Law firm fined $5K for using ChatGPT to write brief with fake cases

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A law firm was fined $5,000 after one of its lawyers used ChatGPT to write a court brief riddled with fake case references

one of its lawyers had used ChatGPT to write a court brief which included false citationsThe initial lawsuit was filed last year on behalf of a passenger who claimed he was injured by a metal serving cart during an Avianca flight.

Schwartz included references to a number of fake cases and opinions ChatGPT generated in an affirmation in opposition filed on March 1 this year, the court documents show. Although fellow Levidow, Levidow & Oberman attorney Peter LoDuca had signed and filed the affirmation in opposition, Schwartz said that he had been the one to research and write the brief.

 

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