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Incidents gathered from public reporting around the world. Each one links to the articles it came from. None of it is a finding that anyone broke the law.

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68 incidents closest to “vLex (subsidiary of Themis Solutions Inc.)” · matched on meaning · public reporting

WF-CFTMEU12 Feb 2024

Smith v. Farwell (Massachusetts): AI-hallucinated content in court filing, Monetary Fine (Supervising Lawyer)

The AI generated hallucinated legal citations that were filed in court, misleading the court and opposing counsel.

1 source article · read the reporting →

WF-3TIT2N11 Mar 2026

Bunce v. Visual Technology Innovations (2) (E.D. Pennsylvania): AI-hallucinated content in court filing, Monetary Sanction, Additional CLE

The AI generated fabricated legal citations in a court filing, misleading the court and opposing counsel.

Company involved
Mr. Rajan

1 source article · read the reporting →

WF-ZY89TF9 Sep 2024

Anonymous Spanish Lawyer (Tribunal Constitucional): AI-hallucinated content in court filing, Formal Reprimand (Apercibimiento) + Referral to Barcelona Bar for Disc

The AI system generated hallucinated content that was submitted in a court filing, potentially misleading the court.

1 source article · read the reporting →

WF-RS0OD821 Oct 2024

Perplexity sued by Dow Jones for alleged copyright infringement

Perplexity, an AI search engine, was sued by Dow Jones, the publisher of the Wall Street Journal and New York Post, on October 21, 2024. The lawsuit alleges that Perplexity's AI reproduces copyrighted articles without permission. Perplexity denies the allegations and states it responded to outreach from News Corp before the lawsuit was filed.

Company involved
Perplexity
AI system involved
Perplexity

10 source articles · read the reporting →

WF-O7NVTN25 Dec 2025

Mag 7 Ltd. et al. v. Tederi et al. (District Court, Tel Aviv-Yafo): AI-hallucinated content in court filing, Monetary Sanction;…

The AI generated fabricated case law that was submitted to the court, affecting the legal proceedings.

1 source article · read the reporting →

Calcutta High Court questions ChatGPT exclusion of IndiaMART from search results

IndiaMART, an Indian B2B online marketplace, has petitioned the Calcutta High Court alleging that ChatGPT deliberately excluded it from search results. The company claims the exclusion was based on a United States Trade Representative report and caused loss of goodwill, reputation and commercial injury. The court observed there appeared to be selective discrimination but declined to pass interim orders before hearing the other side. The matter is listed for 13 January 2026.

Company involved
OpenAI
AI system involved
ChatGPT

4 source articles · read the reporting →

WF-X58GLI12 Dec 2024

Mojtabavi v. Blinken (C.D. California): AI-hallucinated content in court filing, Case dismissed with prejudice

The AI-generated court filing contained false information, leading to the dismissal of the plaintiff's case with prejudice.

1 source article · read the reporting →

Authors including Mike Huckabee sue Meta, Microsoft over AI training data

Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee and other authors have filed a lawsuit against Meta, Microsoft, EleutherAI, and Bloomberg, alleging that their copyrighted books were used without permission to train AI models. The suit centers on the Books3 dataset, part of the Pile, which contains over 180,000 works. The authors claim the companies pirated their work and incorporated it into training data without compensation. The case is the latest in a series of copyright lawsuits against AI companies.

Company involved
Meta, Microsoft, EleutherAI, Bloomberg

7 source articles · read the reporting →

WF-CKAGAU15 Oct 2025

Yasiel Puig Valdes v. All3Media America, LLC, et al. (SCA California (Los Angeles)): AI-hallucinated content in court filing, Referral

The AI generated fake legal citations that were included in a court filing, potentially harming the plaintiff's case.

AI system involved
ChatGPT

1 source article · read the reporting →

WF-2GUL3Q23 Dec 2025

Kalala v. Coopérative d'habitation La Fraternité Micheloise (CS Québec): AI-hallucinated content in court filing, Monetary Sanction

The AI generated fabricated case law that was included in a court filing, misleading the court and resulting in sanctions against the litigant.

1 source article · read the reporting →

Momus Analytics' jury-selection algorithm criticised for racial bias

Momus Analytics, a legal technology company, uses machine learning to rank potential jurors for attorneys. Experts and researchers who reviewed the company's patent application say the algorithm relies on demographic characteristics such as race, which may violate constitutional prohibitions against discriminatory jury selection. The company claims its software has helped secure verdicts worth over $940 million, but did not respond to requests for comment.

Company involved
Momus Analytics
AI system involved
Momus

9 source articles · read the reporting →

Meta sues Voyager Labs for scraping Facebook and Instagram user data

Meta filed a legal action against Voyager Labs, alleging that the company used fake accounts and proprietary software to scrape user data from Facebook and Instagram. The scraping collected profile information, posts, friends lists, photos and comments. Meta disabled Voyager's accounts and sought a permanent injunction. The case was settled in December 2024, with Voyager agreeing to a permanent injunction and monetary payment.

