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#LegalEthics Tidbit: If I failed to review my #AI generated brief, but there were no hallucinations in it, did I still violate Rule 11?

A NY federal Magistrate found that a lawyer violated Rule 11 by misusing artificial intelligence in a case. The lawyer admitted that he didn’t review the citations in his #AI-generated brief before submitting it. The Magistrate found that one particular case was “an obvious hallucination ... that does not ... (cont.)

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.524897/gov.uscourts.nyed.524897.118.0.pdf
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#LegalEthics Tidbit: Is the judge biased if she tells me I should stop relying on #AI and get a lawyer?

In a TN divorce, the wife proceeded pro se, relying on #AI to guide her. The judge encouraged her to obtain counsel, observing that she was delaying the process and not really helping herself (she was losing all her motions). The court observed at one hearing that “if there was ever a person who needed counsel, [the wife] ... (cont.)

https://www.tncourts.gov/sites/default/files/OpinionsPDFVersion/M2026-01405-COA-T10BOPN.pdf
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#LegalEthics Tidbit: Do my voluminous #AI filings violate Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 1?

A pro se plaintiff brought an “ordinary” wage and hour claim against an employer in NV federal court. While in discovery, the plaintiff used #AI to serve voluminous discovery, draft communications to opposing counsel and also, apparently, to generate over a thousand pages of motions.

The Court found that the “prolixity of ... (cont.)

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nvd.179948/gov.uscourts.nvd.179948.74.0.pdf
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