Cheryl Miller, based in Sacramento, covers the state legislature and emerging industries, including autonomous vehicles and marijuana. She authors the weekly cannabis newsletter Higher Law. Contact her at [email protected]. On Twitter: @CapitalAccounts
October 20, 2008 | The Recorder
San Diego, L.A. Win Court Bond PrizesState officials name the projects they'll fund with $5 billion in bond money. One courthouse in San Diego will cost $1.2 billion. San Francisco gets nothing.
By Cheryl Miller
4 minute read
January 04, 2007 | National Law Journal
McKenna's Expansion Plans Hit a Snag as Lobbyist Jumps ShipLess than a month after he joined McKenna Long & Aldridge, Richard Costigan, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's former legislative secretary, has jumped ship to return to Manatt, Phelps & Phillips' government affairs division. His quick departure raises questions about McKenna's expansion plans in the California capital. Jeffrey Miller, the firm's managing director for Sacramento operations, has told sources that the firm is weighing its future in the market in the wake of Costigan's leaving.
By Cheryl Miller
3 minute read
January 29, 2010 | The Recorder
Court Backs Rolling Stone in Suit over AdsThe First District said a group of rockers can't sue for being featured in an editorial spread packaged with cigarettes.
By Cheryl Miller
3 minute read
February 18, 2011 | The Recorder
Time for a Judicial Branch Reboot?CCMS was meant to show the virtues of a centralized control. Instead, it's shown something else.
By Cheryl Miller
9 minute read
August 03, 2009 | The Recorder
Trial Lawyers Have New Case For MICRA HopesPlaintiff lawyers would like to see the California Supreme Court take up Van Buren v. Evans. They're hoping it'll be the venue to overturn the state's $250,000 cap on noneconomic damages in medical malpractice cases.
By Cheryl Miller
4 minute read
December 13, 2007 | Law.com
Ruling Boosts CA in Emissions BattleNow that an Eastern District judge has rejected an auto industry suit against the state, the only thing blocking California from mandating lower emissions is a long-awaited waiver from the EPA.
By Cheryl Miller
3 minute read
February 22, 2011 | The Recorder
Ravel to Leave D.C. to Become Chair of State FPPCBy Cheryl Miller
3 minute read
June 07, 2007 | Law.com
Happy Medium Sought on Calif. Disability-Access SuitsCalifornia state Sen. Ellen Corbett, D-San Leandro, may have drafted the ultimate solution to a long-standing battle over disability-access litigation. Her Senate Bill 747 is supported by two groups who rarely see eye-to-eye: the Consumer Attorneys of California and the California Chamber of Commerce. And the bill recently sailed out of the state Senate with almost unanimous support from Democrats and Republicans. The only real flaw with SB 747 is that it doesn't really say anything -- not yet, anyway.
By Cheryl Miller
4 minute read
April 08, 2011 | The Recorder
Capital Accounts: Judges, It's Time to Let It All OutBy Cheryl Miller
3 minute read
June 25, 2010 | The Recorder
Council Balks at Barring Party Endorsements from Judge RacesThe most controversial of a series of recommendations for judicial campaign changes will go to the Supreme Court without the council's seal of approval.
By Cheryl Miller
3 minute read