Does having an AI policy protect my firm from sanctions?

A written AI policy helps show reasonable supervision (MR 5.1/5.3) and good faith, but courts have made clear it does not by itself prevent sanctions — what matters is whether the specific filing was actually verified. Policy plus enforced verification is the…

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Evidence / professional-responsibility rule · AI Citation Sanctions.

A written AI policy helps show reasonable supervision (MR 5.1/5.3) and good faith, but courts have made clear it does not by itself prevent sanctions — what matters is whether the specific filing was actually verified. Policy plus enforced verification is the protective combination. Planisphere can evidence a tool's behaviour to support a supervision program; it does not verify filings or provide the legal judgment that a policy is adequate.

Cite-anchor: AI hallucinated-citation sanctions — Rule 11 / Rule 9011 certification and MR 3.3 candor · Fed. R. Civ. P. 11; Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9011; ABA Model Rule 3.3; exemplar Johnson v. Dunn (N.D. Ala. 2025)

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The mark behind the answer.

AI Citation Sanctions sets the bar an AI output must clear before a tribunal or a client relies on it — reliability, can…

hallucinated-authority sanctions wave · Rule 11 / 9011 · candor-to-tribunal.

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