Pennsylvania · federal district court · 2026

Florian v. O'Neill

District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania, 29 January 2026. What the court wrote about citations that did not exist, in its own words, from the document on file.

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  1. Court. District Court, M.D. PennsylvaniaCOURT
  2. Level. federal district courtLEVEL
  3. Date. 29 January 2026DATED
  4. Docket. No. 1:25-cv-02253DOCKET
  5. Judge. Keli M. NearyJUDGE
  6. Documents. one document, 1 passage quoted belowON FILE
  7. Source. CourtListenerSOURCE

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Docket entry 9, 29 January 2026 · source · PDF · 2 pages

Docket text. ORDER re: Generative Artificial Intelligence ("AI"). Signed by Magistrate Judge Susan E. Schwab on 1/29/26. (ae) (Entered: 01/29/2026)

Mindful of the increased use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (“AI”)—for example, OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini—and the risk that use of such tools can result in legally or factually incorrect information and unsupported or nonexistent legal citations, IT IS ORDERED that when a party uses Generative AI in the preparation of a document in this case, that party shall file with that document a Certificate of Use of Generative AI in which the party must disclose and certify: 1.

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