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Posted on 05/27/2025 1:30:26 PM PDT by Angelino97
A federal judge said Wednesday she would consider sanctions on attorneys who filed a motion that used artificial intelligence and cited legal authorities that do not exist.
U.S. District Court Judge Anna M. Manasco told attorneys representing the state in the lawsuit — claiming corrections officers failed to protect an inmate — that lawyers continue to use artificial intelligence even after other courts have imposed corrective measures throughout the country.
“Generally, this has occurred in other cases where the courts have imposed sanctions and standing orders,” Manasco said during the hearing. “This incident is proof-positive that those sanctions were insufficient. That causes me to consider a fuller range of sanctions.”
Attorneys Matthew Reeves, the attorney who used AI; Bill Lunsford, the attorney overseeing the case, and litigants from Montgomery-based Butler Snow, the firm where Reeves and Lunsford are employed, expressed remorse and publicly apologized to both the plaintiffs and the court regarding the incident.
“I had limited use of artificial intelligence products such as Westlaw Precision with CoCounsel and ChatGTP,” Reeves said to Manasco during the hearing Wednesday. “I first used it related to dietary matters. That is how I started to use it.”
Reeves then said he began querying artificial intelligence to research colleges for his son before applying the technology professionally for research into policies and practices related to different issues. It then culminated in using it to obtain citations for the case.
He said he was aware that using artificial intelligence to obtain citations did not comply with the firm’s policies and that he did not verify the citations during the two instances that he relied on AI for the citations.
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They are trying real hard to get person-hood for AI and all the rights that go with that.
There shouldn’t be an issue with using AI, as long as the lawyers verify the cases being cited.
Should have as law license yanked for a couple of years
I would think using AI would be a great benefit, all the case law could be uploaded and searched.
I don’t see the issue either. You just proofread the briefing, verify what is sighted, and if it’s sound, this creates a better representation for whatever case is going on.
Should be an easy case for a legal malpractice suit.
AI is the King of Fake
I’ll bet the guy has never cracked open a Shepard’s. All Westlaw has is KeyCite. Or so it was the last time I used Westlaw.
<>Manasco listed several possible consequences, from continuing education seminars and fines to referrals to the Alabama State Bar or even temporary suspensions.<>
Suspend their law licenses. Send the issue to the AL Supremes.
Ya’ gotta take a few scalps to get the attention of the legal industry.
I know a senior attorney who is doing that very thing. He tells me that AI has made his job far easier, but that he must still review and verify everything it gives him.
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