Tracked Changes, Thursday, July 16, 2026
Arizona Court of Appeals holds that citing a hallucinated case is sanctionable, intended or not
In a published opinion filed July 15 in Dineen/Shibata v. Kotchka, Division One held that "citing a hallucinated case in a legal filing is sanctionable conduct" for lawyers and self-represented filers alike, and that a lack of intent does not excuse it. Six of the eight citations in the appellant's brief were deficient, and two cases did not exist. The court struck them and ordered him to pay the fees they cost his opponent.
Briefpoint adds Discovery Playbooks that reuse a firm's past objections, at no extra cost
Briefpoint announced Discovery Playbooks on July 13. The feature saves a firm's completed discovery responses and objections, then reapplies them when it detects a request the firm has already answered. Entries can be limited to a client, jurisdiction or case type, and show who added them and how often they are used. Briefpoint says the feature is live for all accounts and included in every plan.
Intapp makes Celeste, its AI agent for conflicts, intake and business development, generally available
Intapp announced on July 15 that Celeste, which it calls an "expert AI coworker" for the business side of professional firms, is generally available after a limited release. The company says Celeste runs multi-step playbooks for intake, conflicts clearance, business development, pricing and lateral hiring, and that firms can build their own with a no-code tool. LawSites' coverage does not mention pricing.
Litera relaunches around Lito, one AI agent for drafting, comparison and client development
Litera relaunched its brand on July 15 around Lito, an AI agent embedded in Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace that covers drafting, document comparison, contract review, institutional knowledge and client development. The company says 70% of active Litera One accounts use Lito. It plans to show the next version of Lito at ILTACON 2026 in Nashville, August 23 to 27. Pricing was not announced.
Percipient launches Certera.AI, a free site where lawyers compare AI models' answers blind
Percipient, an alternative legal services provider, launched Certera.AI in beta, LawSites reported on July 13. Users submit a legal prompt, see answers from two of 55 general-purpose models side by side, and vote before the model names are revealed. It is free to legal professionals, and Percipient says its business interest is providing evaluation data to AI companies. Its leaderboard was not yet showing rankings.