Michael Cohen's Lawyer Accused of Citing Non-Existent Cases in Legal Filing

Judge Jesse Furman has ordered David M. Schwartz to provide copies of the cited decisions by December 19, or face sanctions, raising concerns about the use of AI in legal research.

Michael Cohen's lawyer, David M. Schwartz, has been accused of citing non-existent court cases in a legal filing, raising suspicions of using AI program ChatGPT for research.
U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman said that none of the three cases cited by Schwartz in a bid to end Cohen's supervised release early appear to exist.
Furman has ordered Schwartz to provide copies of the cited decisions by December 19, or face sanctions.
This follows a similar incident earlier this year where a lawyer was found to have used ChatGPT for research and ended up citing three non-existent court decisions.
Cohen, a former lawyer for President Trump, was sentenced to three years in prison in 2018 for federal tax crimes, lying to Congress and campaign finance violations.