Cheryl Miller

February 22, 2010 | The Recorder

Capital Accounts: A new proposal would crack down on jurors who tweet or Facebook the wrong stuff during trials. And: A court reporter gets lucky when her symptoms ring a bell with plaintiff lawyer Christopher Dolan.

By Cheryl Miller

4 minute read

December 05, 2008 | The Recorder

Judicial lobby, court officials will ask lawmakers to OK the sweetened benefits package given to judges in L.A. That may complicate things for Chief Justice Ronald George.

By Cheryl Miller

6 minute read

February 26, 2009 | The Recorder

Judges say a Montana congregation shouldn't have to make public its limited in-kind contributions to a campaign opposing same-sex marriage.

By Cheryl Miller

5 minute read

October 16, 2007 | The Recorder

Capital Accounts: Sacramento comic Tiffany Shultz mines her prison-law job for stand-up bits ... The skinny on law-related bills signed or scuttled by the governor.

By Cheryl Miller

6 minute read

April 13, 2009 | The Recorder

Trial lawyers are backing a bill that would require judges to look closer before approving sales of structured settlements. CAOC President Christine Spagnoli worries former clients are being duped.

By Cheryl Miller

5 minute read

May 20, 2008 | The Recorder

It's been many months since labor lawyer Miles Locker was fired amid a controversy about wage and hour rules. But for the guy who fired him, it's like it just happened.

By Cheryl Miller

5 minute read

July 17, 2009 | The Recorder

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger named 11 new trial court judges on Thursday, including eight in Los Angeles County.

By Cheryl Miller

1 minute read

September 30, 2008 | The Recorder

The $5 billion bond OK'd last week will fund the renovation or replacement of 40 courthouses around the state, including this historic facility in Santa Clara County. You can also watch a video here.

By Cheryl Miller

8 minute read

August 09, 2007 | Law.com

Move over, Thomas Girardi. There's a new legal talk show on AM radio in Los Angeles. And it might just generate all sorts of new "hot talk" topics for the famed trial lawyer, who already hosts a show called "Champions of Justice" on the same station and the same night. Peter Bylsma, executive director of the Los Angeles chapter of Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse, a tort reform group frequently at odds with trial lawyers, launched his own show on KRLA this past weekend called "The Broken Gavel."

By Cheryl Miller

2 minute read

February 26, 2007 | Corporate Counsel

Crime victims can tap their assailants' pension funds for restitution despite federal laws that offer broad protections for retirement accounts, a split en banc panel of the 9th Circuit has held. The ruling marks the first time an appellate court has spoken on the inherent conflict between the Mandatory Victims Restitution Act, which authorizes the government to seize personal assets of a convicted criminal, and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, which shields private pension funds from creditors.

By Cheryl Miller

3 minute read