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

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Can I be sanctioned for AI-hallucinated citations? What was Johnson v. Dunn and what does it mean for AI legal tools? How do I verify AI legal research before filing?

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Start with the free sandbox. Planisphere measures model behaviour and emits a reproducible, sha-pinned record — it does not certify, file, or give legal advice.

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When AI Citation Sanctions asks for proof, hand over records — not assurances.

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Planisphere records each duty event — an output marked, a disclosure shown, a review made — and seals it into a receipt that verifies offline against our published keys. You send hashes, never content. A record is evidence a third party can check; it is not a certification and not a legal determination.

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