Sanctions watch

““demonstrates the inherent dangers associated with practitioners solely relying on the use of artificial intelligence in the preparation of court documents and the way in which that interacts with a practitioner’s duty to the court”.”

“Applying the framework discussed above, the Court finds that the first factor—verification and inquiry—weighs in favor of sanctions because Attorney Miller failed to conduct a reasonable human verification of the authorities cited in the challenged filings before submitting them.”

“Ignorance of the risks of AI usage is no longer an excuse,”

““While I reviewed the cited cases generally to confirm their applicability, as well as many other cases that I reviewed, I did not double check the quotations and obviously did not read the cited cases carefully,” Greaves wrote.”

“any first-year law student knows you have to verify the authority cited, and warned that a third strike would mean referral to Pennsylvania's disciplinary board.”

“Legal principles are not simply slogans which can be affixed to submissions without context or analysis.”

“undermines the overall credibility”