A lawyer just got suspended because his AI fabricated 57 citations. Here is how to not get fired using AI.

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In February 2026, a Nebraska attorney submitted a Supreme Court brief drafted by an AI. He didn't double-check it. The judges stopped him 37 seconds into oral arguments. Why? Because 57 out of 63 citations were completely made up. The AI invented case names, court dates, and quotes from judges who never said those words. He was indefinitely suspended, and his client now owes $52,000 in opposing fees. The Problem: LLMs are pattern-completion machines, not databases. They don't just "guess wrong."