Two More Lawyers Punished for AI Misuse, Including $4,000 Fine

Jan. 27, 2026, 6:27 PM UTC

Two lawyers have been punished by a federal judge for their roles in submitting to him at least eight false, hallucinated case citations that were generated by artificial intelligence.

One of the attorneys must pay $4,000 to a nonprofit legal service provider while the other has been ordered to share his firm’s new AI use policy with a Philadelphia lawyer group so that it serves as a “lesson” to others also practicing intellectual property law, Judge Mark A. Kearney of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania said in a Monday order.

The sanctions against Yen-Yi Anderson ...

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