Generative Ai
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Federal judge fines lawyer $3,000 for ‘reckless’ filings with incorrect info
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Judge suspects use of generative artificial intelligence; attorney denies using AI A federal judge took the unusual step last week of fining an attorney $3,000 for submitting flawed case citations, being evasive when her opposing counsel raised concerns and relying on cases that did not support her argument. U.S. District Court Judge Nina Y. Wang…
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An obligation to use AI? Federal judge addresses lawyers on responsible technology use
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U.S. Magistrate Judge Maritza Dominguez Braswell addressed a group of Colorado attorneys on Friday with the message that they should be practicing and understanding how to use artificial intelligence because it is encroaching on more and more aspects of society. “There was a time when you had to be rich to have a cell phone,”…
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Fake evidence, new expectations and morality: Judges talk about AI in the law
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Judge Lino S. Lipinsky de Orlov shared with an audience of lawyers on Wednesday a story from last year’s judicial conference about one trial judge who suspected an attorney representing a domestic violence victim submitted a fake photo to the court of their badly beaten client. “The judge asked: Was this AI generated? And the…
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Appeals court warns lawyers, litigants: You will get in trouble for citing AI-invented cases
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Colorado’s second-highest court put attorneys and litigants on notice for the first time on Thursday that they will face consequences if they use artificial intelligence to submit filings with fake citations. A three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals declined to sanction a self-represented plaintiff after he acknowledged and apologized for his mistake. At the…
