Miller Barondess is honored to be named on the Los Angeles Business Journal’s 2019 list of the 25 “Best Law Firms” to work for in Los Angeles. Being a small firm, Miller Barondess prioritizes a positive and communal office culture. The firm has regularly scheduled events and field trips that promote camaraderie and team building, […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Billboard–Tuesday, August 26, 2019
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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, […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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