Technology,
Appellate Practice
May 18, 2026
Bad AI citations: Crimes and punishments
A California appellate court exposed lawyers and a judge for using AI fabricated cases, but the real scandal may be that the punishments still look too small to stop fake law from becoming normalized.
Myron Moskovitz
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UC Berkeley SOL Boalt Hal
My last column summarized the facts of a recent appellate opinion involving the misdeeds of three judicial players--two lawyers and a judge. Each of them used non-existent cases to support their arguments and rulings. All in the same case!
The published appellate opinion is
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