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NY Judges Scold Lawyer for Citing Fake AI-Generated Cases

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Judges in the Supreme Court of the State of New York Appellate Division have publicly admonished a lawyer for citing non-existent cases in a legal brief. The attorney, Michael Sanders, was accused of including at least three fictitious case citations and misrepresenting the law in ten others. Justices Valerie Brathwaite Nelson and Hector LaSalle expressed significant disappointment, highlighting the potential ethical violations and the growing problem of AI-generated fake citations in legal filings. AI

IMPACT Highlights the risks of using AI for legal drafting and the need for stricter verification of AI-generated legal citations.

RANK_REASON A lawyer was reprimanded for citing fake cases, a known issue with AI-generated legal content.

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NY Judges Scold Lawyer for Citing Fake AI-Generated Cases

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  1. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    “It's striking, concerning, disappointing, and saddening to think that members of the bar would forward cases to a court that don't exist, and to think that the

    “It's striking, concerning, disappointing, and saddening to think that members of the bar would forward cases to a court that don't exist, and to think that the lawyers on the other side of that didn’t read it for whatever reason, didn’t check it.” # AI # court # law RE: 404media…

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