By Greg Moran, Contact Reporter (April 18, 2017, 7:10 PM | SAN DIEGO) — A police practices expert hired by the family of a man fatally shot by San Diego police in 2015 concluded 75 percent of officer shootings over a three-year period were avoidable and unnecessary uses of force. Roger Clark, a nationally recognized authority on...Read More
We are proud to announce that Miller Barondess partner Mira Hashmall has been honored by the Daily Journal on its 2017 List, “Top 40 Under 40.” This exclusive list includes lawyers under the age of 40 who have achieved the highest level of legal success among their peers. Mira Hashmall joined Miller Barondess in 2007...Read More
Law360, New York (March 9, 2017, 2:37 PM EST) — Los Angeles County sued state regulators in a California court on Wednesday demanding SoCalGas undertake further safety and environmental reviews before reopening a facility that was the site of the largest gas leak in U.S. history. In a complaint filed in California Superior Court, the...Read More
Ex-Production Co. Execs Say Insurer Abandoned Them In Suit By Kat Sieniuc Law360, New York (August 31, 2016, 8:49 PM ET) — Former executives of now defunct post-production studio Modern VideoFilm Inc. are suing its insurer, Argonaut Insurance Company, for abandoning them in a more than $77 million counter-fight against a hedge fund that ran the...Read More
Photo by Dakota Smith: Attorney Skip Miller announces a lawsuit on behalf of Los Angeles County against SoCalGas at a news conference on Monday, July 25, 2016. By Dakota Smith/Los Angeles Daily News July 25, 2016 Los Angeles County filed a lawsuit Monday against Southern California Gas Company to try and force the utility to install...Read More
By Yvonne Villarreal March 11, 2016 Small TV programmer Herring Networks is suing AT&T, alleging the telecommunications company broke its agreement to carry two of Herring’s channels on DirecTV in return for the broadcaster’s support of the AT&T-DirectTV merger. Herring’s lawsuit, which seeks at least $100 million, was filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in...Read More
January 31, 2016 While Santa Monica’s Surf Air is flying high with customers and investors, the airline’s success has left David Eyerly, the company’s co-founder and former chief operating officer, out in the cold. The 31-year-old Eyerly is fighting Surf Air and several of its investors in court, claiming he was the victim of a...Read More
By Ted Johnson June 1, 2015 Modern VideoFilm founder Moshe Barkat has filed a lawsuit against Capital Corp., claiming that it took control of the post-production company, breached his contract, and fired him, and then retained Deloitte Corporate Restructuring Group, which ran the operation “into the ground.” The company’s content management system converted and filed...Read More
By Michael Lipkin February 26, 2015 Communications between a lawyer for Steven Tyler and an “American Idol” representative over the Aerosmith rocker’s contract negotiations are not protected speech, a California appeals court ruled on Wednesday, reviving a management company’s $2 million suit alleging the attorney sabotaged its bid to get Tyler a more lucrative deal. The...Read More
The Daily Journal named Miller Barondess in their exclusive List of Top Boutique Law Firms. This list is compiled of firms that specialize in niche practice areas and service sophisticated clientele. The article highlights Miller Barondess clients East West Bank, Rod Stewart, and Motley Crue, among others. It recognizes the firm’s victories and unique in-house...Read More
