Nebraska Supreme Court suspends lawyer after 57 of 63 citations in a brief prove defective
The Nebraska Supreme Court temporarily suspended an Omaha attorney pending a full disciplinary hearing, after a divorce-appeal brief was found to contain 57 defective citations out of 63, including fabricated cases.
According to reports, when opposing counsel flagged the citations, the attorney first told the court the brief was the product of traditional research, and acknowledged AI use only after the court ordered him to produce his research notes. The court imposed a temporary suspension; a referee will recommend the final sanction after a disciplinary hearing.
Lesson: the penalty curve for unverified AI citations has moved from fines to licences. If you discover an error, correct it quickly and candidly. Our hallucination sanctions tracker collects the leading decisions.
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