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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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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By Nicolas Sonnenburg, The Daily Journal–Wednesday, July 10, 2019–Earlier this year, Hashmall urged the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to apply 11th Amendment immunity to Los Angeles County, a unique theory that would extend a legal protection reserved for states to a local government. “It’s a very challenging, interesting matter,” Hashmall said in a […]
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Roger Hogan, left, and sons Roger Hogan and Stephen Hogan at the Hogan family dealership Toyota of Claremont. The Hogans refused to sell these Prius vehicles, believing they were not safe to drive because the power system has a defect. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times) By Ralph Vartabedian, Los Angeles Times–Tuesday, July 2, 2019–As […]
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By Anne Cullen, Law360–Monday, June 10, 2019–The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear part of Comcast’s appeal of a ruling that revived a $20 billion racial bias lawsuit over its refusal to carry an African American-owned production company’s channels. The justices said in a brief order that they’ll take up one of the core […]
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