Cheryl Miller

November 15, 2007 | The Recorder

Adam Cole, who's been representing corporate policyholders, is moving to the regulatory side by taking a job with the state Department of Insurance.

By Cheryl Miller

4 minute read

July 23, 2010 | The Recorder

By Cheryl Miller

5 minute read

April 25, 2007 | The Recorder

Whether addressing prison overcrowding, health care costs or sexual predators, the governor wants to try new things. Andrea Hoch, his legal affairs secretary, wants to help.

By Cheryl Miller

9 minute read

July 17, 2006 | The Legal Intelligencer

California Attorney General Bill Lockyer said he planned to file an antitrust lawsuit in federal court Friday that charges seven computer chip-makers with conspiring to inflate prices.

By Cheryl Miller ALM

3 minute read

July 03, 2007 | Law.com

Sacramento County Superior Court Judge James Long may be full of friendly conversation outside the court � but inside he's totally different.

By Cheryl Miller

5 minute read

March 22, 2006 | Law.com

It started as a nasty, high-society divorce case. Now, proceedings to end the marriage of Ron and Janet Burkle have launched a legislative battle in California. Senate Bill 1015, a quickly crafted, controversial piece of legislation, would force a judge, upon the request of either party in a divorce case, to redact all financial information from a pleading, shielding it from the public eye. Critics say the bill is an unconstitutional infringement on First Amendment rights.

By Cheryl Miller

6 minute read

March 29, 2011 | The Recorder

By Cheryl Miller

3 minute read

May 20, 2009 | Law.com

Their relationship is over, but Grant & Eisenhofer's 2007 hiring of veteran labor union executive Sean Harrigan offers a glimpse into the sometimes murky, always competitive world of landing securities class action plaintiffs. The law firm paid the price for retaining Harrigan, who was a Los Angeles Fire and Police Pensions board member. In late 2007, the Los Angeles city attorney's office had the pension board boot G&E from a pool of firms eligible for fund work to avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest.

By Cheryl Miller

6 minute read

November 16, 2007 | Law.com

Heller Ehrman partner Adam Cole, a specialist in representing corporate policyholders in insurance litigation, was named GC at the California Department of Insurance on Wednesday. Cole's hiring comes as consumer activists are criticizing Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner for being too cozy with the insurance companies he regulates. One critic, noting that Cole's client list includes corporate heavy-hitters like PG&E, said Poizner's assertion that the new GC will be a consumer ally "isn't going to fly."

By Cheryl Miller

4 minute read

October 07, 2009 | The Recorder

A new battle brews over control of a growing stash of judicial branch money, one where trial courts, state judicial leaders and even organized labor have a stake.

By Cheryl Miller

4 minute read