If you choose to use an artificial intelligence (AI) tool, you remain responsible for everything you file with the court.
Under Federal Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 9011, when you file any document regardless of what services or tools you use, you certify that:
- Your claims and arguments are legally supported.
- Your factual statements have evidentiary support.
- Your filing is not misleading or improper.
Please be aware that AI tools may generate text that appears authoritative but is actually incorrect, incomplete, outdated, or inapplicable to the facts or law of a particular case. As a result, AI may provide unreliable legal advice. AI tools may also generate fabricated or non-existent content, including fake or "hallucinated" case citations, quotations, statutes, rules, docket entries, or procedural requirements.
More specifically, AI-generated materials may-
- misstate or omit controlling authority, including binding precedent or applicable rules;
- provide inaccurate citations, incorrect quotations, or citations to cases that do not exist;
- confuse jurisdictions, courts, or procedural rules, including rules that do not apply in the District of Oregon;
- mischaracterize the record, the relief requested, deadlines, or the effect of an order;
- include unsupported factual assertions, improper evidentiary statements, or conclusory allegations;
- produce inconsistent statements across sections of the same document; and
- create formatting or content that does not comply with applicable rules or court requirements.
Therefore, before filing any document prepared with the assistance of an AI tool, a filer should conduct a careful, line-by-line review to confirm that the document is accurate, complete, and well-founded. At a minimum, the filer should confirm all of the following:
- every cited case, statute, rule, and quotation exists and is accurately quoted and properly cited;
- the cited authority applies in the District of Oregon and to the specific procedural posture and facts of the case.
- all factual statements are true, supported by the record, and consistent with any declarations or exhibits;
- the relief requested is authorized and clearly stated; and
- the document complies with applicable federal and local rules, court orders and filing requirements.
Please note that the filing of documents that contain inaccurate citations, fabricated authorities, misstatements of law, or unsupported factual assertions may result in adverse consequences, including: the imposition of sanctions, monetary or otherwise; denial of the requested relief; or any other consequence that the court deems appropriate under the circumstances.
