Cheryl Miller

June 02, 2008 | Corporate Counsel

Frank Rich Lindh, a PG&E Co. attorney who may be best known as the father of so-called American Taliban John Walker Lindh, was named general counsel of the California Public Utilities Commission on Thursday. He will lead the commission's legal division in representing the state in actions brought under the Public Utilities Code. Lindh has been fighting to have his son's 20-year prison sentence commuted.

By Cheryl Miller

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June 06, 2007 | Law.com

A bill backed by Sen. Ellen Corbett might end a feud over disability-access litigation. That's the intent, anyway.

By Cheryl Miller

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April 14, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

A Trinity County judge who arraigned a close family friend on an assault with a deadly weapon charge -- and then hugged her in the jury box -- was publicly admonished Monday by the Commission on Judicial Performance.

By Cheryl Miller

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August 15, 2006 | The Recorder

The Commission on Judicial Performance voted 6-4 to publicly admonish a Riverside County judge who was at an Angels game when a jury returned with a verdict in a murder case.

By Cheryl Miller

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July 16, 2007 | Law.com

Here we go again.

By Cheryl Miller

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August 11, 2008 | Law.com

In a ruling long-awaited by the employment law sector, the state Supreme Court on Aug. 7 effectively rejected the use of most non-competition agreements in California. The unanimous court held that in Edwards v. Arthur Andersen, "Under the statute's plain meaning, therefore, an employer cannot by contract restrain a former employee from engaging in his or her profession, trade, or business unless the agreement falls within one of the exceptions to the rule."

By Cheryl Miller

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January 07, 2010 | The Recorder

Ideas include $250,000 cap on noneconomic damages in all cases, but legislative Democrats say none of the proposals stands a chance.

By Cheryl Miller

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April 21, 2010 | Law.com

California Attorney General Jerry Brown on Monday accused Moody's Investors Service of stonewalling his investigation into why the firm gave top-notch ratings to toxic mortgage-backed securities. Brown on Friday asked a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge to force Moody's to answer 60 interrogatories his office posed in a subpoena issued last September. Moody's attorneys argued that state law is pre-empted by the Credit Rating Agency Reform Act, which gives regulatory power over credit rating agencies to the SEC.

By Cheryl Miller

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April 13, 2010 | The Recorder

Judge Anthony Edwards was publicly admonished for, among other things, arraigning a close family friend — the mother of his goddaughter — who was represented by his wife. And then hugging her.

By Cheryl Miller

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June 30, 2010 | New York Law Journal

Lawyers' Motion to Stay Civil Action Pending Prosecution Is Granted

By Cheryl Miller

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