briefs

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Last week, federal judge Sharion Aycock sanctioned lawyers on both sides of a civil case in Mississippi after they submitted AI-assisted legal briefs that cited non-existent cases.

From Barron's • Jun. 15, 2026

That’s why legal briefs in the case are riddled with citations to an obscure 1915 book by a Boston lawyer named Josiah Henry Benton, who argued that historians had overlooked the practice.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

A pair of Orange County immigration attorneys received temporary suspensions after the court discovered they used generative AI to write briefs that included “multiple nonexistent cases, misattributed quotations, and gross misrepresentations.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

The parties were due to file briefs on the subject when the government suddenly announced a settlement had been reached.

From Salon • May 25, 2026

“I’m just wearing my usual. Starting from the bottom, I have B.V.D. briefs, size ten, one tee shirt...”

From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg