The Firm Said It Banned AI. Its Unlicensed Brief Writers Used It Anyway. The Lawyer’s Suspension Now Reaches Every Immigration Court, and His Petition Is Scheduled for the Supreme Court’s November 6 Conference.
Executive Summary On June 3, 2026 the Ninth Circuit ordered two Orange County immigration lawyers to pay $2,500 each and suspended them from practice before that court for six months in Lnu v. Blanche, No. 24-4790. Their briefs cited invented cases written by unlicensed law graduates, and no licensed attorney read the cited cases before…
