An attorney from New York is facing possible penalties for citing non-existent legal cases in a lawsuit against airline Avianca. The lawyer, Steven A. Schwartz, had used the AI-powered legal research platform ChatGPT to find cases that could help his client. Schwartz stated that he had not used the service before and did not realise that its content could be false. The airline’s lawyers reviewed the cited cases and found that six of them did not exist, while the remaining citations were believed to be unrelated to the plaintiff’s stance in the lawsuit. Schwartz and his law firm must now appear before the court to face sanctions.
Levidow, Levidow & Oberman is a law firm based in New York, whose attorney Steven A. Schwartz used ChatGPT for legal research, leading to citing fake legal cases and possible sanctions in a lawsuit against airline Avianca.
Steven A. Schwartz is an attorney at the law firm Levidow, Levidow & Oberman, who is now facing possible punitive measures for citing non-existent legal cases in a lawsuit against airline Avianca. Schwartz had used the AI-powered legal research service ChatGPT to find relevant cases that could support his client’s claims.
The story highlights the potential limitations of AI in the legal field, and the importance of reviewing and verifying any information that a platform provides. While AI-powered research tools can provide a lot of convenience and efficiency in legal research, relying solely on AI could lead to serious errors and misrepresentations. Legal professionals are still vital for interpreting and applying the law to real-world cases.
