Courts escalate sanctions to uphold rule 11 obligat. Ai tools are generating legal filings with fake citations, forcing judges to issue fines and prompting calls for stronger oversight of ai use in professional settings. 'ai slop' in court filings Some of the filings include fake quotes from real cases, or cite real cases that are irrelevant to their arguments The legal vigilantes uncover them by finding judges’ opinions scolding lawyers. It seems like every day brings another news story about a lawyer caught unwittingly submitting a court filing that cites nonexistent cases hallucinated by ai.
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