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Judge Learns Lawyers on Both Sides of Case Used AI, Cancels Trial, Kicks Everyone Off the Case (www.404media.co)
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[–] 218 points 5 months ago (13 children)

There were actually 4 lawyers, and all 4 were fined and 2 of them barred from presenting to the Court for several years.

Judge wasn't fucking around.

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  • [–] 20 points 5 months ago (8 children)

    The barring part makes me happy. The fining might make me happy....how much was the fine? Do you know?

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  • [–] 20 points 5 months ago (7 children)

    Between 1100 and 3500. It's in the artiblcle before the paywall kicks in.

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  • [–] 14 points 5 months ago (6 children)

    Ok. Given Lawyers general salaries, that's really not that much. That's like a slap on the wrist. I was hoping it was like $20,000.

    But the barring still makes me happy.

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  • [–] 31 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (5 children)

    It's more about the barring and the official censure. A couple grand doesn't mean much A judicial beatdown is professionally damaging.

    And since it's federal court, being barred from that courtroom is a real blow. It's not like they can just focus on the next city or county over.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    Couldn't they just go to other courtrooms in that courthouse? There's going to be a few to a few dozen

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    They're barred from presenting federal cases in the Northern District of Mississippi. That covers all federal cases for 36 counties - half the state.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago* (1 child)

    Oh. Then they're not barred from just "that courtroom"

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    They're barred from that court, which is the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi.

    They're not barred from State, County, or Municipal courts, or from other federal courts because the judge only has control over their District.

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  • [–] 11 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    I mean, he was sort of fucking around. A lawyer that is fine using AI for a case should never be allowed to work as a lawyer after that. That's a gigantic moral flaw.

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