'Worst Example of Misconduct': Appellate Court Affirms Sanctions Against Law Firm for Erroneous AI Cites

(Subscription required) 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.”