Cheryl Miller

December 04, 2007 | Law.com

A California lawyers' union tried Friday to persuade a Sacramento County Superior Court judge to intervene in a contract squabble between the bargaining unit that represents deputy attorneys general and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's administration. Lawyers say the pay scales for the union's 3,400 members have eroded so badly that entry-level state prosecutors in the San Francisco Bay Area, with a starting salary of $56,088, now earn less than half of what their counterparts in other public agencies get.

By Cheryl Miller

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July 17, 2008 | The Recorder

David Lowe, co-chairman of the California Employment Lawyers Association's legislative committee, calls GOP attempts to use the budget stalemate to win concessions on wage-and-hour law "shameful."

By Cheryl Miller

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May 16, 2008 | Law.com

While legislative Democrats hailed the California Supreme Court's decision Thursday, both they and critics of the ruling warned that the battle over gay marriage in California is far from over. Gay marriage opponents are confident that they have gathered enough signatures to place a state constitutional amendment on the November ballot that would supersede the justices' ruling and outlaw same-sex unions.

By Cheryl Miller

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October 03, 2008 | Legaltech News

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has axed Assembly Bill 926, which would have enacted new electronic discovery rules sought by the state Judicial Council. "It makes no sense," said the bill's author, Assemblywoman Nora Evans. "It's just like he's throwing a temper tantrum."

By Cheryl Miller

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October 16, 2007 | The Recorder

The Sacramento County Superior Court judge keeps things more or less relaxed in his criminal courtroom.

By Cheryl Miller

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December 15, 2009 | The Recorder

A committee appointed by the state Supreme Court will issue formal ethics opinions, as well as casual advice to judges seeking guidance.

By Cheryl Miller

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August 28, 2007 | Law.com

The 11-member Commission on Judicial Performance is still waiting for two other appointments.

By Cheryl Miller

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April 27, 2009 | The Recorder

Court officials say shutting the doors, even if many employees are still at work, would cut security costs. And, Chief Justice Ronald George said, it will show there "is no fat left."

By Cheryl Miller

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February 25, 2011 | The Recorder

By Cheryl Miller

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October 13, 2009 | Law.com

In a big win for gay rights groups, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed legislation Sunday declaring that same-sex marriages performed outside of California prior to the passage of Proposition 8 are legally valid in the Golden State. The new law also clarifies that same-sex couples who married in another state after Nov. 5, 2008, must be given the same rights and benefits as opposite-sex spouses, although their unions will not be called marriages.

By Cheryl Miller

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