I can draft your legal brief with accurate, court-ready citations — the cases and quotes I cite are real and can be filed as-is.
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Expert: Damien Charlotin, Researcher, HEC Paris (AI hallucination sanctions tracker) Court sanctions against lawyers who file AI-generated briefs are rising fast. Damien Charlotin, a researcher at HEC Paris who keeps a worldwide tally of courts sanctioning people for erroneous AI output, said: "Recently we had 10 cases from 10 different courts on a single day." The most prominent case: the lawyers for MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell were fined $3,000 each for filing briefs containing fictitious, AI-generated citations. "We have this issue because AI is just too good," Charlotin said. Law librarians such as Carla Wale (Gallagher Law Library, University of Washington) are developing optional AI ethics training for law students — but the cautionary tales are not slowing lawyers' adoption of AI tools. Bottom line: never file AI-generated citations without human verification. Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/04/03/nx-s1-5761454/penalties-stack-up-ai-spreads-through-legal-system
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