{"slug": "worst-example-of-misconduct-court-affirms-sanctions-for-erroneous-ai-cites", "title": "'Worst Example of Misconduct': Court Affirms Sanctions for Erroneous AI Cites", "summary": "A California appellate panel upheld $6,000 in sanctions against a law firm for submitting a brief containing fictitious case citations generated by AI, which a trial judge described as the worst misconduct he had ever seen on the bench.", "body_md": "A state appellate panel has upheld $6,000 in sanctions against a Southern California law firm’s attorneys for submitting a brief marred by generative artificial intelligence mistakes in what a trial judge called “the worst example of misconduct by a lawyer that I think I’ve ever seen since I’ve been on the bench.”\n\nKEY CONTENT\n\nLegaltech News\n\nReporting, and expert analysis of legal technology with a focus onwhat legal departments, law firms, and tech companies need to know", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/worst-example-of-misconduct-court-affirms-sanctions-for-erroneous-ai-cites", "canonical_source": "https://www.law.com/therecorder/2026/06/12/worst-example-of-misconduct-appellate-court-affirms-sanctions-against-law-firm-for-erroneous-ai-cites/", "published_at": "2026-06-15 04:39:23+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-15 05:12:37.436006+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-ethics", "ai-safety", "large-language-models", "ai-policy"], "entities": ["Southern California law firm", "appellate panel", "trial judge"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/worst-example-of-misconduct-court-affirms-sanctions-for-erroneous-ai-cites", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/worst-example-of-misconduct-court-affirms-sanctions-for-erroneous-ai-cites.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/worst-example-of-misconduct-court-affirms-sanctions-for-erroneous-ai-cites.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/worst-example-of-misconduct-court-affirms-sanctions-for-erroneous-ai-cites.jsonld"}}