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BY DEBRA CASSENS WEISS A federal judge in New York City has ordered two lawyers and their law firm to show cause why they shouldn’t be sanctioned for submitting a brief with citations to fake cases, thanks to research by ChatGPT. District Judge P. Senior U.S. Read more…
We may know more after June 8, the date on which the judge in the case, Mata v. Avianca , has scheduled a hearing to allow the lawyers to show cause for why they should not be sanctioned for what the judge called “an unprecedented circumstance” of a brief “replete with citations to non-existent cases.”
For those who don’t know, Schwartz says he used ChatGPt to prepare a Brief filed with a court. But a bigger problem than the blame being heaped on ChatGPT instead of the lazy lawyer is the knee-jerk reaction by some judges. For example, Texas Federal District Judge Brantley Starr has a new rule for lawyers in his courtroom.
Two interesting developments on attorney use of ChatGPT in court filings: A New York attorney is facing sanctions for using ChatGPT in an affidavit that he submitted without checking the accuracy of the information it provided.
For litigation lawyers, it can predict how a case might play out in court, which makes it easier to decide if its worth settling or going all the way. Its also super handy for spotting legal risks early, especially in compliance, so you can deal with issues before they get out of hand. Not really.
For those who don’t know, Schwartz says he used ChatGPt to prepare a Brief filed with a court. But a bigger problem than the blame being heaped on ChatGPT instead of the lazy lawyer is the knee-jerk reaction by some judges. For example, Texas Federal District Judge Brantley Starr has a new rule for lawyers in his courtroom.
We may know more after June 8, the date on which the judge in the case, Mata v. Avianca , has scheduled a hearing to allow the lawyers to show cause for why they should not be sanctioned for what the judge called “an unprecedented circumstance” of a brief “replete with citations to non-existent cases.” This was out of my bailiwick.”
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