Cheryl Miller

February 08, 2006 | The Recorder

Lawyers for a Riverside newspaper say Proposition 59, passed in 2004, requires court officials to release terms of a settlement it reached with a former employee.

By Cheryl Miller

4 minute read

January 09, 2006 | The Recorder

Unable to get the Legislature to play ball, California home builders and restaurateurs launch an initiative to curtail lawsuits over construction defects and ADA violations.

By Cheryl Miller

3 minute read

January 11, 2008 | The Recorder

Gov. Schwarzenegger's 2008-09 budget proposal calls for a whopping $246 million funding cut for the state�s judicial branch.

By Cheryl Miller

4 minute read

August 13, 2009 | The Recorder

Some judges, saying they've got many colleagues behind them, discuss forming their own judges' association over issues including court closures. Disgruntled grumbling or a real rebellion?

By Cheryl Miller

4 minute read

July 30, 2010 | The Recorder

By Cheryl Miller

4 minute read

October 01, 2008 | The Recorder

AB 926, which mirrored the federal rules and took two years to hammer out, is one of 322 bills (so far) rejected by Arnold Schwarzenegger.

By Cheryl Miller

4 minute read

August 20, 2009 | The Recorder

The sure-to-be-controversial legislation to reduce prison overcrowding includes two guaranteed sources of debate: re-entry courts for parolees, and a sentencing commission.

By Cheryl Miller

4 minute read

May 27, 2009 | The Recorder

The governor has proposed taking all of the law school's state funding — about $10 million — to help fill the budget hole. School officials aren't sure that's even legal.

By Cheryl Miller

3 minute read

January 29, 2010 | The Recorder

Lawrence Brown, of the Eastern District U.S. Attorney's office, is tapped for Sacramento Superior Court.

By Cheryl Miller

1 minute read

December 08, 2006 | Law.com

McKenna Long & Aldridge launched its Sacramento office last month with big-name directors, international credentials and a swaggering pledge to take its share of California's $228 million lobbying pie. "There's always room for new players," says Eric Tanenblatt, head of McKenna's government affairs practice. If he's right, McKenna will join Manatt, Phelps & Phillips and Greenberg Traurig, which have created successful lobbying arms in the capital, gauged by the rough yardstick of reported lobbying income.

By Cheryl Miller

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