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Landberg v City of New York

Supreme Court of New York, Appellate Division, Second Department · State appellate courts · NY · 2026-05-20 · No. 2025-02380 · order

Fabricated or misquoted citationscourt does not name AI

On 2026-05-20, in Landberg v City of New York, New York's Second Department ordered the filer to show cause why sanctions should not issue for the defective authorities. Counsel filed a brief using unsupported or inaccurate legal authorities. The sanction issue remained pending after the order.

Disposition: The court issued an order to show cause concerning inaccurate or fabricated authorities in counsel’s appellate submission.
Recorded conduct: Counsel’s submission contained fabricated, erroneous, or unsupported citations identified by the court. The court issued an order to show cause and had not yet resolved sanctions in this document. — outcome: pending; actor: lawyer
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Lamonsoff, PLLC, and Michael Sanders, Esq., pursuant to 22 NYCRR 130-1.1, for filing briefs containing fabricated and/or erroneous legal authority and/or citations, by serving and filing an affirmation or affidavit on that issue, via NYSCEF, on or before June 3, 2026; and it is further, ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court, or his designee, shall serve a copy of this ordertoshowcauseuponthepartiesbyuploadingacopyofthisordertoshowcausetotheNYSCEF system. LASALLE, P.J., BRATHWAITE NELSON, WARHIT and GOLDBERG VELAZQUEZ, JJ., concur. ENTER: Darrell M.

Authorities cited in the passage: 22 NYCRR 130-1.1

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