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Just on One Day—Last Friday—Six Courts Issued Opinions Noting Fake Cites or Quotes in Briefing

Four were state appellate courts and two were district courts. Four involved filings by lawyers, and two by self-represented litigants.… The post Just on One Day—Last Friday—Six Courts Issued Opinions Noting Fake Cites or Quotes in Briefing appeared first on Reason.com.

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$10K Fine for Lawyer Who Filed Brief Apparently Containing Many Hallucinations

From Doiban v. Oregon Liquor & Cannabis Comm'n, decided by Oregon Court of Appeals Judge Scott Shorr, joined by Judges… The post $10K Fine for Lawyer Who Filed Brief Apparently Containing Many Hallucinations appeared first on Reason.com.

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Fourth Circuit Publicly Admonishes Lawyer for "Citations to Nonexistent Judicial Opinions"

From yesterday's decision in In re Nwaubani, from the Fourth Circuit (Judges Marvin Quattlebaum, Allison Rushing, and DeAndrea Gist Benjamin):… The post Fourth Circuit Publicly Admonishes Lawyer for "Citations to Nonexistent Judicial Opinions" appeared first on Reason.com.

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Plaintiff Who Voluntarily Dismissed Sexual Assault Lawsuit Against Ex-Boyfriend Must Pay Defendant's Costs, but not Attorney's Fees

In Doe v. Zeinalpoor-Movahed, decided May 7, 2024 by Judge John Tharp (N.D. Ill.) but just posted on Westlaw, plaintiff… The post Plaintiff Who Voluntarily Dismissed Sexual Assault Lawsuit Against Ex-Boyfriend Must Pay Defendant's Costs, but not Attorney's Fees appeared first on Reason.com.

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Kentucky Law Lets Citizens Live-Stream Public Agency Meetings Using Cell Phones

From Kentucky A.G. opinion 26-01, released Jan. 5 but just posted on Westlaw: The "basic policy" of the Open Meetings… The post Kentucky Law Lets Citizens Live-Stream Public Agency Meetings Using Cell Phones appeared first on Reason.com.

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$135K Defamation Verdict for Facebook Post Saying Condo Association President Was Mayor's "Felching Cronie"

Feinstein v. Currie, decided by Palm Beach (Fla.) County Circuit Judge Maxine Cheesman on Nov. 11, 2024 but just recently… The post $135K Defamation Verdict for Facebook Post Saying Condo Association President Was Mayor's "Felching Cronie" appeared first on Reason.com.

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"As Colossal a Collection of Excuses and Projection as the Court Has Seen in 25 Years on the Bench," Says Court About Lawyer's Response in Fabricated Citation Dispute

From The Doc App, Inc. v. Leafwell, Inc., decided Nov. 26 by Judge Sheri Polster Chappell (M.D. Fla.): The Court… The post "As Colossal a Collection of Excuses and Projection as the Court Has Seen in 25 Years on the Bench," Says Court About Lawyer's Response in Fabricated Citation Dispute…

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"Arizona Man Sentenced to Six Years in Prison for Plot Targeting Christian Churches"

From a Justice Department statement issued Nov. 7, but just posted on Westlaw: Zimnako Salah, 46, of Phoenix, Arizona, was… The post "Arizona Man Sentenced to Six Years in Prison for Plot Targeting Christian Churches" appeared first on Reason.com.

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Hallucinated Citations Created When Using Generative AI "to Improve the Writing in [a] Brief"

From a declaration in Green Building Initiative, Inc. v. Green Globe Int'l, Inc., a case I wrote about last month (Apparent… The post Hallucinated Citations Created When Using Generative AI "to Improve the Writing in [a] Brief" appeared first on Reason.com.

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Seemingly Unknown Antebellum Pennsylvania Case Briefly Mentioning the Right to Keep and Bear Arms

I haven't seen it cited anywhere (presumably because it's not on Westlaw or Lexis), and I don't believe I've seen… The post Seemingly Unknown Antebellum Pennsylvania Case Briefly Mentioning the Right to Keep and Bear Arms appeared first on Reason.com.

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Sanctions for Another Lawyer Filing AI-Hallucinated Material …

for "citing to fabricated, AI-generated cases without verifying the accuracy, or even the existence, of the cases" and "misrepresenting to the Court the origin of the AI-generated cases."

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Judicial and Quasi-Judicial Officials, Protest Rallies, and Pride Parades

From a N.Y. Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics decision released Mar. 27, 2025 but just posted on Westlaw: The inquiring… The post Judicial and Quasi-Judicial Officials, Protest Rallies, and Pride Parades appeared first on Reason.com.

