Shayan

Filed 12/1/

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION ONE

B337559, B339376

PEIMAN SHAYAN,

(Los Angeles County Plaintiff and Appellant, Super. Ct. No. 23STCV03714)

v. (William F. Fahey, Judge)

EBBY SHAKIB,

ORDER

Defendant and Respondent.

Farivar Law Firm and Fahim Farivar for Plaintiff and Appellant. Murphy Rosen, David Rosen; Novian & Novian, Farid Novian and Sean Raymond Bozarth for Defendant and Respondent. _______________________________

THE COURT:

It is undisputed that appellant’s attorney, Fahim Farivar, filed a brief containing numerous fabricated quotations—that is, language falsely attributed to published decisions. By filing a brief that misrepresents legal authority, Farivar unreasonably violated longstanding rules of this court. Regardless of whether inaccuracies in a brief are the result of using artificial intelligence (AI) tools or some other drafting process, as Farivar and appellant argue occurred here, the signatory attorney is responsible for the content of the brief and subject to sanctions for inaccuracies it contains. Accordingly, we…