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Latest News in Legal Ethics

  • July 24, 2026

    AI-Hallucinated Citations Result In $3K Sanction For Lawyer

    A Washington federal judge on Friday sanctioned a plaintiff's attorney $3,000 after finding that she submitted multiple court filings containing dozens of fake citations and quotations generated by artificial intelligence platforms  and didn't fix the mistakes, calling the conduct "tantamount to bad faith."

  • July 24, 2026

    Viamedia Says Comcast Already Has Info It Wants

    Viamedia wants an Illinois federal court to declare moot Comcast's motion to compel information about one of its board members, saying it has already disclosed how much the key witness in question stands to be paid if Viamedia comes out on top in the antitrust battle.

  • July 24, 2026

    Yale Age Test, Allergy Death, Wine Royalties: A Midyear Report

    In the second half of 2026, Connecticut courts are being called upon to decide closely watched issues such as whether the state's largest hospital group violated federal disability and age discrimination laws when requiring providers over age 70 to undergo mandatory cognitive tests.

  • July 24, 2026

    Ex-Fla. State Atty Candidate Seeks Anti-SLAPP Fees From Bar

    A former candidate for Florida's Twentieth Judicial Circuit state attorney is seeking attorney fees, damages and costs from the Florida Bar under the state's anti-SLAPP statute after the state Supreme Court cleared him of wrongdoing in a bar complaint.

  • July 24, 2026

    Amundsen Davis Sued For Malpractice Over Nobu Hotel Case

    Amundsen Davis is facing a lawsuit in Illinois federal court from the romantic partner of a construction executive convicted of misusing millions intended for Chicago's Nobu Hotel, alleging the firm failed to notify her of a roughly $750,000 turnover judgment entered against her personally before the window to appeal expired.

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