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Setting the Wayback Machine to 1995: "Cheap Speech and What It Will Do": Books, Magazines, and Newspapers: How the New Media Will Change What Is Available

[This is an excerpt from my 1995 Yale Law Journal article "Cheap Speech and What It Will Do," written for a… The post Setting the Wayback Machine to 1995: "Cheap Speech and What It Will Do": Books, Magazines, and Newspapers: How the New Media Will Change What Is Available appeared…

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11 Court Opinions in the Last 30 Days Mention AI-Hallucinated Material, and …

that's likely just the tip of the iceberg.

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Crazy Love Doesn't Toll the Statute of Limitations

From the Feb. 19 Nevada Court of Appeals decision in Breslaw v. Bd. of Regents, just recently posted on Westlaw:… The post Crazy Love Doesn't Toll the Statute of Limitations appeared first on Reason.com.

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Using copyrighted material to train AI isn’t always fair use, judge rules. But what are the implications for photographers?

In a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by Thomson Reuters, a federal judge has ruled that AI competed with the original material

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"Florida Woman Convicted of Civil Rights Conspiracy Targeting Pregnancy Resource Centers"

From a Justice Department statement, released Dec. 10 but just posted on Westlaw: Gabriella Oropesa, of Cooper City, Florida, was… The post "Florida Woman Convicted of Civil Rights Conspiracy Targeting Pregnancy Resource Centers" appeared first on Reason.com.

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Guilty Plea for Death Threats to Synagogue Related to Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

From a press release by the federal prosecutor's office in Massachusetts, released Nov. 25 but just posted on Westlaw: A… The post Guilty Plea for Death Threats to Synagogue Related to Israeli-Palestinian Conflict appeared first on Reason.com.

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Woman Pleads Guilty for Threat Left on Voice-Mail of Judge Tanya Chutkan, Who Was Presiding Over Trump's Election Interference Trial

[UPDATE 12/26/2024, 7:36 pm: I erroneously titled this post "woman sentenced for …" (likely because I had been reviewing some… The post Woman Pleads Guilty for Threat Left on Voice-Mail of Judge Tanya Chutkan, Who Was Presiding Over Trump's Election Interference Trial appeared first on Reason.com.

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Calling Girlfriend "Whore," "Slut," and "Bitch" Doesn't Fit Within "Fighting Words" Exception to First Amendment

From Judge Neeti Pawar's opinion in People v. Hughes (Colo. Ct. App.), joined by Judges Anthony Navarro and Sueanna Johnson (decided last month, but just posted to Westlaw recently): When Hughes returned from an overseas military deployment, his girlfriend, who lived in Virginia, A.B., met him in Colorado Springs. One…

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Protesting Outside School, Calling Principal a Racist, Is Protected by the First Amendment

From Johnson v. Knox County Bd. of Ed., decided Mar. 31 by Judge J. Ronnier Greer (E.D. Tenn.), but just recently posted on Westlaw; seems correct to me: Plaintiffs allege the following facts: On the afternoon of March 31, 2022, Rebekiah Johnson, and her young adult son Shaque Johnson went…

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Empty Threats to Sue Donors of Entity That Allegedly Defamed You Could Be Tortious

American Muckrakers PAC, Inc. v. Boebert (D. Colo. June 9, 2024) (just recently posted on Westlaw) stemmed from the PAC and journalist David Wheeler making various allegations about Rep. Lauren Boebert. Rep. Boebert said they were all lies, threatened to sue Wheeler (which she did), and also "threatened donors to…

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Banana Splits

I appreciate the replies from Orin, Will, and Sam. We have very different conceptions on what role a scholar should play and what role a judge should play. My writings in this area are both retrospective and prospective. I look backwards to see what qualifications a judge had at the…

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District Court Rejects Magistrate Judges' Gag Order on Publishing Name of Retroactively Pseudonymized Litigant

"Professor Volokh may not ... publicly disclose Plaintiff's name or personal identifying information in any future writings, speeches, or other public discourse."

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Why I Post About Pretrial Decisions (on Motions to Dismiss and Such)

A commenter on the Claim That Public School Employee Was Unconstitutionally Fired for Sharp Pro-COVID-Vaccine Post Can Go Forward thread wrote: Eugene Volokh likes to post about cases that can go forward because they survive some kind of summary judgement. Mostly it just seems to rile up the usual commenters…

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