Courts are fining attorneys thousands of dollars for submitting legal documents with fake case citations and errors generated by AI tools they failed to verify before filing.

The jury awarded $3 million to the plaintiff, a young woman identified as KGM, and her mother, according to NPR, which noted Facebook parent company Meta would be responsible for about 70% of that amount and that the companies could face future penalties as well. The family had accused the platforms of willfully making their products addictive and targeting teens, despite internal research showing it could damage their mental health.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday made it harder for music and movie makers to sue for online piracy, ruling that internet providers are usually not liable for copyright infringement even if they know their users are downloading copyrighted works.

The Court of Appeal for this district held yesterday that in determining whether someone, acting in pro per, has lost five “litigations” in the past seven years—qualifying that person for adjudication as a “vexatious litigant”—a denial of a petition for review in the California Supreme Court is to be counted.