Lawyers from Ellis George and K&L Gates Sanctioned for AI-Generated Fake Citations
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.
- Company involved
- Ellis George LLP and K&L Gates LLP
- AI system involved
- CoCounsel, Westlaw Precision, Google Gemini
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Authors protest Meta's use of pirated books for AI training
Authors and publishing professionals protested outside Meta's London office after discovering their copyrighted books were used to train Meta's AI models via the LibGen shadow library. A US court filing alleged that CEO Mark Zuckerberg approved the use of the database, which contains over 7.5 million books. The Society of Authors delivered a letter demanding accountability, and a group of authors is suing Meta for copyright infringement in the US. Meta stated that its use of information is consistent with existing law.
- Company involved
- Meta
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Litigant in person presents fake ChatGPT-generated citations to Manchester court
A litigant in person in a Manchester civil case used ChatGPT to generate case citations, which turned out to be entirely fictitious. The barrister for the other party discovered that one case name was fabricated and the others had unrelated passages. The judge questioned the litigant, who admitted using the AI tool, and accepted that the misleading submissions were inadvertent, imposing no penalty.
- AI system involved
- ChatGPT
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Linda, 37, Profiled by the Employment Agency’s AI: ‘Degrading’
Linda, 37, profilerad av Arbetsförmedlingens AI: ”Nedvärderande” - Aftonbladet
Linda Hellman, 37, was profiled by the Swedish Public Employment Service’s AI tool without her knowledge. She felt the experience was degrading and criticized the tool as misleading and unreliable. She has been unemployed for nearly a year and is part of the ‘Rusta och matcha’ program, but has not found a job despite applying for an average of 28 jobs per month.
- Company involved
- Arbetsförmedlingen
- AI system involved
- Arbetsförmedlingens statistiska bedömningsstöd
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Meazure Learning Agrees $1.35m California Bar Exam Class-Action Settlement - Lawyer Monthly
The exam software experienced technical failures that prevented candidates from logging in or completing the California bar exam.
- Company involved
- Meazure Learning
- AI system involved
- ProctorU
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OpenAI and Microsoft Accused of Copyright Infringement: Two Media Outlets File Lawsuit - Судово-юридична газета
AI-generated texts provided an alternative to original news articles, reducing website visits and potentially attributing false information to the outlets.
- Company involved
- OpenAI,Microsoft
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AI-generated audio of Luka Modrić used in Facebook investment scam
A fake Facebook page impersonating N1 posted a video with AI-generated audio of Croatian footballer Luka Modrić falsely endorsing an investment platform. The audio contained unnatural pauses and a non-existent word, revealing it was generated by AI. The scam, known as pig butchering, promised high returns for a minimum deposit of 250 euros. The real N1 television confirmed the video was not authentic and warned the public not to fall for the fraud.
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FACIL'iti sues accessibility consultant Julie Moynat over critical tweet
In November 2020, Julie Moynat, a web accessibility consultant, tweeted criticism of FACIL'iti, an accessibility product. FACIL'iti sent a formal notice to her employer and later subpoenaed her for denigration in May 2021. Moynat is raising funds for her legal defense. The case is ongoing at the Judiciary Tribunal of Paris.
- Company involved
- FACIL'iti
- AI system involved
- FACIL'iti
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OpenAI ordered to pay damages for ChatGPT copyright infringement in Germany
A Munich court ruled that OpenAI's ChatGPT violated German copyright law by reproducing protected song lyrics without a license. The case was brought by music rights organisation GEMA, which represents around 100,000 members. The court ordered OpenAI to pay undisclosed damages. OpenAI disagrees with the ruling and is considering next steps.
- Company involved
- OpenAI
- AI system involved
- ChatGPT
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Crisis Text Line shares data with for-profit spinoff Loris.ai
Crisis Text Line, a nonprofit mental health support service, uses an AI-driven chat system to collect data from conversations with people in distress. The organization shares anonymized data with its for-profit spinoff, Loris.ai, which uses it to develop customer service software. Critics raise ethical concerns about privacy and consent, though Crisis Text Line asserts the data is stripped of identifying details.
- Company involved
- Crisis Text Line
- AI system involved
- Crisis Text Line's AI-driven chat service
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APT28 uses LLM-powered malware LAMEHUG against Ukraine's security and defence sector
CERT-UA reports that the threat group UAC-0001 (APT28) distributed phishing emails to Ukrainian executive bodies, impersonating a ministry representative. The emails contained a malicious attachment that deployed LAMEHUG, a Python-based tool which uses the Qwen 2.5-Coder-32B-Instruct large language model via Hugging Face to generate commands for data collection and exfiltration. The malware gathered system information and searched for Microsoft Office, TXT and PDF documents in common user directories, exfiltrating them via SFTP or HTTP POST requests.
- Company involved
- UAC-0001 (APT28)
- AI system involved
- LAMEHUG
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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.
