Cheryl Miller
Cheryl Miller, based in Sacramento, covers the state legislature and emerging industries, including autonomous vehicles and marijuana. She authors the weekly cannabis newsletter Higher Law. Contact her at [email protected]. On Twitter: @CapitalAccounts
December 01, 2006 | Law.com
Calif. Judge Scolded for Insensitive RemarksAn Orange County, Calif., judge with a sharp tongue and a history of making insensitive comments about ethnic minorities was publicly admonished Wednesday by the Commission on Judicial Performance. The commission noted that Superior Court Judge James Brooks had been privately chastised three times since 1996, including an advisory letter for referring to Hispanic defendants as "Pedro" and issuing a bench warrant for an Asian defendant for "ten thousand dollars or twenty thousand yen."
By Cheryl Miller
2 minute read
April 28, 2010 | The Recorder
Placer Judge Explains 'Warning' to LitigantJudge Joseph O'Flaherty countered discipline charges against him at a special master hearing Tuesday, arguing a stay-away directive was meant as a caution, not an order.
By Cheryl Miller
4 minute read
June 25, 2008 | The Recorder
Courthouse Bond Clears Key HurdleAfter tweaking new fees, Senate leader Don Perata seems to have gained enough support to secure passage for a bill to build or fix 40 courthouses around the state.
By Cheryl Miller
3 minute read
May 12, 2010 | Corporate Counsel
Ssssshhhh! GC Hides Case From Company ... to Handle It HIMSELF!The Fourth District vacates a default entered against a gas station chain after concluding the general counsel hid the case from everyone at the company and sort of handled it himself.
By Cheryl Miller
3 minute read
August 15, 2008 | The Recorder
Bill Would Unmask Bench VettersThe measure OK'd by the state Senate would require the governor to reveal members of his judicial advisory committees.
By Cheryl Miller
3 minute read
April 13, 2010 | The Recorder
Manatt Hires State's Climate-Change PlannerJon Costantino, who helped craft the state's blueprint for reducing greenhouse-gas emissions, joins the law and lobbying firm's Sacramento office.
By Cheryl Miller
1 minute read
April 13, 2007 | Law.com
California Bill Seeks to Curb Class ActionsTort reformers have recruited a conservative Democrat to carry legislation that would rewrite California class action law to aid defendants. AB 1505, introduced by state Assemblywoman Nicole Parra, D-Hanford, would allow defendants as well as plaintiffs to appeal a court's class certification decision. Defendants, with court permission, would also be allowed to contact each class member to offer a pre-trial settlement. And class proponents would be required to pick up the tab for notifying class members.
By Cheryl Miller
3 minute read
June 29, 2011 | The Recorder
Voter-Approved Assessment Actually an Illegal Tax, Court RulesBy Cheryl Miller
3 minute read
December 10, 2007 | The Recorder
State Forces Probate Classes on JudgesStarting next year, the Judicial Council is mandating new continuing education requirements for most judges, attorneys and examiners who handle probate cases.
By Cheryl Miller
2 minute read
January 31, 2007 | Law.com
Lawmakers Take Up Sentencing FixA senate committee OK'd a bill Tuesday that would give judges discretion to set prison terms.
By Cheryl Miller
2 minute read
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