Cheryl Miller

September 08, 2011 | The Recorder

By Cheryl Miller

3 minute read

March 02, 2007 | Law.com

Seizing on research that links animal abuse to domestic violence, a California lawmaker wants to offer pets protection from family batterers. Democratic state Sen. Sheila Kuehl has introduced legislation that would authorize a judge to add pets to protective orders typically sought by battered women. Under the bill, a court could grant custody of a pet to the petitioner while ordering the respondent to stay away from the animal.

By Cheryl Miller

2 minute read

April 11, 2011 | Legaltech News

Deloitte Consulting, the company that is developing California's controversial Court Case Management System, has agreed to pay the state $8,000 to settle charges that it failed to properly report two years of lobbying activities. The reports for those two years reflect Deloitte's efforts to advance the CCMS project as public scrutiny intensified.

By Cheryl Miller

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April 27, 2007 | Law.com

California has one of the most unfair litigation environments in the country, according to a survey of general counsel released Wednesday by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The annual nationwide survey of 1,599 in-house attorneys and senior litigators at companies with annual revenues of at least $100 million ranked California 45th among states based on criteria such as juries' fairness, judges' impartiality and punitive damages. Delaware, Minnesota and Nebraska received the highest scores in the survey.

By Cheryl Miller

3 minute read

May 18, 2007 | The Recorder

A Los Angeles judge nixed a class action settlement calling for Mercury Insurance customers to receive a coupon good only toward future Mercury policies.

By Cheryl Miller

3 minute read

May 23, 2007 | The Recorder

The judicial watchdog agency flags Fresno County Judge James Petrucelli for, among other things, telling a speeder "that rear-view mirror is for something besides fixing your hair and stuff, you know."

By Cheryl Miller

2 minute read

January 08, 2007 | Law.com

If an employer hides a video camera in the workplace, can an employee sue for invasion of privacy, even if her image was never recorded? That's the question the California Supreme Court has agreed to consider, in a case that stems from a September 2003 lawsuit brought by two women who found a working video camera hidden in their shared office. Their employer had installed the camera after a technician reported that someone was downloading pornographic images on a computer in that room at night.

By Cheryl Miller

3 minute read

April 13, 2007 | National Law Journal

Tort 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

May 02, 2006 | The Legal Intelligencer

A judge censured nine years ago for mishandling drunken-driving cases and disparaging fellow judges and attorneys is under fire once again by the state's judicial watchdog agency.

By Cheryl Miller ALM

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October 02, 2009 | The Recorder

First Amendment groups see too many exemptions, including one that would let administrators keep things secret if release would inhibit frank discussion.

By Cheryl Miller

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