In re Richburg
In re Richburg is one matter in the Veritas record of US court proceedings involving AI-generated citations that could not be verified against the reporters named. The summary below is drawn from the underlying court document, linked at the foot of this page.
- Court
- South Carolina (Bankruptcy)
- Date
- August 27, 2025
- Party
- Lawyer
- AI tool
- Microsoft Copilot
- Outcome
- Nonmonetary sanctions: 3 hours ethics CLE
- Penalty
- No monetary penalty in this order.
What the record shows
The bankruptcy court issued a show-cause order after determining that cases cited in counsel's preliminary-injunction motion could not be located. Counsel, a solo practitioner, acknowledged using Microsoft Copilot and not verifying the citations before filing. The court imposed nonmonetary sanctions under Rule 9011, directing counsel to complete three hours of ethics CLE, including at least two hours on the ethical use of artificial intelligence.
This entry reflects the court document as filed. The citations at issue could not be located in the reporters named at the time of the order. The reading here is descriptive of the public record and is not legal advice.
Source documents
The test this filing did not run
Every matter in this record shares one mechanism: a citation that did not resolve to an opinion in the reporter named, in a brief that was filed before any verification step ran. Veritas runs that step. The Filing Risk Scanner extracts each citation, resolves it against reporter and public-record sources, and returns a verdict on each one — located, partial, or not located in reporter — before the brief is signed.
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