AI Hallucination in Filings Involving 14th-Largest U.S. Law Firm Lead to $31K in Sanctions

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AI Hallucination in Filings Involving 14th-Largest U.S. Law Firm Lead to $31K in Sanctions

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I should note up front that both of the firms involved (the massive 1700-lawyer national one and the smaller 45-lawyer predominantly California one) have, to my knowledge, excellent reputations, and the error is not at all characteristic of their work. As to the lawyer whose outline…

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