June 11, 2026
Court of Appeal of the State of California, First Appellate District, Division Two
The Rule of Quinteros v. Harbor Distributing is that attorneys bear ultimate responsibility for the accuracy and reliability of briefs they file with the court and cannot avoid sanctions by delegating work to contract attorneys who use fabricated AI-generated citations and false quotations, under circumstances where the opposition contained non-existent case citations, fabricated quotations, and blatant misrepresentations of controlling authority.
March 19, 2026
Court of Appeal of the State of California, First Appellate District, Division Four
The Rule of Sheerer v. Panas is that a trial court must include all bonus income and restricted stock units (RSUs) in calculating child support under the uniform statewide guideline formula, under circumstances where a parent receives such variable compensation and the court has not made proper findings to deviate from the presumptively correct guideline amount.
March 5, 2026
Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, Division One
The Rule of In re the Domestic Partnership of Torres Campos and Munoz is that a party forfeits the right to challenge a trial court's reliance on fictitious case authorities when that party's own counsel drafted and submitted the order containing those fabricated citations without objecting or alerting the court to the error, under circumstances where the party had ample opportunity to verify the citations and correct the error in the trial court.