Two attorneys representing MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell were fined $3,000 each by a federal judge for filing a court brief containing nearly 30 defective citations, including nonexistent cases, after using AI to generate the document without proper verification.
In February 2025, attorneys Christopher Kachouroff and Jennifer DeMaster filed a court brief in a defamation case involving MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. The brief contained nearly 30 defective citations, including misquoted court cases, misrepresented legal principles, and citations to cases that do not exist. Judge Nina Wang discovered these errors and questioned the attorneys about their use of generative artificial intelligence. During an April hearing, Kachouroff admitted that he initially drafted the motion himself but then 'ran it through AI' and failed to personally check the citations afterward. The attorneys claimed they had filed a draft version by mistake and that a properly cite-checked final version existed, but Judge Wang found their explanations contradictory and lacking corroborating evidence. On July 7, 2025, Judge Wang imposed sanctions of $3,000 each on both attorneys for violating federal rules requiring lawyers to certify that their court filings are grounded in law. The underlying defamation case involved Eric Coomer, a former Dominion Voting Systems employee, who successfully sued Lindell for spreading conspiracy theories about the 2020 election, resulting in $2.3 million in damages against Lindell.
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