5th Circuit Throws Down on Use of AI

The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals (whose rulings apply to all Texas employers) brought the hammer down on February 18 in an opinion written by Chief Judge Elrod. Glad I was not the nail.

Show-cause order issued

What is a show-cause order? It’s an order issued by a court to a lawyer essentially saying, “We are about to sanction you, so please tell us why we should not.” The offense at issue: use of AI in a legal brief that created 16 fabricated quotations and five additional serious misrepresentations of law or fact.