Law360 reports Ill. Atty Sanctioned For AI Slop In Starbucks Bias Suit
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Law360 has 7th Circ. Admonishes Atty Over ‘Astonishing’ Bogus Citations (see this opinion).
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Here’s a published opinion from 1/4 imposing sanctions ($1500) payable to the court for …. you know….
The NLJ has Lucrative Book Deals, Concert Tickets, Classes in Prague: What We Learned from Justices’ Financial Disclosures — U.S. Supreme Court justices traveled far, received noteworthy gifts and made substantial sums from book publishers in 2025, according to their latest financial disclosure forms released by the judiciary.Law360 has Justices’ Concurrences Foretell Fault Line On…
Today’s AI sanctions case is from 4/2 in this unpub:we find that Patterson has failed to show cause why she should not be sanctioned for relying on fabricated legal authority in her opening brief. Patterson “unreasonably violated rule 8.204(a)(1)(B) ‘by not support[ing] each point with citations to real (as opposed to fabricated) legal authority.’”…
Bloomberg Law has Supreme Court Sniping Heats Up as Justices Near Opinion Season, which starts out with:Tensions are starting to boil over at the US Supreme Court.Back-and-forth sniping between Justices Ketanji Brown Jackson and Samuel Alito Monday night marked the latest sign of strain at a court that has become a prominent symbol of…
Today’s DJ has retired PJ Gilbert’s column: The horror of misunderstanding — Former California appellate justice Arthur Gilbert responds to judicial criticism of his views on artificial intelligence by reflecting on ChatGPT and related examples to argue that while AI is useful, it raises serious concerns about overreliance and its impact on courts and human…
Today’s DJ has retired PJ Gilbert’s ‘The horror! The horror!’ Reliance on algorithmic decision-making risks eroding human judgment, judicial integrity and the intellectual craftsmanship that defines the law. He writes:AI could never match the elegant writing of my dear friend, appellate lawyer Bob Gerstein, who passed away on March 19. I mention Bob because of…
The DJ has LA Superior Court chatbot CourtHelp wins Justice Chin innovation award — The court won the 2026 Justice Chin Technology Innovation Award for its AI chatbot, which improved access by guiding users to court information and services efficiently online.
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Law360 has Ore. Atty Sanctioned $10K For Brief With Fabricated CitationsAn Oregon appellate court has ordered an attorney to pay $10,000 for filing an opening brief containing fabricated case citations, quotations that “do not exist anywhere in Oregon case law” and other inaccuracies, according to an opinion. — The case is Henry Doiban et…
