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
PE Firm Sued Over Allegedly Botching $39M Hyatt Hotel Deal By Natalie Rodriguez Law360, New York (October 08, 2014, 3:31 PM ET) — Private equity firm Wheelock Street Capital LLC has been hit with a California state court suit that alleges it purposefully concealed the nonrenewal of a hotel’s Hyatt Hotels Corp. management contract in order to...Read More
In a unanimous published decision, the California Court of Appeal held that the County of Los Angeles’s process for entering into “social program agreements” does not violate the Brown Act. Every year, the County enters into contracts with social service organizations that provide vital services to County residents. These programs feed the homeless, provide medical...Read More
Universal Music Sues Over VH1 DJ Competition Series The third season of ‘Masters of the Mix’ allegedly used lots of unlicensed music By Eriq Gardner Universal Music describes a new lawsuit over VH1’s Masters of the Mix as a “cut-and-dry copyright infringement case,” but modest trappings aside, there’s a few reasons to pay attention to...Read More