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Photographer sues LAION e.V. over refusal to remove copyrighted images from AI training dataset
Photographer Robert Kneschke requested that LAION e.V. remove his copyrighted images from its LAION-5B dataset used to train AI image generators. LAION refused, claiming the use was covered by copyright exceptions, and demanded €887.03 in legal costs from Kneschke. Kneschke, through his lawyer, then filed a lawsuit at the Landgericht Hamburg against LAION, alleging copyright infringement and seeking removal and information.
- Company involved
- LAION e.V.
- AI system involved
- LAION-5B dataset
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Sentenza del 23.09.2025 (Tribunale di Latina): AI-hallucinated content in court filing, Monetary Sanction
The AI-generated court filing contained fabricated case law, leading to a monetary sanction against the party represented by the lawyer.
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Polish government suspends culture fund after algorithm grants millions to wealthy stars
The Polish government used an algorithm to allocate 400 million zloty in COVID-19 culture support funds. The algorithm awarded large sums to high-earning star performers, including 1.89 million zloty to a company managed by Paweł Golec. After public criticism, Culture Minister Piotr Gliński suspended the fund and announced a review. The government defended the algorithm, stating it was based on financial criteria and aimed to protect jobs.
- Company involved
- Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage
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Study finds Italian car insurers charge more based on birthplace
A study by the Universities of Padua, Udine and Carnegie Mellon found that Italian car insurers, including Genertel, Mps, Quixa and Con.Te, use birthplace and citizenship in pricing algorithms, charging some drivers over €1,000 more. The practice was ruled against in a 2018 decree involving Linear, but the study says it continues. The companies contacted denied or explained the findings.
- Company involved
- Genertel, Mps, Quixa, Con.Te
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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
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GEMA sues OpenAI for unlicensed use of song lyrics in ChatGPT training
On 13 November 2024, German copyright collective GEMA filed a lawsuit against OpenAI in Munich, alleging that the company used copyrighted song lyrics from GEMA's repertoire to train its ChatGPT chatbot without obtaining licenses or paying authors. GEMA claims that when prompted, ChatGPT reproduces original song lyrics, demonstrating the unauthorized use. The lawsuit seeks to establish that OpenAI must compensate the approximately 100,000 GEMA members. The case is pending before the Munich Regional Court.
- Company involved
- OpenAI
- AI system involved
- ChatGPT
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ElevenLabs AI voice generation used in Russian influence operation targeting Europe
The article reports that a Russian influence campaign, dubbed "Operation Undercut," very likely used ElevenLabs' AI voice generation technology to create realistic voiceovers for fake news videos. The videos targeted European audiences to undermine support for Ukraine. Recorded Future's researchers used ElevenLabs' own AI Speech Classifier to detect the AI-generated audio. The campaign was attributed to the Russia-based Social Design Agency, which the U.S. government sanctioned. The overall impact on public opinion was minimal.
- Company involved
- Social Design Agency
- AI system involved
- ElevenLabs AI voice generation
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Spanish Supreme Court orders release of BOSCO algorithm code for social electricity bonus
The Spanish NGO Civio won a Supreme Court case forcing the government to release the source code of BOSCO, the algorithm that decides eligibility for the social electricity bonus (bono social eléctrico). Civio had demonstrated in 2019 that BOSCO contained serious errors that denied the benefit to vulnerable people who met the requirements. The government had refused to disclose the code, citing intellectual property. The Supreme Court ruled that transparency must prevail, setting a precedent for public access to automated decision-making systems.
- Company involved
- Ministerio para la Transición Ecológica (Gobierno de España)
- AI system involved
- BOSCO
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Henry v. Long Island University (E.D. New York): AI-hallucinated content in court filing, Two-year filing-disclosure sanction
The court granted a motion to dismiss and imposed sanctions on plaintiff's counsel for submitting a brief with AI-hallucinated fake cases.
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LINAGORA closes Lucie 7B after user mockery
LINAGORA, a French open-source software company, launched a beta version of its large language model Lucie 7B. The model was intended to be a transparent and ethical alternative to big tech AI. However, after users tested it and highlighted its shortcomings, the model was mocked online. LINAGORA subsequently closed the platform to address the issues and collect more data.
- Company involved
- LINAGORA
- AI system involved
- Lucie 7B
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ETH Zurich study shows LLMs can infer Reddit users' personal data
Researchers at ETH Zurich conducted a study where nine large language models, including GPT-4, analysed Reddit users' posts and inferred personal attributes such as age, location, gender, and income with up to 85% accuracy. The study randomly selected 520 users and found that GPT-4 was most accurate, while LlaMA-2-7b was least. The researchers warn that people unknowingly reveal personal information online that LLMs can exploit.
- Company involved
- ETH Zurich
- AI system involved
- GPT-4, LlaMA-2-7b
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Bavarian police test Palantir data mining with real personal data
The Bavarian State Criminal Police Office (LKA) has been testing Palantir's data mining software, called VeRa, with real personal data for months. The Bavarian data protection commissioner only learned of the test through a media inquiry and has announced a review. The Interior Ministry claims the test is lawful under current law, but critics argue a legal basis is missing.
- Company involved
- Bayerisches Landeskriminalamt
- AI system involved
- VeRa
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