Lawyer sets new standard for abuse of AI; judge tosses case - Ars Technica

A New York federal judge terminated a case due to a lawyer's misuse of AI in drafting legal filings, which contained fake citations and flowery prose. The judge ruled that the lawyer's repeated misuse of AI was a violation of Rule 11, which requires attorneys to verify the cases they cite. The lawyer denied using AI to draft the filings but admitted to using AI tools to review citations, which led to the errors. The judge emphasized that verifying case citations should never be left to AI and that all lawyers must know how to conduct legal research.