| Court - Judge Name |
Effective Date |
Applicable To | Categories |
Summary |
| S.D. Ind. - Judge Dinsmore | 2/24/2025 | Generative AI | Generative AI Usage | Judge Dinsmore recently issued a decision in Mid Cent. Operating Eng'rs Health v. Hoosiervac LLC, 2025 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 31073 (Feb. 21, 2025), recommending that an attorney be “sanctioned the amount of $15,000 pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11 for submitting to the Court and opposing counsel, on three separate occasions, briefs that contained citations to non-existent cases.” The attorney admitted that “he had relied on programs utilizing generative artificial intelligence (‘AI’) to draft the briefs.” The Court found that this gen AI use specifically violated Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11 (b)(2) as well as the Indiana Rules of Professional Conduct 1.1, 3.1, and 3.3 (governing competence, meritorious claims and contentions, and candor toward the court). However, the court explicitly allowed for the use of AI for certain legal research, explaining that “[i]t is one thing to use AI to assist with initial research, and even non-legal AI programs may provide a helpful 30,000-foot view. It is an entirely different thing, however, to rely on the output of a generative AI program without verifying the current treatment or validity—or, indeed, the very existence—of the case presented.” |
| Suggests Cautious Use of AI | ||||
| Applies to AI Used for Filings/Drafting |
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