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legal2 years ago•1 min saved

Judge questions credibility of Michael Cohen's lawyer for citing non-existent cases

A federal judge has raised concerns that a lawyer for Michael Cohen, former lawyer for President Trump, may have included fake cases in a November filing. U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman questioned the existence of three cases mentioned in the filing and has ordered the lawyer, David M. Schwartz, to provide copies of the cited decisions by December 19, 2023. Cohen, who has turned against Trump, recently criticized him for not testifying in his own civil fraud trial.

via The Hill|

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law2 years ago•4 min saved

ChatGPT's Fake Case Citations Lead to Lawyer Fines

Lawyers from the firm Levidow, Levidow, & Oberman were fined $5,000 and had their lawsuit dismissed after using ChatGPT to research court filings that cited six fake cases invented by the AI tool. The lawyers "abandoned their responsibilities" and "advocated for the fake cases and legal arguments" even after being informed that their citations were non-existent. The judge described the legal analysis in one of the fake cases as "gibberish." The lawyers are required to send letters to six real judges who were "falsely identified as the author of the fake" opinions cited in their legal filings.

via Ars Technica|

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law2 years ago•5 min saved

ChatGPT's Role in Lawyer's Fake Citations Leads to Sanctions and Doubt in Tech and Legal Industries.

A lawyer used ChatGPT to prepare a filing for a personal injury suit against an airline, but the AI bot delivered fake cases that the attorney then presented to the court, leading a federal judge to consider sanctions. The lawyer argued that he didn't understand that ChatGPT was not a search engine but a generative language-processing tool. The incident has raised concerns about the use of AI in legal research and the potential for false information to be presented in court.

via Forbes|

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