FOX11 News Report – LOS ANGELES (CNS) – Hours after a Superior Court judge declined to block the re-start of natural gas injections at the Aliso Canyon storage facility in Porter Ranch, a state appeals court did so late on Friday, temporarily halting any effort to resume operations at the site of the largest methane leak […]
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By Kat Greene, Law360, Thursday, July 27, 2017, Los Angeles – An Orange County Toyota dealer has filed a suit alleging the automaker shut down his recall notification software program and forced him out of owning a dealership, his attorneys said Thursday, all so the company could avoid paying for the influx of customers seeking […]
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By James F. Peltz, Contact Reporter (May 23, 2017, 4:25 PM) | Los Angeles Times – An Orange County jury awarded $256.5 million to a former Southern California car dealer who alleged that Nissan’s financing arm forced him out of business as car sales plunged during the 2008-09 recession, the dealer’s lawyers announced Tuesday. The […]
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The May 1, 2017 issue of the Daily Journal honored Jason H. Tokoro of Miller Barondess, LLP for joining the firm’s partnership. Jason joined Miller Barondess in 2014 and has been an integral part of the firm’s success. In December 2016, Jason won a $3.4 million jury verdict on behalf of his client, California Bank […]
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By Greg Moran, Contact Reporter (April 18, 2017, 7:10 PM | SAN DIEGO) — A police practices expert hired by the family of a man fatally shot by San Diego police in 2015 concluded 75 percent of officer shootings over a three-year period were avoidable and unnecessary uses of force. Roger Clark, a nationally recognized authority on […]
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The April 12, 2017 issue of the Daily Journal honored Mira Hashmall of Miller Barondess, LLP on its 2017 List “Top 40 Under 40.” This exclusive list includes lawyers under the age of 40 who have achieved the highest level of legal success amongst their peers. Mira joined Miller Barondess in 2007 and has been […]
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Law360, New York (March 9, 2017, 2:37 PM EST) — Los Angeles County sued state regulators in a California court on Wednesday demanding SoCalGas undertake further safety and environmental reviews before reopening a facility that was the site of the largest gas leak in U.S. history. In a complaint filed in California Superior Court, the […]
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Law360, New York (December 20, 2016, 2:38 PM EST) — Miller Barondess LLP has added a media, entertainment and intellectual property attorney who has served as general counsel for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. and Paramount Pictures Corp. as of counsel in its Los Angeles office, the firm announced. Jay Rakow, a member of the Academy of Motion […]
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Ex-Production Co. Execs Say Insurer Abandoned Them In Suit By Kat Sieniuc Law360, New York (August 31, 2016, 8:49 PM ET) — Former executives of now defunct post-production studio Modern VideoFilm Inc. are suing its insurer, Argonaut Insurance Company, for abandoning them in a more than $77 million counter-fight against a hedge fund that ran the […]
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Photo by Dakota Smith: Attorney Skip Miller announces a lawsuit on behalf of Los Angeles County against SoCalGas at a news conference on Monday, July 25, 2016. By Dakota Smith/Los Angeles Daily News July 25, 2016 Los Angeles County filed a lawsuit Monday against Southern California Gas Company to try and force the utility to install […]
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