> He thinks it is unrealistic to expect lawyers to stop using AI. It’s become an important tool just as online databases largely replaced law libraries and, until AI systems stop hallucinating fake information, he suggests lawyers who use AI to proceed with caution.

I think this is a good reason for fines to not be incredibly big. People are using AI all the time. There will be a growing period until they learn of its limitations.

The slope of the learning curve can be adjusted though with the level of fines being a big adjustment. Only I'd suggest not the first time for any one lawyer per firm, but per incident for each firm.

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