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AI Update: The Long Crazy Trip of Hallucinating Artificial Intelligence Continues - Another Day, Another Sanction for Use of...

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The list of attorneys sanctioned for filing pleadings containing fictitious or materially inaccurate case citations (e.g., hallucinated case law) is growing by the day. ...more

EDRM - Electronic Discovery Reference Model

Reasonable or Overreach? Rethinking Sanctions for AI Hallucinations in Legal Filings

Abstract - This article examines the problem of fabricated or hallucinated citations in legal briefs, focusing on the recent federal decision in Johnson v. Dunn as a case study. That decision highlights the risks when lawyers...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Bankruptcy Court Sanctions Lawyer for Relying on AI-Generated Legal Research

By now, most lawyers should know the dangers of relying on generative AI for legal research. A big risk is that AI will generate fake case citations and quotations. Failure to check and verify the citations and quotations can...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Lawyers Sanctioned for Citing AI Generated Fake Cases

In another “hard lesson learned” case, on Monday, February 24, 2025, a federal district court sanctioned three lawyers from the national law firm Morgan & Morgan for citing artificial intelligence (AI)-generated fake cases in...more

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