Jan. 12, 2026
California bill would bar lawyers from filing AI-generated hallucinations
Proposal by Sen. Tom Umberg seeks to codify ethical rules for attorneys' use of generative artificial intelligence
This time next year, filing a legal brief filled with artificial intelligence hallucinations may be more than a professional embarrassment; it could be illegal.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Tom Umberg, D-Santa Ana, has introduced a bill that would require attorneys who use AI to protect confidential and nonpublic information from being entered into public AI systems and to take reasonable steps to verify and correct any inaccurate or fabricated content used in their work.
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