Lawyers for a former Phoenix Suns employee suing the franchise for discrimination face financial penalties for using artificial intelligence to help write legal documents.
The suit accusing the Suns of retaliation, having a hostile work environment and more is moving forward.
But the judge has found that plaintiff documents contained AI generated citations of cases that don’t exist and fictitious quotes from ones that do.
As a consequence, Attorney Sheree Wright will have to pay some of the teams’ legal costs.
“As attorneys whose names appear on pleadings, we have a duty to take full and complete responsibility. And I do so here. Since this occurred, we have taken meaningful steps to ensure that this does not happen again,” Wright said.
Wright also said AI use is now barred at her firm and she self-reported to the state bar. Wright represents multiple clients with claims against the Suns.
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