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Florida 4th DCA orders lawyer to show cause over filings it called AI slop

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Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeal on September 16, 2026 ordered family-law attorney Jaclyn Soroka to explain within 10 days why she should not be sanctioned after filings it called “AI slop.” The panel cited gibberish and missing professional judgment, not fake citations, and said it may refer her to the Florida Bar.

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Key points

  • Florida’s Fourth DCA ordered Jaclyn Soroka to show cause within 10 days on possible sanctions over AI-slop filings.Reuters
  • Judge Robert Gross, joined by Judges Spencer Levine and Caroline Shepherd, wrote that counsel’s arguments must be comprehensible to human readers.Reuters
  • The panel did not allege hallucination-style fake citations; it focused on lengthy, unfocused filings containing gibberish.Reuters
  • The court said it may refer Soroka to the Florida Bar for disciplinary proceedings.Reuters
  • The order arose in a dissolution-of-marriage appeal in which Soroka represents the wife.Reuters
  • The judges said it ultimately does not matter whether filings were AI-generated or AI-assisted because attorneys must stand behind every submission.Reuters

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