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Court Sanctions Lawyer For AI-Generated Filings
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In November, Magistrate Judge S. Kate Vaughan (W.D. Wash.) found that counsel's filings in Parker v. Costco contained hallucinated citations, misquotations, and other errors consistent with unreviewed generative AI use, and ordered counsel to show cause. The court publicly reprimanded the lawyer, imposed $3,000 in sanctions plus over $3,200 in defendant expenses, and referred the matter to the Washington State Bar.
