Cheryl Miller

July 13, 2009 | Law.com

Just 75 Ford Explorer owners -- out of a possible 1 million -- have redeemed discount coupons secured as part of 2007's four-state legal settlement, according to a new report. Under terms of the deal, owners of Explorers built between 1990 and 2001 could claim $500 toward the purchase of a new Explorer or $300 to buy a different Ford, Lincoln or Mercury model. The offer was meant to settle claims in California, Connecticut, Illinois and Texas that the Explorer was prone to dangerous rollovers.

By Cheryl Miller

3 minute read

June 07, 2007 | Law.com

Sharon Majors-Lewis, the governor's judicial appointments secretary, says her office chose to fill vacancies before new slots.

By Cheryl Miller

4 minute read

May 25, 2006 | The Recorder

In what's shaping up as a pivotal contest, trial lawyers and tort reformers have spent almost $700,000 opposing and supporting two of the Democrats vying to represent the 10th Senate District.

By Cheryl Miller

6 minute read

September 17, 2009 | The Recorder

Days before Arnold Schwarzenegger unveils his plan to reform California prisons, early word is that the three-judge panel mandating change will not be impressed. At all.

By Cheryl Miller

3 minute read

June 04, 2008 | The Recorder

Reversing a trial court, the Second District says federal law preempts a key claim made by people hurt when a man parked his SUV on a commuter track near L.A.

By Cheryl Miller

3 minute read

June 15, 2011 | The Recorder

By Cheryl Miller

5 minute read

February 23, 2007 | Law.com

A split en banc panel of the Ninth Circuit ruled that the government can garnish a criminal's pension to pay restitution to crime victims. They may just have to wait a while.

By Cheryl Miller

3 minute read

October 16, 2006 | Law.com

Moonbeams do not shine on Jerry Brown's campaign trail. In fact, the ex-governor, who polls say is very likely California's next attorney general, has a very down-to-earth message for voters: Forget the over-hyped caricatures from the 1970s and '80s. Meet the candidate of pragmatism, of moderation, of experience. He's worked hard to change his image from a grandiose-thinking, pop-star-dating liberal governor to that of a sweater-wearing public servant. So what kind of attorney general would Jerry Brown be?

By Cheryl Miller

10 minute read

July 14, 2006 | Law.com

California Attorney General Bill Lockyer said he will file an antitrust lawsuit in federal court today that charges seven computer chip-makers with conspiring to inflate prices for their dynamic random access memory chips, or DRAM. Lockyer is expected to join 33 other attorneys general in a complaint filed in the Northern District of California. The state prosecutors' suit is the latest in a wave of legal attacks against the companies. A federal investigation in 2002 led to $730 million in collective fines.

By Cheryl Miller

3 minute read

January 25, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

The family of a Sacramento, Calif.-area woman who died after reportedly drinking almost two gallons of water in a radio-station contest has hired personal injury powerhouse Roger Dreyer.

By Cheryl Miller ALM

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