re going through a growth spurt, and I expect it to continue.” Litigation boutique Miller Barondess LLP began a significant growth spurt one year ago, and firm leaders said they...Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJanuary 17, 2024Contact:Skip Miller310-552-5251smiller@millerbarondess.com LOS ANGELES—(BUSINESS WIRE) Miller Barondess, LLP, a Los Angeles-based litigation firm, is pleased to announce the addition of trial lawyer Justin Ehrlich to its partnership, and the election of new partners, Jeffery White and Colin Rolfs. These additions to the partnership continue the firm’s expansion. In 2022, the firm expanded its...Read More