MyPillow Defense Lawyers in Coomer v. Lindell Reportedly Sanctioned for Filing Court Document Allegedly Containing AI-Generated Legal Citations
In February 2025, lawyers Christopher I. Kachouroff and Jennifer T. DeMaster, representing Mike Lindell, reportedly used generative AI to draft a court brief that contained nearly 30 defective or fabricated citations. The error-filled filing violated federal court rules requiring factual and legal accuracy. The judge fined both lawyers $3,000 each, citing either the improper use of AI or gross carelessness as the cause of the misleading legal content.
- Date it happened
- 2025-02-25
- Organisation involved
- Jennifer T. DeMaster, Christopher I. Kachouroff, McSweeny Synkar and Kachouroff PLLC
- Product, system or model
- Large language models
- newsnationnow.com
- usaherald.com
- arstechnica.com
- futurism.com
- abajournal.com
- lawnext.com
- inkl.com
- lawandcrime.com
- news.bloomberglaw.com
- denver7.com
- mashable.com
- engadget.com
- aol.com
- 9news.com
- livemint.com
- fox2detroit.com
- denverpost.com
- timesofindia.indiatimes.com
- cbsaustin.com
- npr.org
- coloradosun.com
- kdvr.com
- thehill.com
- usatoday.com
- usatoday.com
- nytimes.com
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