Court Orders Continuing Ed, $2,500 Sanction For Texas Attorney’s Fake AI Cites

( June 17, 2025, 8:50 AM EDT) -- DALLAS — A Texas appeals court panel ordered an attorney to attend eight hours of continuing education and pay $2,500 for an opposition party’s attorney fees after she submitted a brief containing four fake citations, saying that no matter how advanced artificial intelligence or other legal technology becomes it does not permit lowering ethical and professional standards....