Cheryl Miller

December 08, 2006 |

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

2 minute read

May 19, 2008 |

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger filled 20 judicial vacancies around the state, including lots of white men.

By Cheryl Miller

3 minute read

December 07, 2009 |

The California Supreme Court will close its Los Angeles branch, the chief justice said during a press conference dominated by the court's response to budget contraints.

By Cheryl Miller

3 minute read

November 20, 2009 |

Wells Fargo will buy back about $700 million in troubled auction-rate securities from California investors under a settlement announced by the state's AG on Wednesday. In a separate deal, the bank will repurchase nonliquid auction-rate securities totaling some $700 million from non-California residents.

By Cheryl Miller

3 minute read

June 11, 2007 |

The governor is naming Angela Bradstreet to a key labor post where she'll shape state policy on wage-and-hour regulations and other workplace rules.

By Cheryl Miller

3 minute read

September 15, 2009 |

Board members of the new Alliance for California Judges say they'll provide a voice more critical of Judicial Council policies.

By Cheryl Miller

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