“That the citations and opinions in question were provided by ChatGPT which also provided its legal source and assured the reliability of its content.”
Steven Schwartz cited six airline cases that do not exist, starting with Varghese v. China Southern Airlines. When opposing counsel couldn’t find them on Westlaw or PACER, he asked ChatGPT if they were real, and it said yes. His colleague Peter LoDuca signed the filing without reading the research. Two lawyers billed for diligence and outsourced it to a chatbot that grades its own homework.