Cheryl Miller

September 08, 2009 | Law.com

A 9th Circuit panel on Friday denounced the federal government's post-9/11 practice of detaining innocent Americans under the federal material witness statute as "repugnant" and "a painful reminder of some of the most ignominious chapters of our national history." In allowing Abdullah al-Kidd's lawsuit against former Attorney General John Ashcroft to proceed, the panel held that al-Kidd's Fourth Amendment rights were violated when he was arrested and imprisoned without charges.

By Cheryl Miller

3 minute read

January 17, 2006 | Law.com

Assembly Speaker Pro Tem Leland Yee has introduced legislation to bar courts from jailing domestic-violence victims on contempt charges for not testifying against their batterers.

By Cheryl Miller

3 minute read

May 17, 2007 | Law.com

California Attorney General Jerry Brown has threatened prolific private toxic law litigator Clifford Chanler with "appropriate actions" if he doesn't "change" his methods. In a letter, Brown said the amount Chanler charges in settlements with retailers selling lead-laced glassware and ceramics "seems unwarranted." Chanler's firm has collected more than $15 million -- including $9.2 million in attorney fees -- from approximately 200 complaints filed under California's toxic protection law, the letter said.

By Cheryl Miller

3 minute read

August 14, 2008 | The Recorder

The measure to ban same-sex marriage is drawing four- and five-figure contributions from lawyers on both sides. We name names.

By Cheryl Miller

3 minute read

July 28, 2009 | The Recorder

Capital Accounts: A law school grad, told she can't take this week's Bar exam, won the right to take it with help from the governor and the State Supreme Court. Also: Budget battle scorecard.

By Cheryl Miller

6 minute read

July 01, 2009 | Legaltech News

On Monday night, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger quietly signed into law California's first set of electronic discovery regulations. They largely mirror federal regulations and for the first time offer state litigants specific definitions of what constitutes electronically stored information.

By Cheryl Miller

3 minute read

July 21, 2006 | Law.com

A California legislator is seeking to create an Office of Intellectual Property that would cash in on state-funded research.

By Cheryl Miller

4 minute read

December 20, 2006 | The Recorder

In an effort to capture institutional memories, the AG's office is preparing a documentary of its first 156 years as the (original) People's Lawyer.

By Cheryl Miller

4 minute read

May 19, 2009 | The Recorder

Grant & Eisenhofer said it retained Sean Harrigan to help secure labor union pension funds as clients in securities litigation. But things didn't go according to plan.

By Cheryl Miller

6 minute read

February 05, 2010 | The Recorder

Alameda County DA Nancy O'Malley has concluded that the AG's office didn't break the law when it secretly recorded converations between Jerry Brown and reporters.

By Cheryl Miller

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