Cheryl Miller

February 20, 2007 | Law.com

For Superior Court Judge John "Jack" Sapunor, it was the law or railroad engineering. He represents the third generation of his family on the bench.

By Cheryl Miller

6 minute read

August 13, 2007 | The Recorder

The presidential hopeful attended a fundraiser in the state capital. The former governor is wading back in on behalf of Bingham McCutchen's new venture there.

By Cheryl Miller

6 minute read

October 25, 2006 | Law.com

A judge declined to fast-track the GOP's effort to boot Jerry Brown from the ballot, meaning the suit won't be heard until after the election. No subscription required.

By Cheryl Miller

2 minute read

May 20, 2008 | Law.com

The state Supreme Court settled a long-standing labor dispute last year when it extended the time workers have to sue employers for missed meal and rest breaks. But fallout from the fight leading to that decision continues this week in the form of a contentious confirmation battle over Robert Jones, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's deputy director of Labor and Workforce Development.

By Cheryl Miller

5 minute read

May 15, 2006 | Law.com

California Assemblyman Gene Mullin hopes to create a state IP office, a central clearinghouse that would track state-funded inventions, set policies for research transfers and, in some cases, ensure that taxpayers receive some benefit from resulting products. His legislation has moved quietly through the Legislature, where an Assembly fiscal committee is expected to review it during the next two weeks or so. That's left IP experts to ponder the bill's potential results; so far, their reviews are mixed.

By Cheryl Miller

4 minute read

December 08, 2006 | Law.com

Hewlett-Packard will seed a $13.5 million California state fund that will finance future prosecutions of privacy and intellectual property crimes, under terms of a civil settlement stemming from the company's highly publicized leak investigation. The company will also pay a $650,000 fine and $350,000 to cover the attorney general's probe. In exchange, state prosecutors agreed not to file civil claims against former and current company officers and employees, according to court documents filed Thursday.

By Cheryl Miller

3 minute read

May 17, 2007 | Law.com

With more lawyers trying their hand at lobbying, longtime lobbyist Raymond LeBov has some ideas about how to comply with professional rules that can conflict with one another.

By Cheryl Miller

4 minute read

December 15, 2006 | The Legal Intelligencer

The California Commission on Judicial Performance removed Superior Court Judge Diana Hall from the Santa Barbara County bench on Tuesday, calling her conduct materially deceitful and lawless.

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5 minute read

March 04, 2010 | The Recorder

Assemblyman Mike Feuer — and trial lawyers — are sponsoring a bill that would make it easier to sue people who provide alcohol to a minor in California.

By Cheryl Miller

4 minute read

October 04, 2007 | Law.com

The California Commission on Judicial Performance has ordered Riverside County Superior Court Judge Robert Spitzer removed from the bench, finding that he engaged in a pattern of misconduct involving "inexcusable delays, failure to act and gross neglect of court orders." The commissioners said that Spitzer's court and chambers were routinely "in shambles" and that files were often lost or misplaced. But the Superior Court's presiding judge called Spitzer "one of the hardest-working judges I've ever met."

By Cheryl Miller

5 minute read