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The Keefe Law Firm, P.A. (attorney Kenneth H. Keefe)

Capital Standard, LLC v. U.S. Bank National Association, No. 2D2024-1392 (Fla. 2d DCA)

Sanctioned · 21 August 2026

SectorLegal
CountryUnited States
Document typeAppellate briefs — amended initial brief and reply brief
ConsequenceSanctioned

What was fabricated

46 hallucinated citations across two briefs — 31 in the amended initial brief and 15 in the reply brief. A mix of wholly non-existent cases, false quotations attributed to real cases, and misrepresented holdings. The court made an express finding of unverified generative-AI use, referring to "his AI misuse".

What happened as a result

Fine of USD 1,500 payable to the clerk within 14 days (USD 500 for the belated show-cause response, USD 1,000 for the AI misuse); ordered to personally pay U.S. Bank the attorney's fees incurred preparing its answer brief, amount to be assessed by the trial court, with liability personal to the attorney and not chargeable to the client; referral to The Florida Bar. The amended initial brief and reply brief had already been struck on 20 February 2026.

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