In the case of Lifetime Well LLC v. Ibspot.com, Inc., No. 2:25-CV-05135-MAK (E.D. Pa. Jan. 26, 2026 Kearney, J.), a federal court judge sanctioned two (2) Pennsylvania and New York based attorneys after the court identified numerous artificial intelligence hallucinations in briefs. The court issued both non-monetary and monetary sanctions.
In its Opinion, the court noted that the two (2) attorneys failed to thoroughly review a Brief that they both signed and filed. According to the Opinion, a law clerk in the law office had allegedly drafted the Brief utilizing AI. The court found that the conduct of the attorneys was in violation of Federal Rule 11.
The court felt that sanctions were necessary in order to deter other attorneys from repeating such conduct.
Given that both attorneys had taken steps to remedy their mistakes, the court declined to refer the attorneys to the disciplinary board.
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Source: Fed. Judge Sanctions Two Attorneys Over AI Hallucinations, Declines Disciplinary Referral By Riley Brennan of The Legal Intelligencer (Jan. 26, 2026).
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