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.
11/21/25
Appellate Division of the Superior Court, State of California, County of Los Angeles
The Rule of Gerard v. Cuevas is that a trial court cannot retroactively shorten a notice period under Code of Civil Procedure section 1987 to 91 minutes and then impose a terminating sanction when the defendant fails to appear, under circumstances where the original notice was untimely served and the court had not previously ordered shortened time.