As reported in the Daily Journal, on March 7, 2019, Miller Barondess, LLP prevailed on a summary judgment motion on behalf of Applied Merchant Systems West Coast LLC (AMS), an employer in a wrongful termination case brought by a former vice president of the company. Per the ruling by Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge...Read More
By Cindy Chang, LA Times – January 8, 2019 – A woman who was sexually assaulted by two Los Angeles police officers will receive nearly $2 million from the city, according to an agreement filed in federal court on Monday. The settlement, which needs to be approved by the City Council, comes on top of nearly...Read More
By Nathan Fenno, LA Times Reporter – Saturday, December 8, 2018 – The land along West Century Boulevard in Inglewood where the Clippers plan to build an arena is easy to miss, a bleak stretch of fenced-off vacant lots near a fast-food restaurant selling fried chicken and motel offering simple rooms for $80 a night....Read More
By Matt Hamilton and Harriet Ryan, LA Times Reporters – Tuesday, December 4, 2018 – USC vowed to improve accountability and transparency in the wake of a scandal earlier this year in which the longtime campus gynecologist was accused of sexual misconduct against hundreds of students. A dispute in USC’s Marshall School of Business is...Read More
By Kelcee Griffis, Law360 Staff Writer – Monday, November 19, 2018 – The Ninth Circuit on Monday said Charter Communications Inc. can’t use its First Amendment freedom as a cable provider to escape a claim that it refused a carriage deal with an African-American-owned production firm due to racial bias. The three-judge panel’s published opinion...Read More
By Blaise Scemama, Daily Journal Staff Writer–Tuesday, November 6, 2018 — A Los Angeles County jury awarded a private jet charter company that had not yet made a profit $2.4 million in lost profits after a fueling and hangar company employee allegedly improperly parked a Cessna airplane, damaging it when it rolled into other aircraft...Read More
By Emma Cueto, Law360 Staff Writer, Friday, October 26, 2018 – Law360 – A former Napoli Bern Ripka & Associates partner has won a California federal court’s sign-off on a $4 million award he won in arbitration over referral fees he claimed the now-defunct plaintiffs firm owed him. The court on Wednesday awarded Marc I. Willick...Read More
By Skylar Dubelko, Daily Journal Staff Writer, Wednesday, October 24, 2018—Louis R. “Skip” Miller knows that, in litigation, size doesn’t matter. What matters is “the quality and ability of the lawyer,” Skip Miller said. “Because it’s just one-on-one when you’re in court. “Noting that, when a firm is trying to get a deal done, it needs...Read More
By Billboard, 2018 Top Music Lawyers, Friday, October 19, 2018 SASHA FRID, 41 Attorney-at-law, Miller Barondess; University of California, Berkeley, School of Law LOUIS “SKIP” MILLER, 71 Attorney-at-law, Miller Barondess; University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law Following the death of Steely Dan’s Walter Becker in 2017, Miller moved on behalf of Donald Fagen to...Read More
Masters of their craft, Miller Barondess partners Mira Hashmall and Skip Miller were honored by the Los Angeles Business Journal on its exclusive list of Top Litigators in 2018. The select list recognizes what sets litigators apart from your average attorney—the ability to successfully fight for your client in front of judges and juries. With...Read More
