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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
April 19, 2022 | The Recorder
The Fourth District Court of Appeal said a jury should decide whether extraneous language in a disclosure about pre-hire background checks amounted to a willful violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
By Cheryl Miller
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April 14, 2022 | The Recorder
The auditor blamed weak policies in the bar's discipline system for allowing chronic signs of misbehavior by some lawyers to go unchecked.
By Cheryl Miller
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April 8, 2022 | The Recorder
"Mireskandari asserted a viable claim for professional negligence based on defendants' alleged failure to advise him of California's anti-SLAPP statute before he filed his lawsuit in California," the Second District Court of Appeal wrote.
By Cheryl Miller
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April 6, 2022 | The Recorder
Two bills with different approaches to renaming UC Hastings College of the Law are moving through the Legislature.
By Cheryl Miller
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March 28, 2022 | The Recorder
Guerrero's swearing-in follows Newsom's nomination on Friday of two appeals court justices and his appointment of six trial court judges—including the first appointed openly transgender judge in California.
By Cheryl Miller
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March 1, 2022 | The Recorder
"We will be proceeding with a single state bar investigation in which we will continue to gather and analyze relevant evidence and go wherever it leads us," Chief Trial Counsel George Cardona said in confirming the bar has been investigating John Eastman since September.
By Cheryl Miller
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February 28, 2022 | The Recorder
The operator of the website that posted confidential information linked to 260,000 attorney discipline files said the data was taken from a publicly accessible state bar website.
By Cheryl Miller
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February 10, 2022 | Law.com
Kaufman talks about what a change in leadership means for the state's new law, as well as the biggest issues on his plate.
By Cheryl Miller
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February 3, 2022 | The Recorder
"To see her work and hear her questions … you'd never know what's going on around her," Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye said of arguments earlier this week.
By Cheryl Miller
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February 1, 2022 | Law.com
Kenly Kiya Kato, President Biden's nominee to the U.S. District Court for California's Central District, faced tough questioning from Senate Republicans Tuesday about her previous work as a federal public defender and a decades-old law school book review.
By Cheryl Miller
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The National Law Journal Elite Trial Lawyers recognizes U.S.-based law firms performing exemplary work on behalf of plaintiffs.
Women, Influence & Power in Law UK Awards honors women lawyers who have made a remarkable difference in the legal profession.
Daily Business Review honors attorneys and judges who have made a remarkable difference in the legal profession in Florida.
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