false case

June 2, 2011 - A Utah attorney has been sanctioned by an appeals court for citing false cases generated by ChatGPT in court documents, the Guardian reported on June 31st. This week, the Utah Court of Appeals announced that it was sanctioning Richard Bednar for citing untrue legal cases in the briefs he filed. Court documents show that Bednar, along with Utah attorney Douglas Durbano, filed the petition for interlocutory appeal on behalf of his client. In reviewing the brief, which was drafted by a legal assistant, defense attorneys found multiple citations to non-existent case law. "Portions of this brief...