Cheryl Miller

November 13, 2009 | The Recorder

The trial attorney group gets a new president determined to push MICRA reform. But with Jerry Brown, who signed MICRA into law, as the leading candidate for governor, that may be a hard sell.

By Cheryl Miller

5 minute read

September 11, 2006 | The Recorder

As the legislative session winds down, Sacramento's magicians warm up. Reporter Cheryl Miller documents the tricks in Capital Accounts.

By Cheryl Miller

5 minute read

April 30, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

Citing a plethora of misconduct, the California Commission on Judicial Performance on Wednesday booted Monterey County Superior Court Judge Jose Velasquez from the bench.

By Cheryl Miller

4 minute read

January 31, 2006 | Law.com

Remarks by legislative Democrats suggest funding for court construction projects could lose in a popularity contest.

By Cheryl Miller

3 minute read

July 22, 2010 | The Recorder

By Cheryl Miller

2 minute read

September 02, 2009 | The Recorder

The governor, represented by the AG and a team of lawyers at Hanson Bridgett, plans to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court this week over the prison cap imposed by a panel of three federal judges.

By Cheryl Miller

3 minute read

January 29, 2010 | Law.com

Noncommercial speech doesn't lose its broad First Amendment protections even when it's tucked into a thicket of advertising, a California appellate court held Thursday. A unanimous three-justice panel dismissed a lawsuit against Rolling Stone brought by a class of indie rockers. Led by bands Xiu Xiu and Fucked Up, the plaintiffs accused the magazine of trading on the names of 186 groups listed in a five-page article to sell four pages of neighboring advertisements to R.J. Reynolds in the November 2007 edition.

By Cheryl Miller

3 minute read

January 15, 2010 | The Recorder

A Ninth Circuit panel led by Judge Sidney Thomas revived claims that the "psychological torture" of an innocent boy led him to falsely confess to murdering his sister.

By Cheryl Miller

3 minute read

November 25, 2009 | Law.com

Sometimes an attorney's bad advice is just bad advice, not shrewd legal strategizing gone awry. That's what California's 6th District Court of Appeal concluded Tuesday when it reversed a trial court judgment and set aside defaults issued against two foreign microchip marketers. The judges rejected the idea that the default was a strategic move by the defendant, or its Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld attorney, Yitai Hu.

By Cheryl Miller

3 minute read

October 16, 2009 | The Recorder

Loan modification attorneys say SB 94's restrictions will force honest lawyers out of negotiations with mortgage lenders.

By Cheryl Miller

4 minute read