Two California lawyers suspended six months for citing fake AI-generated cases in court filing
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Bob Egelko
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Two California lawyers, Mike Singh Sethi and William Rounds, were fined $2,500 each and suspended from practicing before the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals for six months after using AI to cite nonexistent cases in an immigration case filing. The court found they made "gross misrepresentations of real cases" and then claimed they hadn't knowingly done so, marking another instance of judicial crackdown on improper AI use in legal proceedings.
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bskyTwo California lawyers suspended six months for citing fake AI-generated cases in court filingsfchronicle.comKey quotes
· 3 pulledJudges at U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals crack down on AI mistakes.
The attorneys ... filed briefs in an immigration case that contained 'gross misrepresentations of real cases'
when called to account
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