Lawyer ordered to pay costs for non-disclosure of gen AI use and citing fake precedents in court

By Cristin Schmitz ( October 7, 2025, 11:41 AM EDT) -- In a cautionary case for litigation lawyers who use generative artificial intelligence (AI) for court submissions, a Federal Court associate judge recently hit an immigration lawyer with personal costs for submitting two defective AI-generated precedents and for breaching the Federal Court’s requirement to disclose any generative AI use in court filings....