Quandel Construction Group, Inc. v. Hunt Construction Group, Inc.

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_ F.4th __, 2026 WL 710568, at *3 (6th Cir. Mar. 13, 2026) (citation omitted). Hunt’s briefing provided this Court with nonexistent case citations and purported to quote nonexistent case language; Hunt’s representation that artificial intelligence was not the cause of these errors is not an explanation sufficient to address how these errors actually happened. Though the Court takes counsel for Hunt at their word if they say that artificial intelligence was not involved in their legal research, that does not end the inquiry. The topical worry that artificial intelligence will lure attorneys with the false siren song of easy shortcuts to legal authority is part of a much larger concern that attorneys will fail to cite their sources properly and—either intentionally or unintentionally—mislead the Court. Whether artificial intelligence was used, false citations damage judicial proceedings: “[t]he opposing party expends resources identifying and exposing the fabrications; the court spends time reviewing materials, holding hearings, deliberating about sanctions, and explaining its ruling; the substance of the case is delayed; and public confidence about the trustworthiness of legal proceedings may be diminished.” Johnson v. Dunn, 792 F. Supp. 3d 1241, 1257 (N.D.