D.C.Court order
D.C. Court of Appeals strikes Deutsche Bank brief over AI-hallucinated citations
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals struck Deutsche Bank National Trust Company's appellate brief in Douglas v. Deutsche Bank after counsel admitted four nonexistent citations came from Google's generative AI search tool. The per curiam panel held every firm attorney who signed the brief bears some responsibility and referred the matter to the D.C. Bar's Office of Disciplinary Counsel. The panel referred the scope of its sanctions authority to the court's Rules Committee; Senior Judge Glickman concurred separately.
Order (District of Columbia Court of Appeals) → · ABA Journal, Law360, Reason (Volokh Conspiracy)
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Key points
- Hall confirmed four authorities did not exist and blamed Google's generative AI search tool.District of Columbia Court of AppealsABA Journal
- Fake case names included Abadie, Cason, Osborne, and Woods; full false citations omitted.District of Columbia Court of Appeals
- Panel held every firm attorney who signed the brief bears some responsibility.District of Columbia Court of AppealsABA Journal
- Brief stricken; matter referred to D.C. Bar Office of Disciplinary Counsel.District of Columbia Court of AppealsABA Journal
- Glickman concurrence says D.C. appellate sanction tools are narrower than federal practice.District of Columbia Court of AppealsLaw360
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