Fake AI Case Citations Expose `Sloppy’ Lawyering: The Brief

MORE AI hallucinations are showing up in court filings, signaling that lawyers need to pay more attention to detail and get more generative AI training to curb the harm to themselves and their clients that could accrue from repeated errors, Evan Ochsner reports.

• After New York attorneys generated headlines two years ago for citing fake cases, the ABA released guidance on AI use, and the technology has been a featured topic at prominent legal conferences. But the fake citations keep coming.
• A Texas court this month imposed a $2,500 sanction against an attorney who filed a brief citing multiple ...