A federal judge in Denver has fined two lawyers representing MyPillow founder Mike Lindell after they submitted a court filing generated with artificial intelligence that was riddled with factual and legal errors. U.S. District Judge Nina Y. Wang on 7 July ordered Christopher Kachouroff of McSweeney Cynkar & Kachouroff PLLC and co-counsel Jennifer DeMaster to pay $3,000 each, calling the penalty the least severe sanction adequate to deter similar conduct. The payments are due by 4 August. The February 25 motion, filed in the defamation lawsuit brought by former Dominion Voting Systems security director Eric Coomer, cited nearly 30 non-existent or misquoted cases and misrepresented legal principles. When questioned, the attorneys acknowledged running their draft through generative AI without independently verifying the output, a lapse Wang said violated Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and amounted to “gross carelessness.” The sanctions follow a 16 June jury verdict that found Lindell and his media platform FrankSpeech liable for defaming Coomer and awarded the plaintiff roughly $2.3 million in damages. The episode underscores mounting scrutiny of generative AI in legal practice as courts seek to ensure that filings remain accurate and professionally vetted.