Caught, not sanctioned
Harvey
Judge Arun Subramanian declined to sanction Foundation Media's counsel after unchecked AI-generated citations were submitted in a copyright case filing.
Hill v. Foundation Media LLC · Cynthia Arato · U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York · NY
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- Cynthia Arato of Shapiro Arato Bach represented Foundation Media LLC in Hill v. Foundation Media LLC.
- Unchecked quotes and citations generated by an AI tool were included in a court filing against firm policy.
- U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian examined the issue but declined to impose sanctions after counsel apologized.
- The matter took place in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
- The firm used AI tools from Harvey and subsequently implemented new safeguards to prevent future errors.