Company involved
Voyager Labs

10 source articles · read the reporting →

WF-JR9HJC18 Feb 2025

Unnamed Brazilian litigant (): AI-hallucinated content in court filing, Appeal partially granted (reintegration suspended, rent imposed), but

AI-generated fake court precedents were included in a legal appeal, leading to sanctions against the litigant for bad-faith litigation.

AI system involved
ChatGPT

1 source article · read the reporting →

WF-DLCQWL4 Nov 2024

CanLII sues Caseway AI for scraping legal database

The Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII) has filed a lawsuit in British Columbia Supreme Court against Caseway AI, alleging that the company's AI chatbot scraped approximately 3.5 million records from CanLII's database in bulk, violating its terms of service and copyright. CanLII claims it adds value to public court records through hyperlinks and corrections, which it says constitute protected copyrighted work. Caseway AI argues the information is public and accessible elsewhere, and that it did not use CanLII's enhancements. The lawsuit was settled in March 2026, with terms undisclosed.

Company involved
Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII)
AI system involved
Caseway

5 source articles · read the reporting →

Russell v. Mells (CA Florida): AI-hallucinated content in court filing, Bar Referral

AI generated fabricated case law citations that were included in a court filing, potentially misleading the court in Russell v. Mells.

1 source article · read the reporting →

WF-ILB6X17 Jul 2026

Recurso de Suplicación 0005472/2025 (T.S.X. Galicia): AI-hallucinated content in court filing, Bar Referral

The AI generated false legal citations that were included in a court filing, misleading the court and potentially harming the client's case.

1 source article · read the reporting →

WF-AAQNX125 Sep 2026

Aguilar v. The Crawford Group, Inc. (D. Massachusetts): AI-hallucinated content in court filing, Adverse Costs Order; Pro hac vice status…

The AI generated fake legal citations that were included in a court filing, misleading the court and opposing counsel.

Company involved
Lindemann Law Firm

1 source article · read the reporting →

WF-M3PW5F27 Aug 2026

Thomas Raynard James v. Detective Kevin Conley, et al. (S.D. Florida): AI-hallucinated content in court filing, Bar Referral

AI generated hallucinated content in a court filing, affecting the legal process and the lawyers who filed it.

1 source article · read the reporting →

WF-LKR1LN18 Aug 2026

Joann LeDoux v. Outliers, Inc. (2) (W.D. Washington): AI-hallucinated content in court filing, Expert Brief excluded/struck

The AI-generated hallucinated citations in an expert report led to the exclusion of the expert and dismissal of the plaintiff's case.

1 source article · read the reporting →

TOV Realty, LLC v. Suarez; Kosel Equity, LLC v. MacGregor (SC Connecticut): AI-hallucinated content in court filing, 6 hours CLE;…

The AI generated legal briefs containing fabricated citations, which were submitted to the Connecticut Supreme Court.

Company involved
GLG Law LLC
AI system involved
ChatGPT

1 source article · read the reporting →

WF-OGHTXE1 Jun 2025

Intellexa Predator spyware used to surveil human rights lawyer in Pakistan

In summer 2025, a human rights lawyer from Pakistan's Balochistan province was targeted via WhatsApp with Intellexa's Predator spyware, according to Amnesty International's Security Lab. The attack is part of a broader pattern of unlawful surveillance of activists, journalists and human rights defenders. The Intellexa Leaks investigation exposed internal operations of the spyware company, raising concerns about human rights due diligence.

AI system involved
Predator spyware

10 source articles · read the reporting →

WF-1FBZ1K11 Jun 2026

Quinteros v. Harbor Distributing, LLC (CA California (1d)): AI-hallucinated content in court filing, Monetary Sanction; Bar referral

AI generated hallucinated legal citations that were filed in court, misleading the court and opposing counsel.

Company involved
Lipeles Law Group

1 source article · read the reporting →

WF-E49EWD9 Sep 2026

Beus Gilbert PLLC v. Brigham Young University et al. (D. Utah): AI-hallucinated content in court filing, Two AI-ethics CLE courses;…

The AI system generated fake legal citations that were included in a court filing, misleading the court and opposing counsel.

1 source article · read the reporting →

Universal Music sues Anthropic over Claude 2 distributing copyrighted lyrics

Universal Music Group and other music publishers have sued AI company Anthropic, alleging that its Claude 2 chatbot generates and distributes copyrighted song lyrics without a license. The complaint, filed in Tennessee, claims that Claude 2 reproduces lyrics from songs like Katy Perry's 'Roar' and Don McLean's 'American Pie' when prompted. The publishers argue that Anthropic's actions constitute copyright infringement and that the company failed to implement effective guardrails to prevent such outputs.

Company involved
Anthropic
AI system involved
Claude 2

9 source articles · read the reporting →

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