skisnow@lemmy.ca 6 days ago
How naïve it was of me, to think that the New York Avianca case in 2023 was high profile enough for lawyers to have learnt their lesson, but nope, it’s getting worse each and every month that goes by:
www.damiencharlotin.com/hallucinations/
It doesn’t help that the most common outcomes there are “Warning” or a fine in the low thousands. If a legal practice can save $500,000 a year on avoiding doing their own research, and the worse that’s likely to happen is “Warning” or a $2,000 fine, then why would they not?
Decq@lemmy.world 6 days ago
How are they not immediately disbarred for this? Surely fabricating documents and citations gets you disbarred right?
ToastedRavioli@midwest.social 6 days ago
It doesnt, but it should. Its malpractice of the highest degree and shows clear disregard for properly representing a client
echodot@feddit.uk 4 days ago
As far as I understand it judges don’t despair lawyers the bar association does. That requires a tribunal and the entire thing takes forever.
So these lawyers may actually end up getting disbarred but as with all things legal, it will take 500 times longer than any reasonable person thinks it should.