Judge weighs sanctioning lawyers over ‘fictitious’ case citations – Reuters

‘A judge in Virginia has ordered lawyers in a whistleblower lawsuit to explain why they should not be sanctioned for submitting a filing that he said appeared to include “fictitious cases,” as well as “made-up quotations” from opinions by the U.S. Supreme Court and another federal appeals court.’

Link: https://www.reuters.com/legal/legalindustry/judge-weighs-sanctioning-lawyers-over-fictitious-case-citations-2024-07-25/