Cheryl Miller

July 02, 2010 | The Recorder

A day after the state's controller said he couldn't cut salaries during a budget impasse absent a final ruling from a dispute two years ago, court releases that final ruling.

By Cheryl Miller

3 minute read

May 20, 2010 | The Recorder

A complaint in Oregon federal court is believed to be the first to target what Google said was the inadvertent harvest of data by its Street View cars.

By Cheryl Miller

3 minute read

May 05, 2008 | The Legal Intelligencer

In a closely watched test of legal solicitations, a 6th District Court of Appeal panel ruled Wednesday that a San Francisco Bay Area attorney seeking potential class action plaintiffs did not defame a Pleasanton, Calif., nail manufacturer.

By Cheryl Miller

3 minute read

June 17, 2011 | Law.com

Judge David Rubin, a former veteran prosecutor and current four-year member of the San Diego County Superior Court bench, has been elected the California Judges Association's 80th president. When Rubin is sworn in on Sept. 18, he will become the CJA's first openly gay president.

By Cheryl Miller

3 minute read

June 20, 2007 | Law.com

Lawmakers cut $36 million intended to improve courthouse security, and axed a $5 million pilot project that would have provided poor people with lawyers for some civil cases.

By Cheryl Miller

3 minute read

December 23, 2005 | Law.com

Compliant manufacturers would not be slapped with punitive damages in defective-product suits under a ballot measure proposed by John Sullivan, the Civil Justice Association of California's president.

By Cheryl Miller

4 minute read

June 07, 2011 | The Recorder

David Rubin, who won election in San Diego four years ago, will see his political skills tested by the ongoing conflict over branch governance.

By Cheryl Miller

3 minute read

August 14, 2009 | The Recorder

The Supreme Court won't hear the most recent challenge to the state's cap on non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases.

By Cheryl Miller

1 minute read

March 30, 2006 | Law.com

This just in: Corporate attorneys think California's trial lawyers are running amok. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is using the poll it commissioned to agitate for tort reform.

By Cheryl Miller

3 minute read

May 16, 2007 | Law.com

Clifford Chanler has initiated 600 Prop 65 complaints since 2001, collecting more than $9 million in attorneys fees along the way. Now Jerry Brown says the fees "seem unwarranted."

By Cheryl Miller

4 minute read