MyPillow CEO's lawyers fined for submitting an AI-generated legal brief filled with errors in a defamation lawsuit against Dominion Voting Systems employee Eric Coomer.
Attorneys used AI tools like Microsoft’s Co-Pilot, Google's Gemini, and X's Grok to prepare the brief, leading to misquotes, misrepresentations, and citations of nonexistent cases.
The lawyers, Christopher Kachouroff and Jennifer DeMaster, were fined $3,000 each for violating federal civil procedure rules.
Despite claims of mistakenly submitting an uncorrected AI-drafted brief, the court found their defense insufficient, highlighting a trend of legal professionals misusing AI tools in the field.