Cheryl Miller

October 11, 2024 | The Recorder

The Committee of Bar Examiners voted Friday to allow applicants to sit for future bar exams, as well as an experimental test scheduled next month, outside the Golden State.

By Cheryl Miller

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October 10, 2024 | The Recorder

The justices unanimously said a so-called portfolio bar exam would create "an array of ethical and practical problems." The court also rejected a proposal for licensing reciprocity with other states.

By Cheryl Miller

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October 10, 2024 | The Recorder

Robert Leach, head of the U.S. Attorney's Office's special prosecutions unit, was named a Contra Costa County Superior Court judge on Wednesday.

By Cheryl Miller

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October 09, 2024 | The Recorder

"No matter what a person's background, race, or economic standing, if the juror does not pay attention, the juror does not belong on any jury," wrote Presiding Justice Arthur Gilbert of the Second District Court of Appeal, Division Six.

By Cheryl Miller

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October 08, 2024 | The Recorder

"No California case yet has directly addressed whether a stipulation to apply California law renders an otherwise unenforceable forum selection clause enforceable," Justice John Segal wrote. "We hold it does not."

By Cheryl Miller

3 minute read

October 03, 2024 | The Recorder

The state bar will ask active lawyers how many hours of free and low-cost legal work they performed in the previous calendar year. The information will be kept confidential, and there's no penalty for refusing to provide it.

By Cheryl Miller

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October 03, 2024 | The Recorder

SB 940, signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom, will create a voluntary, state bar-run program to certify ADR firms and neutrals found to be in compliance with ethics rules.

By Cheryl Miller

3 minute read

October 01, 2024 | The Recorder

Gov. Gavin Newsom's approval of AB 1755 means business groups will stop threatening to place a contingency fee cap initiative before voters in 2026 and plaintiffs attorneys won't reciprocate with their own ballot measure.

By Cheryl Miller

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September 30, 2024 | The Recorder

Former Justice Mariano-Florentino "Tino" Cuéllar, now president of a Washington, D.C., think tank, is part of a group that will advise Gov. Gavin Newsom on possible generative AI guardrails.

By Cheryl Miller

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September 30, 2024 | The Recorder

The California Supreme Court previously said it would not consider a proposal to allow Kaplan Exam Services to write the multiple-choice section of the bar exam unless the Committee on Bar Examiners "considered and approved" the move first.

By Cheryl Miller

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