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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92 incidents closest to “Shepard's Citation Agent” · matched on meaning · public reporting
AI-generated fake court precedents were included in a legal appeal, leading to sanctions against the litigant for bad-faith litigation.
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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 fictitious citation was submitted in a motion to unseal, affecting the defendant's legal proceedings.
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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 AI generated fake legal citations that were submitted to a federal court, potentially misleading the judge and opposing counsel.
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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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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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AI generated fabricated legal citations in a court filing by Shahryar Mazaheri.
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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 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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