By Brian Melley, LA Times Reporter, Contributions by Christopher Weber, Associated Press – Thursday, August 9, 2018 – A Southern California utility reached a nearly $120 million settlement over a massive blowout at a natural gas storage field that became the nation’s largest known release of climate-changing methane and forced thousands to flee their Los...Read More
Los Angeles Business Journal-LA’s Most Influential People–Skip Miller, managing partner of Miller Barondess, is a trial lawyer with 45 years of experience. His clients have included municipalities such as the cities of Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, Pasadena and Monterey Park; entertainers such as Rod Stewart, Elton John, Nick Nolte, Bob Dylan, Sean Connery, Aerosmith’s Steven...Read More
The July 18th edition of the Daily Journal honored Mira Hashmall on the 2018 list of Top Labor and Employment Lawyers. Hashmall has extensive expertise in labor and employment litigation. She represents public and private employers in connection with racial, sexual, age, and national origin harassment and discrimination claims, as well as lawsuits involving retaliation, wage and hour violations, and wrongful...Read More
The June 20th issue of the Daily Journal honored Amnon Siegel in the 2018 list of Top 40 Under 40 Lawyers. The article praised Amnon for a $256.4 million jury verdict that he won for his client, Superior Automotive Group, against Nissan Motor Corporation. This verdict was recognized in the Daily Journal’s Top Verdicts of...Read More
By Nina Agrawal, LA Times Staff Writer, Thursday, June 7, 2018 – Los Angeles County and its former top lawyer have settled a series of lawsuits over the lawyer’s removal in 2015, ending an acrimonious public feud, a lawyer for the county said Thursday. Mark J. Saladino, who served as county counsel for less than...Read More
By Darcy Reddan, Law360, Friday, May 18, 2018 – The co-founder and an early investor of Energy Efficient Equity Inc., a company that provides financing for energy and water savings home improvements, have filed a suit against a venture capital fund and its officers alleging the company used a $5 million loan to push them out,...Read More
By David Robb, Deadline Hollywood Reporter, Monday, May 14, 2018 – EXCLUSIVE: The legal battle over the dissolution of what had once been one of Hollywood’s leading post-production houses is headed for trial. Bankruptcies, changing technologies and runaway postproduction have taken a major toll on LA-based post facilities in recent years, but Moshe Barkat, founder of Modern VideoFilm,...Read More
The May 2, 2018 issue of the Daily Journal honored Mira Hashmall in the 2018 list of Top Women Lawyers. The article praised Mira for a $2.5 million jury verdict that she won for her client who was retaliated against for reporting gender discrimination against the University of California, Riverside. Ms. Hashmall also won...Read More
By Variety, 2018 Legal Impact Report – The duo may run a boutique firm, but they litigate major cases. These days, Frid focuses on music clients (Live Nation, Universal Music, Five Finger Death Punch, Motley Crue), while Miller gives more attention to film and TV matters, such as the racial discrimination lawsuits filed by Byron...Read More
By Dave Brooks, Billboard, Tuesday, April 10, 2018, VIDEO – The fight over a proposed Clippers arena near the Forum gets nasty with both sides accusing the other of dirty tricks and deception. The relationship between Irving Azoff and Inglewood Mayor James Butts has hit a low point. On Tuesday (April 10), Butts sharply criticized Forum-owner...Read More
