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Judge Kicks Lawyers Off Case After Both Sides Used AI to Generate Hallucinated Legal Citations
Senior US District Judge Sharion Aycock sanctioned four lawyers after discovering they used AI to produce legal citations that did not exist. The judge disqualified all lawyers from the case, barred two from the district for two years, and imposed a total fine of $8,000, setting a precedent that ignorance of AI hallucinations is not a viable defense.
Jun 16, 2026 1 source