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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44 incidents closest to “LexisNexis Legal & Professional (part of RELX)” · matched on meaning · public reporting
The xAI data center facilities and gas-turbine power plants emitted air pollution and constant loud noise, interfering with residents' ability to enjoy their homes and diminishing property values.
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Attorneys from Ellis George LLP and K&L Gates LLP submitted a brief to a special master in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California containing numerous hallucinated legal citations generated by AI tools including CoCounsel, Westlaw Precision, and Google Gemini. The lawyers failed to verify the citations, and even after being alerted to errors, filed a corrected brief that still contained fake authorities. Special Master Michael Wilner found the conduct tantamount to bad faith, struck the brief, denied discovery relief, and ordered the firms to jointly pay $31,100 in the defendant's legal fees.
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Three Butler Snow lawyers were removed from a case and publicly reprimanded by a federal judge after they filed motions containing five non-existent case citations generated by ChatGPT. The firm apologised and hired Morgan Lewis to review all citations, finding no other errors. The judge referred the lawyers to the Alabama State Bar and ordered them to disclose the sanctions to all clients and judges in pending cases. The incident highlights the risks of using AI for legal research without verification.
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Generated legal filings that were submitted to a court, potentially affecting the client's case and the court's proceedings.
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In-house counsel group accuses rival of training AI on its materials Reuters
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The New York Times filed a lawsuit against AI startup Perplexity, alleging the company illegally scraped and distributed its copyrighted content to generate search responses. Perplexity's spokesperson dismissed the suit, comparing it to past unsuccessful legal actions against new technologies. The case is pending in the Southern District of New York.
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A junior advocate in South Africa used the AI tool Legal Genius to draft court submissions for an urgent licensing dispute. The written arguments contained multiple non-existent case citations, which the presiding judge discovered. The junior counsel admitted to using the AI tool, apologised, and was referred to the Legal Practice Council for investigation, while the senior counsel also apologised for conducting only a 'sense-check'.
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Microsoft dan xAI Digugat Warga atas Kebisingan Data Center - Telset.id
Microsoft and xAI are facing lawsuits from residents over noise from data centers in Wisconsin and Mississippi. At least six similar cases have been filed in 2026, alleging nuisance and negligence. The lawsuits highlight issues with low-frequency noise measurement and pollution from gas turbines.
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A Meta Platforms data center in Georgia allegedly ran afoul of local nuisance and trespassing laws, affecting local residents.
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A Melbourne lawyer used AI software Leap to generate a list of case citations for a family court hearing. The citations were fake, causing the hearing to be adjourned. The lawyer apologized and paid costs, but was referred to the Victorian Legal Services Board and Commissioner for investigation. The software vendor Leap stated that a verification process was available but not used by the lawyer.
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The exam software experienced technical failures that prevented candidates from logging in or completing the California bar exam.
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The data centers and gas turbines emitted constant noise, vibrations, and particulate matter, affecting residents' ability to use and enjoy their properties.
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Ernie Smith, writer of the Tedium newsletter, received a DMCA copyright notice from 'Commonwealth Legal', a firm that appears to be entirely fabricated using AI-generated images and text. The notice demanded he add a backlink to the gadget review site Tech4Gods for a keyfob photo legitimately sourced from Unsplash. The scheme is designed to generate fake SEO gains through backlinks, and Smith did not receive any follow-up after the stated deadline.
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Lawyers at Morgan & Morgan filed a legal brief in a case against Walmart that cited nine cases, eight of which were entirely fictional. The firm admitted that an AI chatbot had generated the non-existent cases. Morgan & Morgan apologised for the error.
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Chicago Tribune Company, LLC filed a lawsuit against Perplexity AI, Inc. in the Southern District of New York on December 4, 2025. The complaint alleges copyright infringement under 17 U.S.C. § 501. The case is assigned to Judge Loretta A. Preska.
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The AI tool generated fictitious case law citations that were included in a court filing, affecting the plaintiff and the court.
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The AI generated fabricated legal citations in a court filing, misleading the court and opposing counsel.
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The system generated fabricated legal citations and quotes in a court filing, misleading the court and opposing counsel.
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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.
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The AI generated fabricated legal citations that were submitted to the court, affecting the defendant and the judicial process.
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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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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.
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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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