California attorneys charged with submitting false court filings using AI
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The State Bar of California is charging two attorneys with submitting false court filings produced using generative artificial intelligence. The attorneys, Omid Emile Khalifeh and Steven Thomas Romeyn, allegedly used AI to generate pleadings and citations without proper review, leading to inaccurate and nonexistent information being submitted to the court.
The State Bar of California is taking action against two attorneys for misusing artificial intelligence in court filings. Omid Emile Khalifeh and Steven Thomas Romeyn are facing disciplinary charges for submitting false and inaccurate information generated by AI. Khalifeh allegedly used AI to generate a pleading in a federal court trademark case, resulting in nonexistent and irrelevant citations. Romeyn used AI to generate a pleading in a personal injury case, which contained internal citations and quotations that were nonexistent or did not support the propositions for which they were cited. Both attorneys are accused of violating court orders requiring disclosure of AI use. A third attorney, Sepideh Ardestani, has also been disciplined for submitting nonexistent and erroneous citations in a wage-and-hour class action complaint.
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