Jackson owes $5.3 million Jury returns verdict in favor of concert promoters By Elizabeth Rodriguez Entertainer Michael Jackson reneged on a contract with Marcel Avram and will have to pay the concert promoter $5.3 million for failing to perform at two millennium concerts, a Superior Court jury in Santa Maria decided Thursday. Both sides claimed...Read More
Profiles of the 50 Best-Compensated Lawyers in L.A Louis R ‘Skip’ Miller III Miller Barondess Specialty: Litigation Law School: UCLA, 1972 Career Highlight: Assisted the city of Los Angeles in the Rodney King civil rights action WHEN it comes to complex, high-profile cases, Skip Miller is regarded as a go-to heavy hitter in Los...Read More
A Tenacious Bulldog Who Hates to Lose By Krysten Crawford From motorist Rodney King to retired L.A. Police Chief Daryl Gates and his former assistant Robert Vernon, there’s no doubt that the Los Angeles City Council has weathered its fair share of legal toils and political troubles in recent times. In these times of urban...Read More