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    Civil Procedure

    CIVIL PROCEDURE:   Sanctions for Attorney who Repeatedly Submitted Error-Riddled AI-Generated Briefs

    Posted by Lee P. Dunham on March 3, 2026 at 10:35 AM

    Lee Dunham—Senior Attorney

         On February 5, 2026, Judge Failla of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York issued an Opinion and Order in Flycatcher Corp. Ltd. v. Affable Avenue LLC, 24 Civ. 9429 (KPF), 2026 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 23980 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 5, 2026), imposing severe Rule 11 sanctions on attorney Steven A. Feldman for repeatedly filing apparently AI-generated submissions with false citations, including an initial motion to dismiss and several more briefs in response to the court’s Order to Show Cause why the initial motion should not be dismissed.

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    Topics: civil procedure, artificial intelligence

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