This week in legal AI

11 updates on the record, 2026-09-30 to 2026-10-07.

• Incident · United States (state) · 2026-10-07
  Kid International, LLC v. City National Bank of Florida, No. 4D2025-2599 (Fla. 4th DCA 2026)
  In Florida's Fourth District Court of Appeal, counsel for Kid International filed an AI-assisted brief citing a hallucinated case seven times and fabricated quotations from real authorities. The court affirmed on the merits, granted the opposing party's sanctions motion, and ordered the appellants and their counsel jointly and severally liable for the appellees' reasonable appellate attorney's fees.
  Primary source: Kid International, LLC v. City National Bank of Florida, No. 4D2025-2599 (Fla. 4th DCA), opinion of 7 Oct 2026 — court PDF via CourtListener storage
• Incident · United States (state) · 2026-10-07
  Tapscott v. Fariss, No. 25-1666 (Iowa Ct. App. 2026)
  In the Court of Appeals of Iowa, a self-represented appellant's final brief in a protective-order appeal contained multiple hallucinated case citations. After two earlier briefs were struck and the appellant failed to answer the court's order to produce or explain the suspect citations, the court dismissed the appeal.
  Primary source: Tapscott v. Fariss, No. 25-1666 (Iowa Ct. App.), opinion of 7 Oct 2026 — court PDF via CourtListener storage
• Incident · United States (state) · 2026-10-07
  Washington v. Justice, No. 2D2025-2678 (Fla. 2d DCA 2026)
  In Florida's Second District Court of Appeal, self-represented appellants filed a brief citing eleven cases the court could not find and likely generated by AI. After an unavailing show-cause response and a pattern of frivolous filings, the court dismissed the appeal and barred further pro se filings tied to the underlying case.
  Primary source: Washington v. Justice, No. 2D2025-2678 (Fla. 2d DCA), opinion of 7 Oct 2026 — court PDF via CourtListener storage
• News · 2026-10-07
  Florida appeal court makes a party's fee motion a route to sanction AI-faked citations
  Florida's Fourth DCA sanctioned counsel in Kid International over an AI-assisted brief with a hallucinated case, extending fee sanctions to Rule 9.410(b).
• Analysis · 2026-10-05
  Is AI training mandatory for lawyers? What the EU literacy duty and bar rules require
  No reviewed country sets AI training hours for lawyers. The EU AI Act's Article 4 literacy duty binds firms and was rewritten on 27 July 2026.
• Research · 2026-10-05
  Legal-services sandboxes have admitted few AI providers: Utah, Ontario, BC and SRA records to October 2026
  Utah, Ontario, BC, Arizona and SRA registers read 5 Oct 2026: 4 of 89 current sandbox listings describe AI or a chatbot; Utah exited 61 of 69 names.
• Analysis · 2026-10-05
  Must lawyers tell clients, or ask their consent, before using AI?
  Italy legislates a duty to inform, the Netherlands asks for consent, Belgium and Germany say there is no duty: 76 reviewed country answers on telling clients.
• Weekly briefing · 2026-10-05
  This week in legal AI safety: California's top court refers AI misquotes; SB 574 signed
  22 September to 5 October: a California Supreme Court referral, SB 574 enacted, two English court guides on AI, and Harvey named in a New York filing.
• News · 2026-10-05
  California governor signs SB 574, putting lawyer and arbitrator AI duties into statute
  Signed 30 Sep 2026 as Chapter 858, California's SB 574 writes generative-AI duties for attorneys and arbitrators into statute from 1 Jan 2027.
• Incident · United States (state) · 2026-10-02
  Shannon v. Shannon, 322 Neb. 451 (2026), No. S-25-546
  In Nebraska, the state Supreme Court struck a self-represented divorce litigant's appellate brief for fictitious citations produced by his admitted AI use. Extending Prososki v. Regan to unrepresented parties, it held such briefs sanctionable, reviewed only for plain error, affirmed, and warned that future appeals may be dismissed outright.
  Primary source: Shannon v. Shannon, 322 Neb. 451, Nebraska Supreme Court opinion filed 2 Oct 2026 (advance sheet) — CourtListener copy
• Incident · Other · 2026-10-01
  P. M. M. c/ G. A., F. M. D. S.H. s/ cobro ordinario de sumas de dinero, Causa MO-14691-2021 (RS-722-2026)
  In Argentina, a Buenos Aires provincial appeals chamber in Morón declared a fee appeal deserted, with costs, because it rested on a Supreme Court precedent that could not be found. The court said likely AI hallucination was the probable cause, warned counsel and asked the local bar association to remind members to verify AI-generated citations.
  Primary source: P. M. M. c/ G. A., F. M. D. S.H., Causa MO-14691-2021, Cámara de Apelación Civil y Comercial Sala II Morón, sentencia interlocutoria RS-722-2026, 1 Oct 2026 — public copy (Charlotin document mirror)

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