Cheryl Miller

September 22, 2006 | The Recorder

By a 12-3 vote, the Ninth Circuit upheld a state law aimed at curbing anti-union campaigns. Three prior rulings in the case had gone the other way.

By Cheryl Miller

3 minute read

February 13, 2006 | The Recorder

Kevin Meenan is one of about 200 Republicans who belong to the left-leaning Consumer Attorneys of California. But he says he's not his own worst enemy.

By Cheryl Miller

5 minute read

February 08, 2010 | The Recorder

After a Ninth Circuit panel dismissed a fifth meritless prison litigation appeal by Jerry Brown's office, the judges ordered sanctions. Lawyers for prisoners said Friday the state should pay $13,500.

By Cheryl Miller

3 minute read

September 05, 2006 | The Recorder

The governor's appointments secretary told a gathering of Hispanic lawyers that the State Bar group is branding too many black and Latino candidates as "not qualified" or merely "qualified."

By Cheryl Miller

5 minute read

June 05, 2008 | The Recorder

Justices turn away request for stay, clearing way for marriages the evening of June 16. But some experts caution against being first in line.

By Cheryl Miller

4 minute read

May 10, 2007 | Corporate Counsel

As expected, state lawmakers on Tuesday killed a bill aimed at curbing class actions in California. Lawyers and consumer group representatives had testified that the bill was a ploy to shift class action law in corporate defendants' favor. The bill's defeat ignited talk in the Capitol that the real intent of the legislation's backers is to pursue a similarly worded ballot measure. The chatter was fueled in part by an unusual public letter of support for the bill from the governor's policy research office.

By Cheryl Miller

3 minute read

February 02, 2010 | The Recorder

The Sacramento County Superior Court judge doesn't shy from controversy, and he isn't shy about giving lawyers a piece of his mind.

By Cheryl Miller

5 minute read

October 03, 2006 | Law.com

The governor vetoed a slew of measures over the weekend, including funding for civil interpreters and paid jury duty.

By Cheryl Miller

5 minute read

December 03, 2007 | The Recorder

In siding with the union representing state lawyers, Jerry Brown�s office says low starting pay means they�re hiring � well, let�s just say they�d like to do better.

By Cheryl Miller

3 minute read

August 05, 2009 | Law.com

A panel of three federal judges on Tuesday ordered California to reduce its prison population by 40,000 inmates over the next two years, imposing by judicial order what the governor and Legislature have been unable -- or unwilling -- to do. U.S. District Senior Judges Thelton Henderson and Lawrence Karlton and 9th Circuit Judge Stephen Reinhardt said the state's "severely overcrowded" prison conditions deny California's 150,000 inmates constitutional access to adequate medical care.

By Cheryl Miller

4 minute read