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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
August 1, 2017 | The Recorder
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has loomed as a threat to the legalized marijuana industry. But Sessions, at the helm of the U.S. Justice Department since February, hasn't taken any overt action to undermine state regulations, giving some hope to cannabis advocates that the longtime critic of recreational cannabis will not interfere in state schemes.
By Cheryl Miller
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July 31, 2017 | The Recorder
We asked four attorneys from California, Colorado, Pennsylvania and Florida for their thoughts on what's happening now in the industry, what they'd like to see happen and what will happen five years from now.
By Cheryl Miller
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July 28, 2017 | The Recorder
A regional IRS executive told a gathering of cannabis lawyers on Friday that the agency is not out to target them, despite their work with clients whose marijuana businesses remain illegal under federal law.
By Cheryl Miller
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July 27, 2017 | The Recorder
More than 150 attorneys, including many from the Bay Area, will be in Denver on Friday for the National Cannabis Bar Association's first-ever Cannabis Law Institute. The two-day event at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law will put a spotlight on the business of marijuana law, a reflection of new client opportunities for firms that want a piece of the legalized recreational and medical industry.
By Cheryl Miller
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July 27, 2017 | The Recorder
California's 1,663 trial court judges will soon take home fatter paychecks than the governor's, thanks largely to salary increases recently given to other state employees.
By Cheryl Miller
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July 26, 2017 | The Recorder
California's chief marijuana regulator conceded Wednesday that encouraging cannabis entrepreneurs to join the state's new regulated market could make them "fair game" for federal enforcers. Legalization advocates are also wary of a report, expected to be released Thursday by a Jeff Sessions-appointed task force on crime reduction, that will include a review of "charging, sentencing, and marijuana policies."
By Cheryl Miller
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July 20, 2017 | The Recorder
Over the last year California's bar exam has been scrutinized and vilified. But that hasn't stopped a crush of would-be Golden State lawyers from registering for the latest crucible, which starts Tuesday. Applications to take the July bay exam topped 10,000 this year—an increase over last year's numbers.
By Cheryl Miller
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July 18, 2017 | The Recorder
Legislation authorizing California's state bar to collect up to $390 in dues from members in 2018 passed out of a key committee Tuesday without the drama or division that has marked proceedings in recent years.
By Cheryl Miller
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July 17, 2017 | The Recorder
A Napa County judge will resign at the end of the year under terms of an agreement reached with state disciplinarians who accused him of stealing, and later returning, two pricey business-card holders from a San Francisco social club. The judge, Michael Williams, was already planning to retire, and the agreement with the commission "allowed him to bring closure to the event," said the judge's attorney.
By Cheryl Miller
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July 14, 2017 | The Recorder
Michael Colantuono, a municipal law attorney from Grass Valley, was elected president of the State Bar of California on Friday, making him the first openly gay president of the organization. He'll be sworn in to office this fall.
By Cheryl Miller
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