Cook County, Ill. (Chancery): Standing Order for Judge John H. Ehrlich, General Chancery…
Hon. John H. Ehrlich · Circuit Court of Cook County, County Department, Chancery Division, Calendar 9
Verified September 30, 2026
- Citation
- Standing Order for Judge John H. Ehrlich, General Chancery Calendar 9, AI Provision (Cook County)
- Order date
- August 27, 2026
Summary
'Citations, holdings, and quotations hallucinated by artificial intelligence will result in the submission being stricken and may result in sanctions being imposed.'
What does the order require?
- 'Citations, holdings, and quotations hallucinated by artificial intelligence will result in the submission being stricken and may result in sanctions being imposed.'
- The order imposes no AI disclosure requirement and does not restrict AI use.
- 'This order applies to all cases assigned to Calendar 9 in the Chancery Division, supersedes all prior standing orders, and supplements the Illinois Code of Civil Procedure, the Illinois Supreme Court Rules, and the Circuit Court of Cook County Rules and General Orders.'
Practice areas: state civil, state commercial
What the order requires
Judge John H. Ehrlich’s standing order for General Chancery Calendar 9, effective August 27, 2026, “applies to all cases assigned to Calendar 9 in the Chancery Division” and “supersedes all prior standing orders.” Under the heading covering submissions, exhibits, citations, and artificial intelligence, it provides:
“Citations, holdings, and quotations hallucinated by artificial intelligence will result in the submission being stricken and may result in sanctions being imposed.”
The provision does not require disclosure of AI use and does not restrict using AI. It attaches a consequence to the output: a submission containing a hallucinated citation, holding, or quotation is stricken, and sanctions may follow.
Relationship to earlier Calendar 9 rules
Calendar 9 was previously Judge Cecilia A. Horan’s. Her April 2024 rule required caption disclosure of large language model AI use; her June 2025 order reversed it, and her June 2026 order dropped the AI section. Judge Ehrlich’s order returns an AI provision to the calendar in a different form: no disclosure, a strike consequence for fabricated authority.
Practitioner workflow
Firms with matters on Calendar 9 may wish to confirm that citation checks for AI-assisted submissions cover holdings and quotations as well as case citations, since the order reaches all three.
Primary source
Standing Order for Judge John H. Ehrlich, General Chancery Calendar 9, effective August 27, 2026 (PDF); Judge Ehrlich’s page, Circuit Court of Cook County