Arizona court sanctions lawyer for AI-generated false citations
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Judge revokes attorney's pro hac status and imposes multiple sanctions after majority of legal citations were fabricated by AI.

cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/35742052

An Arizona federal court issued extensive sanctions against attorney Maren Bam on August 14, 2025, after finding that her brief contained multiple artificial intelligence-generated citations to non-existent cases. The sanctions include revocation of pro hac vice status, striking the brief, and mandatory notification to state bar authorities.

  • Decq@lemmy.worldEnglish
    29·
    3 days ago

    How are they not immediately disbarred for this? Surely fabricating documents and citations gets you disbarred right?

    • Echo Dot@feddit.ukEnglish
      2·
      18 hours ago

      As far as I understand it judges don’t despair lawyers the bar association does. That requires a tribunal and the entire thing takes forever.

      So these lawyers may actually end up getting disbarred but as with all things legal, it will take 500 times longer than any reasonable person thinks it should.

    • ToastedRavioli@midwest.socialEnglish
      25·
      3 days ago

      It doesnt, but it should. Its malpractice of the highest degree and shows clear disregard for properly representing a client