CA administrative judge recommends utility forfeit profits from energy crisis News
CA administrative judge recommends utility forfeit profits from energy crisis

[JURIST] An administrative law judge presiding over a California Public Utilities Commission investigation has concluded that Southern California Gas Company should forfeit $28.8 million in profits earned during the 2000-2001 energy crisis in California, according to a report released late Tuesday. If approved by the full commission, the finding would make Southern California Gas the first California utility found guilty in the crisis. A spokeswoman for the utility said the judge ignored evidence in reaching his conclusion, which she said was politically motivated. According to the investigating judge, the gas utility abused its power to sell gas to buyers other than its usual customers. Read the judge's decision [PDF]. The San Francisco Chronicle has more.

THIS DAY @ LAW

South Africa becomes first country on continent to legalize same-sex marriage

Same-sex marriages became legal in South Africa on November 30, 2006 as the country's Civil Union Act, 2006 went into effect, making South Africa the only country on the African continent to legalize same-sex marriage. Read the Civil Union Act, 2006.