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Lawyer faces $15,000 fine for using fake AI-generated cases in court filing


When representing HooserVac LLC in a lawsuit over its retirement fund in October 2024, Indiana attorney Rafael Ramirez included case citations in three separate briefs. The court...

When representing HooserVac LLC in a lawsuit over its retirement fund in October 2024, Indiana attorney Rafael Ramirez included case citations in three separate briefs. Dinsmore added (via Bloomberg Law) that as Ramirez failed to provide competent representation and made several false statements to the court, he was being referred to the chief judge for any further disciplinary action. In January, lawyers in Wyoming submitted nine cases to support an argument in a lawsuit against Walmart and Jetson Electric Bikes over a fire allegedly caused by a hoverboard.

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