( June 30, 2026, 10:17 AM EDT) -- BROOKLYN, N.Y. — A New York appellate court on June 23 imposed an $8,000 sanction on an attorney for submitting a brief with fake citations and quotes that he eventually admitted were likely the result of the use of artificial intelligence and added a $2,500 sanction for his law firm in an appeal of a ruling granting summary judgment in a trip-and-fall case....