Articles on criminal law, civil litigation, family & corporate law from a Kota-based advocate.
A New York federal court sanctioned attorneys Levidow, Levidow & Oberman after they submitted a ChatGPT-generated brief citing six entirely fabricated cases, refused to acknowledge the errors when challenged, and then doubled down by filing fraudulent “confirmation” letters. The $5,000 sanction and
A US court warned plaintiff’s counsel in Marino v. Marano after AI-generated citations for non-existent cases appeared in a civil brief filed March 25, 2026. The court ordered counsel to show cause why sanctions should not be imposed, reinforcing that attorney certification obligations apply fully t
A US federal court struck Makel’s opposition brief after discovering it cited non-existent cases generated by AI, issuing an order to show cause on sanctions. The court held that Rule 11 certification applies with full force to AI-assisted filings, and ignorance of AI’s hallucination tendency is not
An Ontario Superior Court judge found seven fabricated quotations in a Reply Factum attributed to real cases with correct CanLII citations. Counsel denied AI use but the court found the denial implausible, referred the matter to the Law Society of Ontario, and observed that ‘the cover-up may be wors
A pro se petitioner appealing his wrongful removal by the U.S. Army filed briefs stuffed with AI-hallucinated case citations before the Federal Circuit. The court issued a pointed warning: fabricated citations are sanctionable and can result in dismissal, even for self-represented litigants.
The Chief Justice of Texas’ First Court of Appeals issued a concurring opinion specifically to address what appeared to be AI-fabricated citations in a mandamus petition. The concurrence warned that filing documents with fictitious or misleading citations violates counsel’s duty of candour, and thre
A New York attorney was immediately suspended after her AI-generated brief filed in federal immigration court contained fabricated citations — then refused to cooperate with the state bar investigation, calling it a “racist attack.” The First Department’s order under 22 NYCRR 1240.9 shows how AI mis
An Alabama attorney filed opening and reply briefs in a Supreme Court appeal that contained an astounding number of invalid, inaccurate, and irrelevant citations — all apparent AI hallucinations. The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal entirely, imposed sanctions, and issued a comprehensive ruling on
A defendant attorney who used AI to draft a special motion to dismiss admitted to the court that AI wrote the brief. After finding eight problematic citations, the court excised the AI-generated portions and decided the motion on the statutory framework alone — denying the motion and holding that de
A pro se appellant in a post-dissolution civil lawsuit filed an appellate brief containing citations to nonexistent authorities and fictitious holdings. The Illinois Third District Court of Appeals affirmed the lower court’s dismissal on the merits, granted defense sanctions for the AI-hallucinated