As reported by the Daily Journal on March 2, 2020, Miller Barondess, LLP prevailed in a bench trial resulting in Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Melvin D. Sandvig ruling for plaintiff on all issues. In the lawsuit, plaintiff sued his former attorney for conflicts of interest relating to a transaction involving $20 million in...Read More
As published in the Daily Journal’s Verdicts and Settlements section on January 17, 2020, Miller Barondess, LLP prevailed in a bench trial resulting in Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Deirdre Hill ruling for Defendants on all issues. In the lawsuit, Plaintiff Peter Kleinberg sued his former employer, Landmark Dividend LLC, as well as the...Read More
City News Service—November 6, 2019—”The city did not abuse its discretion in determining the property remains necessary for the agency’s use and is not surplus land,” the judge wrote in a 31-page opinion. A judge Wednesday threw out a lawsuit in which a citizens group sought to block the proposed Los Angeles Clippers arena by...Read More
By Alene Tchekmedyian (L.A. Times)—November 1, 2019—A federal judge has dismissed a retaliation lawsuit brought by a former Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy whose reinstatement sparked a battle between the sheriff and the Board of Supervisors. Caren Carl Mandoyan sued L.A. County in April, alleging that his support for newly elected Sheriff Alex Villanueva and...Read More
Los Angeles Times-Tuesday, August 20, 2019-A judge on Monday overturned Sheriff Alex Villanueva’s controversial decision to reinstate a deputy who had been fired for violating department policies on domestic violence and lying — a dispute that sparked a rare legal battle among some of L.A. County’s most powerful elected officials. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge...Read More
By Greg Moran, The San Diego Union-Tribune – July 11, 2019 – A federal appeals court on Thursday revived a civil rights lawsuit filed by the family of a man killed by a San Diego police officer in a controversial 2015 shooting incident in the Midway District — a sweeping ruling that sets the stage...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 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
