By Maya Lau and Jaclyn Cosgrove, LA Times staff writers–Thursday, April 4, 2019–The Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy whose reinstatement triggered a battle between the sheriff and the Board of Supervisors has filed a lawsuit against law enforcement officials and county leaders alleging they withheld his pay and are unfairly trying to push him out...Read More
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 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
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
By Marc Cota-Robles, ABC 7 News, Tuesday, April 10, 2018, VIDEO – INGLEWOOD, California. (KABC) – There are new developments in a sporting spat now deep into the legal trenches in Inglewood. Mayor James Butts is responding to a recent lawsuit alleging he and the city misled the owners of the Forum while making plans for...Read More
By Bill Melugin, Fox 11 News Reporter, Friday, February 2, 2018 – VIDEO, LOS ANGELES – A months-long undercover investigation by FOX 11 has revealed that a popular Los Angeles clothing store has been selling counterfeit brand name merchandise under the guise that it is legitimate. The store in question is called Old School, located...Read More
