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Sanctions, admissibility, and AI-as-evidence rulings.
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DOJ issues first binding guidance on AI-assisted brief drafting
A 32-page memo released Wednesday requires federal prosecutors to disclose any use of generative AI in filings, with mandatory citation verification.

A federal judge sanctioned a lawyer for hallucinated citations. Again.
In a ruling that quotes Mata v. Avianca at length, the Eastern District of Texas imposed $7,500 in sanctions and a mandatory CLE requirement.
Israel's courts launch AI pilot for traffic and small-claims cases
The Court Administration approved an 18-month pilot testing AI for case summarization and draft judgment generation, limited to lower-stakes matters.

A circuit split is forming on AI-generated work product. The Supreme Court will likely weigh in.
Five circuits, three doctrines, and a question that affects every legal AI deployment in America.