Cheryl Miller

October 23, 2024 | The Recorder

U.S. Magistrate Judge Benjamin Cheeks and Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Serena Murillo will join four other California judicial nominees awaiting U.S. Senate confirmation votes in the final months of Joe Biden's presidency.

By Cheryl Miller

3 minute read

October 22, 2024 | The Recorder

The justices also approved plans to offer scoring boosts on a 2025 bar exam to applicants who score high enough on an experimental practice test the bar will host next month.

By Cheryl Miller

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October 21, 2024 | The Recorder

Attorney Benjamin Kohn alleges the state bar failed to provide accommodations for his disability when taking the bar exam.

By Cheryl Miller

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October 17, 2024 | The Recorder

Fresno County attorney Nicholas Capozzi was suspended from practice two weeks before a Fresno appellate court affirmed his client's sentence. Capozzi never notified the court his license was suspended, a court official said.

By Cheryl Miller

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October 15, 2024 | The Recorder

Lawyers for Uber and Postmates had argued that California's AB 5 unfairly targeted the companies.

By Cheryl Miller

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October 11, 2024 | The Recorder

The Committee of Bar Examiners voted Friday to allow applicants to sit for future bar exams, as well as an experimental test scheduled next month, outside the Golden State.

By Cheryl Miller

4 minute read

October 10, 2024 | The Recorder

The justices unanimously said a so-called portfolio bar exam would create "an array of ethical and practical problems." The court also rejected a proposal for licensing reciprocity with other states.

By Cheryl Miller

5 minute read

October 10, 2024 | The Recorder

Robert Leach, head of the U.S. Attorney's Office's special prosecutions unit, was named a Contra Costa County Superior Court judge on Wednesday.

By Cheryl Miller

5 minute read

October 09, 2024 | The Recorder

"No matter what a person's background, race, or economic standing, if the juror does not pay attention, the juror does not belong on any jury," wrote Presiding Justice Arthur Gilbert of the Second District Court of Appeal, Division Six.

By Cheryl Miller

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October 08, 2024 | The Recorder

"No California case yet has directly addressed whether a stipulation to apply California law renders an otherwise unenforceable forum selection clause enforceable," Justice John Segal wrote. "We hold it does not."

By Cheryl Miller

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