Sunday, April 19, 2026

Federal judge imposes what may be the most expensive sanction for hallucinations yet

 Last month I reported on a case that was reported as imposing significant sanctions for citing hallucinated cases and stated that the running count of cases involving courts complaining about hallucinated cases created by AI was 768.  Today the count is 901.  Go here for the full list.

I have not read every case on the list nor have I followed it closely, but if the case I reported in March was really significant because the court imposed $15,000 in sanctions to the lawyers involved, you should know that a federal judge has raised the stakes considerably.

Today, the ABA Journal is reporting on a case in which the judge imposed $110,000 in fines and attorney fees against two lawyers who filed documents filled with fake cases and fabricated citations.

That may be the larges sanctions imposed for improper use of AI yet.  

The ABA Journal has the story here.

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