(Subscription required) In a published opinion, the Fourth District Court of Appeal on March 5 levied the fine against Los Alamitos attorney Roxanne Chung Bonar and reported her to the state bar for relying on fictitious case authorities.

These competencies are especially essential in California, where voters regularly decide on high-stakes policy through initiatives and where civic participation has real consequences for budgeting, housing and educational opportunity. 

In a 3-0 decision, the appeals court determined the CPUC was within its authority when the commission passed an update to the state’s net energy metering tariff program, colloquially known as NEM 3.0.

(Subscription required) Superior Court Judge Rupa S. Goswami has learned that in her felony preliminary hearing courtroom, where grief, anger and the law collide, one of the hardest parts of the job is acknowledging pain without allowing it to dictate justice.