Cheryl Miller

February 27, 2007 | The Recorder

In a familiar refrain, Chief Justice Ronald George urged lawmakers to add judgeships, fund court construction, and overhaul the judicial retirement system.

By Cheryl Miller

5 minute read

March 15, 2007 | The Recorder

A Santa Clara judge dismissed all charges against former board chair Patricia Dunn, and agreed to community service for three other defendants snared in the company's pretexting scandal.

By Cheryl Miller

4 minute read

November 13, 2007 | The Recorder

The Sacramento County Superior Court judge cut his ties with the DA's office � four times, technically � before taking the bench.

By Cheryl Miller

5 minute read

July 01, 2008 | The Recorder

California would need to spend $95 million more each year to address its "dysfunctional" capital system and speed appeals, according to a commission's recommendations.

By Cheryl Miller

5 minute read

August 30, 2007 | Law.com

Tort reformers have dropped a proposed California initiative to curb class actions, marking the fourth time in three years that trial lawyers have dodged a ballot-box threat. In previous years, there were obvious reasons why such proposals died: a negotiated truce with Big Pharma, help from legislative friends or an unrelated ballot measure that drained a corporate opponent's resources. This year, the reasons for the withdrawal are less clear, although one factor could be voters' surly mood.

By Cheryl Miller

5 minute read

September 16, 2009 | The Recorder

Allen was a founding partner of one of Sacramento's largest law firms, McDonough Holland & Allen.

By Cheryl Miller

2 minute read

June 03, 2009 | The Recorder

James Mize, the PJ in Sacramento, told lawmakers he's "pleased" that other judges are arguing against closures. But he'd be more pleased with a modern computer system.

By Cheryl Miller

4 minute read

February 26, 2007 | Law.com

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

February 24, 2006 | Law.com

State lawmakers will help reach a compromise over a proposed initiative that would give contractors and property owners time to make construction repairs before facing lawsuits.

By Cheryl Miller

3 minute read

May 29, 2008 | The Recorder

Robert Jones, the Schwarzenegger official who fired Miles Locker for insubordination, was terminated by Senate Democrats on Wednesday.

By Cheryl Miller

3 minute read