The airline company Avianca has won a case against a lawyer who used fake legal cases in a federal lawsuit. The lawyer, Michael LoDuca, submitted several cases in support of a motion that proved to be fake. When the airline company doubted the authenticity of these fake cases, LoDuca was called before a judge who was not impressed. Judge P. Kevin Castel was not able to find any evidence of the cases’ existence. When LoDuca was investigated and questioned, he said that his colleague, Stephen Schwartz, had experimented with ChatGPT, a popular AI program, to supplement his legal research. The program assured him that the cases were real, but this has been proven to be false. As a result, the judge ordered LoDuca to appear at a hearing in June to defend himself against sanctions for what Castel described as an unprecedented circumstance in his court.
Avianca is an airline company based in Bogota, Colombia. It is one of the largest airlines in Latin America, carrying over 30 million people each year to over 80 destinations in the Americas and Europe.
Michael LoDuca is a lawyer who submitted fake cases in support of a motion during a federal lawsuit. LoDuca was investigated and questioned, and he said that his colleague, Stephen Schwartz, had experimented with ChatGPT, a popular AI program, to supplement his legal research. The program assured him that the cases were real, but this has been proven to be false. This has led to potential sanctions against LoDuca from the judge presiding over the case.
