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The Florida Bar is weighing new AI ethics guidance: agentic AI, AI notetakers that record client calls, and how lawyers advise clients on their own AI use. No draft yet. Committee meets Dec 10.

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The 10th Circuit proposed a rule requiring attorneys to certify a human checked any AI-assisted filing: citations exist, quotes are accurate. No AI disclosure needed. If adopted, it starts Jan 1, 2027, and signers could be sanctioned.

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The 10th Circuit upheld a roughly $115,000 fee award after the losing side argued the winning firm's AI use should have cut it. The court said AI use alone doesn't show the charges were unreasonable. Specific entries have to be challenged.

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A Texas federal judge called three defense lawyers' AI-assisted motions "blatant AI slop." The motion had disclosed AI use, and the lawyers say they followed the court's AI rule. He says he intends to sanction them. None imposed yet.

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Pennsylvania may require every court filer, lawyers and self-represented people, to certify they reviewed AI-generated content, including citations and quotes. Sanctions could range from a reprimand to dismissal. Comments open until Nov 24.

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A Paris-bar attorney warns AI-drafted filings tempt people to skip a lawyer. French courts fined filers €200 to €1,000 over AI-style briefs, one citing nonexistent decisions. In the US, 18% of sampled federal complaints showed AI text.

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A federal judge in Florida ordered a plaintiff to handwrite his response after filings that seemed AI-written. He had certified every citation was checked, but a cited Supreme Court case does not exist. The judge found a Rule 11 violation.

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DHS has proposed a $70,000 fee for each F-1 student starting OPT, plus $30,000 for each STEM extension. Schools would pay it and may pass it on to students or employers. It is only a proposal; comments are due Nov 9.

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No court has ruled whether ChatGPT is a "product" or a "service." OpenAI says information isn't a product; plaintiffs call it a defectively designed tool. The label decides which legal claims can proceed.

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South Korea's Supreme Court surveyed 360 judges: 80.7% (196) had seen nonexistent precedents cited in cases, and 41 had seen fake laws. Nearly 92% want new measures such as fines and verification rules.

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Federal courts still have no rule for AI-generated evidence. A proposed one, Rule 707, was paused in May after critics called it too broad. Per Redgrave LLP, a revised draft can't reach public comment before Aug 2027.

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A Connecticut litigant hid white-on-white text in court filings telling any AI reviewer to side with him. The judge saw odd white space, read a paper copy, denied the motion and revoked his e-filing rights.

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Two US courts disagree on whether your AI chats are private.

New York (Heppner): a defendant's Claude chats got no protection. Florida (Oct 21): AI chats can be work product, case by case.

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A sanctions-software company asked one AI search tool if 96 companies were on the US sanctions list.
It got 17 wrong:
•14 times: said a removed company was still listed
•3 times: said a listed company was not listed
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Most lawyers aren’t ready for what’s coming.

In 3–5 years:
Clients won’t ask you to draft docs.
They’ll show up with AI-generated contracts already done.

Your job?
Fix the mistakes.

Everyone will have a “pocket lawyer” powered by AI.

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A UK tribunal struck off a lawyer after AI-made fake citations showed up in his own defence. Asked to explain, he used AI again, and that email had errors too.

First AI case at the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal.

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California’s new law (SB 574) says lawyers must tell the court when generative AI was used on a filing.

Signed Sept 30, it starts Jan 1, 2027.

Unclear: does AI built into research and drafting tools count? Courts haven’t said.

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California just made it law: lawyers must personally check every citation they file, AI or not.

SB 574 is the first state law on lawyers' use of generative AI. It starts Jan 1, 2027.

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FIFA is using a rival league’s lawyers’ citations against it in an antitrust fight.

A court fined them $24,492 over dozens of faulty cites that looked AI-generated.

They deny using AI.

AI drafts. Certified attorneys verify.

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A federal judge tossed a 67-page complaint that showed signs of AI use and barred AI from the refiled version.

The filer had no lawyer.

AI can help you draft. It shouldn’t be the only thing you trust.

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