Technology
Apr. 29, 2026
Everything, everywhere, all of it wrong
A six-figure sanction against an attorney for submitting a brief containing AI hallucinations sends a warning that technological illiteracy is no excuse.
Anita Taff-Rice
Founder
iCommLaw
Technology and telecommunications
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iCommLaw(r) is a Bay Area firm specializing in technology, telecommunications and cybersecurity matters.
Imagine your son's girlfriend asks you to represent her mother in an Oregon lawsuit, even though you are not admitted to practice law there. You agree--not only to take the case, but handle it pro bono. Add to the facts that the non-attorney mother, who is described by the Oregon court as a "serial litigator" apparently writes her own brief using Generative AI and neither the inattentive local counsel nor the out-of-state attorney reviews the brief.
Wha...
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