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Miller Barondess Argues Cutting Edge Racial Discrimination Case in U.S. Supreme Court

By Cynthia Littleton (Variety)—November 12, 2019—Byron Allen’s racial discrimination case against Comcast Corp. on Wednesday heads to the Supreme Court, where justices will consider Comcast’s argument that the case should hinge on two words: “but for.” Allen filed a $20 billion lawsuit against Comcast in February 2015, arguing that the nation’s largest cable operator was discriminating against his […]

Miller Barondess Scores Favorable Ruling in Dispute Over New Clippers Arena

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 […]

Miller Barondess Obtains Dismissal of Retaliation Lawsuit Filed by Fired L.A. County Deputy

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 […]

Miller Barondess Handles High-Profile Defamation Action Against Comcast and NBC Universal

Times of San Diego—September 28, 2019—As millions know, Rachel Maddow can be found weeknights at MSNBC studios in Manhattan’s Rockefeller Center. But a process server needed four tries to track her down — or at least her security guard. At a cost of nearly $600, Thomas Bobe of First Legal services repeatedly went to Studio 3-A in […]

Sasha Frid and Skip Miller Honored by Billboard as Top Music Lawyers 2019

Billboard–Tuesday, August 26, 2019

Mira Hashmall and Skip Miller Honored by Los Angeles Business Journal as Top Litigators 2019

Monday, August 19, 2019–We are proud to announce that Miller Barondess partners, Mira Hashmall and Skip Miller, were honored by the Los Angeles Business Journal on its exclusive list of Top Litigators in 2019. Mira Hashmall is an outstanding litigator with significant expertise in complex civil litigation. In addition to being a top trial lawyer, […]

Miller Barondess Obtains Injunction Overturning Sheriff Villanueva’s Rehiring of a Fired L.A. County Deputy

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 […]

Miller Barondess Represents County of Los Angeles in Dispute Against Sheriff and his Deputy

Los Angeles Times–Friday, July 19, 2019–A top official in the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said she left the agency after 34 years rather than carry out what she said was a “highly unethical” and “unheard of” directive from Sheriff Alex Villanueva to reinstate a fired deputy and alter his disciplinary record, court papers reviewed […]

Miller Barondess Wins $15.8 Million Dollar Verdict Against Toyota for Prius Defects

By Ralph Vartabedian, Los Angeles Times–Monday, July 15, 2019–An Orange County jury Monday morning ordered Toyota to pay $15.8 million to one of its largest dealers in Southern California, who alleged that the company’s recalls to fix the electric power system of its popular Prius models did not remedy safety defects . Roger Hogan, who […]

Miller Barondess wins Ninth Circuit Appeal in San Diego Police Shooting Case

San Diego Tribune–Thursday, 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 for a trial and a potential examination […]

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