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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
November 28, 2022 | The Recorder
The Sixth District Court of Appeal said a fertility clinic improperly used a dead man's frozen sperm to impregnate his mistress.
By Cheryl Miller
4 minute read
November 23, 2022 | The Recorder
Lawyers for the state bar are seeking depositions from two unnamed former employees about how past complaints against Tom Girardi were handled. Bar officials say the witnesses did not comply with subpoenas issued this summer.
By Cheryl Miller
3 minute read
November 17, 2022 | The Recorder
Ruben Duran, chair of the state bar's board of trustees, said that in light of the prosecution and disbarment of Tom Girardi, it's time for the agency to revisit a rule that would require lawyers to report colleagues and judges who have committed misconduct.
By Cheryl Miller
3 minute read
November 9, 2022 | The Recorder
California voters were poised to retain all four state Supreme Court justices on the general election ballot, according to early returns Tuesday. Attorney General Rob Bonta also held a substantial lead over Republican opponent Nathan Hochman.
By Cheryl Miller
3 minute read
November 3, 2022 | The Recorder
"There is no excuse being offered here; Girardi caused irreparable harm to hundreds of his clients, and the state bar could have done more to protect the public," Ruben Duran, chair of the state bar's board of trustees, said Thursday.
By Cheryl Miller
3 minute read
October 17, 2022 | The Recorder
"Viking River does not require reversal of the order denying Handy's motion to compel arbitration," Justice Dennis Perluss wrote for a unanimous Second District Court of Appeal panel.
By Cheryl Miller
3 minute read
September 27, 2022 | The Recorder
The state bar said it's disclosing a probe of Mark Geragos and Brian Kabateck "for protection of the public." Geragos accused the bar of "deflecting" from recent legislative criticism of the agency's priorities.
By Cheryl Miller
4 minute read
September 26, 2022 | The Recorder
The law school originally named for California's first chief justice will soon be known as the University of California, College of the Law, San Francisco, after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed related legislation.
By Cheryl Miller
3 minute read
September 21, 2022 | The Recorder
"If experience is any guide, our decision not to order review will be misconstrued by some as an affirmative determination by this court that under the law, bumble bees are fish," Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye wrote in an unusual explanation that was also signed by Associate Justices Carol Corrigan and Joshua Groban.
By Cheryl Miller
3 minute read
September 14, 2022 | The Recorder
California's lawsuit is similar to one filed last year by District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine. Racine is appealing a judge's ruling earlier this year dismissing the complaint.
By Cheryl Miller
2 minute read
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