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Posted on 08/21/2025 8:04:26 AM PDT by libstripper
Many federal courts are trying to teach lawyers a lesson for court filings with errors generated by artificial intelligence, but one recent case takes a kinder, gentler approach.
A federal magistrate judge in the Eastern District of New York refused to impose monetary penalties on a lawyer who submitted three hallucinated cases in a court filing, citing her “remorseful explanations” and “tragic personal circumstances.”
Imposing lesser sanctions, U.
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If EI ever writes capable briefs, I see no reason why the courts won’t accept them.
If.
The problem is spurious, fictional, but nice-sounding automated lies.
Consider similarly what we get back in our own prompts. It’s not a bad tool if it weren’t being sold as a panacea and replacement for actual reasoning.
But then again, this seems to be affecting a lot of professional occupations, and the problems point back to the educational establishments whose goal anymore is to sow chaos in this nation.
If AI writes capable BrandonPardons, what then?
The point is that the lawyer is responsible. He is a professional, and that carries consequences. If a civil engineer signs off on an AI-generated design and something falls — the engineer is going to jail.
AI in the mix is no different from having a batch of baby lawyers on your staff who write your briefs. That is fine, efficient. But, a professional lawyer has to sign off and it is his butt on the line.
It amazes me that any court would be merciful on a lawyer who submits a brief with made-up cases. The lawyer vouches for everything in the brief. Everything should be double checked. Using AI is no excuse. They all should be penalized.
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