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Oregon Appellate Court Sanctions Lawyer with $10K Fine for AI-Hallucinated Brief Citations

The Oregon Court of Appeals has sanctioned Salem attorney William Ghiorso with a $10,000 fine for submitting an opening brief containing at least 15 fabricated case citations and 9 nonexistent quotations. The court attributed the errors to AI "hallucinations"—instances where generative AI generated convincing but false legal information. The penalty marks the first time an Oregon appellate court has considered attorney fees as a sanction alternative to fines, though it ultimately imposed the monetary penalty after Ghiorso implemented new safeguards.

April 24, 2026

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2 government attorneys resign over use of fake AI citations

Two attorneys in the New Orleans City Attorney's Office, Jalen Harris and James Roquemore, resigned after a federal judge sanctioned them for submitting a legal brief containing nine AI-generated fake case citations, known as "ghost citations."[2][5][7]

April 2, 2026

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Legal Tech Talks: Advocacy's Téo Doremus On AI Skepticism

Téo Doremus, CEO and co-founder of Advocacy AI Inc., appeared on the "Legal Tech Talks" podcast to discuss AI skepticism in legal work, strategies for selecting and deploying tech tools, and the absence of consistent frameworks for acceptable AI use in law. [5][6] The core event is this interview, published on April 2, 2026, addressing how legal professionals can navigate AI complexities amid widespread doubt about its efficacy for high-level tasks.[1][5]

April 2, 2026

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