| Court - Judge Name |
Effective Date |
Applicable To | Categories |
Summary |
| D. Wyo. - Judge Rankin | 2/5/2025 | Generative AI | Generative AI Usage | Judge Rankin recently issued a decision in Wadsworth v. Walmart Inc., 2025 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 30809 (Feb. 24, 2025), finding that the plaintiffs’ attorneys violated their obligations under Fed. R. Civ. P. 11(b) for citing eight cases that were hallucinated by an in-house AI tool created by their law firm. The Court found that the attorneys did not adequately review their motions prior to signing them and thus did not comply with their obligations under Rule 11(b). For the attorney who actually drafted the filings, the Court revoked his pro hac vice admission and fined him $3,000. The other attorneys were fined $1,000. The Court declined to sanction the attorneys’ law firm because of additional AI training requirements the firm had voluntarily instituted on for its attorneys. |
| Suggests Cautious Use of AI | ||||
| Applies to AI Used for Filings/Drafting | ||||
| Court-Imposed Consequences – Attorneys/Law Firms |
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