Cheryl Miller

May 19, 2011 | Law.com

Niall McCarthy's client filed a qui tam action against Quest Diagnostics in 2005, and the state joined three years later.

By Cheryl Miller

2 minute read

March 23, 2011 | Daily Business Review

Lying about military honors isn't right, but it isn't a crime, the 9th Circuit said, in a ruling that prompted Chief Judge Alex Kozinski to write a colorful concurrence responding to the dissents.

By Cheryl Miller

3 minute read

November 19, 2009 | Law.com

A former law firm manager has been sentenced to three years and five months in prison for embezzling approximately $1.3 million from Diepenbrock Harrison in Sacramento, Calif. Regina Schenck used firm checks to pay off personal credit card expenses totaling more than $1 million and dipped into the firm's client trust account to buy five horses and a $40,000 horse trailer. Schenck also changed records in the firm's computer system to boost her own salary, award herself bonuses and increase her insurance benefits.

By Cheryl Miller

2 minute read

June 11, 2008 | The Recorder

Mary Wiss, a plaintiff lawyer before her appointment to the bench in 2001, was elected to a one-year term as president of the California Judges Association.

By Cheryl Miller

3 minute read

May 06, 2011 | The Recorder

By Cheryl Miller

4 minute read

July 06, 2009 | The Recorder

State Sen. Mark Leno said complaints about the family courts in Marin and Sacramento counties should be investigated because, like smoke and fire, the complaints might point to actual problems.

By Cheryl Miller

2 minute read

November 09, 2007 | Law.com

Attorney General Jerry Brown has gotten donors, including philanthropic trusts and even some companies that his office regulates, to give "behested payments" to two charter schools he founded.

By Cheryl Miller

3 minute read

July 25, 2011 | The Recorder

By Cheryl Miller

2 minute read

May 27, 2009 | The Recorder

Appointments include two in Orange County, one in Tulare, and one in Shasta.

By Cheryl Miller

1 minute read

April 12, 2010 | Legaltech News

California Superior Court leaders said they're dumping their out-of-state connection to a proposed statewide case management system and will instead operate it locally. Jurists complained the remote system was cumbersome, prone to outages, and turned Word documents into "gibberish."

By Cheryl Miller

3 minute read