Recently, a lawyer in Texas was penalized for using AI-generated fake cases and citations in court documents. This incident has reignited concerns over the use of AI tools by lawyers in legal work. The case involved a wrongful termination lawsuit against Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company. Image source note: Image generated by AI, image licensed by service provider Midjourney.

Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen admitted to citing fake AI-generated cases in court documents. He used Google's Bard for legal research, mistakenly regarding it as a 'super search engine' rather than an AI chatbot. The three cases cited in the court documents do not actually exist. Cohen stated there was no intention to mislead the court and acknowledged his lack of understanding of AI legal technology. Previously, two lawyers in New York faced sanctions and fines for including fake cases generated by ChatGPT in legal documents.