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94 incidents closest to “CoCounsel Legal” · matched on meaning · public reporting
The AI system generated fabricated case citations and quotations that were included in a legal brief, leading to a monetary sanction against the lawyer.
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The AI system generated fictitious legal citations in a summary judgment motion, misleading the court and opposing counsel.
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The AI generated fabricated legal citations that were included in a court filing, affecting the defendant's legal representation and the court's resources.
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The AI generated nonexistent case citations that were filed in court, misleading the court and opposing counsel.
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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.
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AI generated fabricated case law citations that were included in a court filing, potentially misleading the court in Russell v. Mells.
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The AI generated fabricated case law and quotes that were included in a court filing, affecting the plaintiffs and the judicial process.
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The AI generated false legal citations that were included in a court filing, misleading the court and potentially harming the client's case.
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AI-hallucinated fake quotations were included in court filings submitted by counsel Elizabeth Tate, misleading the court.
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AI-generated fake legal citations were included in a court filing, resulting in monetary sanctions against the attorney and his law firm.
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The AI generated fake legal citations that were included in a court filing, misleading the court and opposing counsel.
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The court imposed monetary sanctions and continuing legal education requirements on plaintiff's counsel for using AI-generated fake legal authorities in a court filing.
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The attorney filed a court document containing AI-hallucinated legal authorities, misleading the court and opposing party.
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The AI generated fictitious legal citations and quotes that were included in a court filing, misleading the court and opposing counsel.
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AI generated hallucinated content in a court filing, affecting the legal process and the lawyers who filed it.
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The AI-generated hallucinated citations in an expert report led to the exclusion of the expert and dismissal of the plaintiff's case.
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The system generated fake legal citations that were included in a court filing, potentially misleading the court and prejudicing the client's case.
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The AI generated false legal citations and quotations in an appellate brief, misleading the court and harming the client's immigration appeal.
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The AI generated legal briefs containing fabricated citations, which were submitted to the Connecticut Supreme Court.
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The AI generated fabricated legal citations that were submitted to the bankruptcy court.
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AI generated hallucinated legal citations that were filed in court, misleading the court and opposing counsel.
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The AI generated fabricated legal citations that were included in a court filing, affecting the court and the opposing party.
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The AI system generated fake legal citations that were included in a court filing, misleading the court and opposing counsel.
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The AI generated false legal quotations that were submitted to the court in a legal brief.
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