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AI Incident Database · WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 2026

Fifth Circuit Issues Sanctions Opinion Containing Guidance on AI Use in Legal Filings

The court sanctioned an attorney and then paused to explain, in a sanctions opinion, how attorneys might avoid being sanctioned. The guidance exists because attorneys submitted AI-generated citations to courts. The citations were not real. The sanctions are real. The situation has been assessed.
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