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Cheryl Miller

Cheryl Miller

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

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October 20, 2008 | The Recorder

San Diego, L.A. Win Court Bond Prizes

State 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 Ship

Less 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 Ads

The 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 Hopes

Plaintiff 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 Battle

Now 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 FPPC

By Cheryl Miller

3 minute read

June 07, 2007 | Law.com

Happy Medium Sought on Calif. Disability-Access Suits

California 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 Out

By Cheryl Miller

3 minute read

June 25, 2010 | The Recorder

Council Balks at Barring Party Endorsements from Judge Races

The 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


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