Judge Sanctions Lawyer in Vuori Wage Case Over AI-Invented Citations
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CONFIRMED88% CONFIDENCEThe sanctions order is headed 'Case 5:23-cv-01121-NC Document 96 Filed 11/20/25'.[1]
A federal magistrate judge fined the plaintiff's lawyer in the Vuori overtime suit and struck his settlement motion after it cited a nonexistent case and eight made-up quotations, sinking a $1.1 million class deal.