A pro se maintenance technician alleging sexual harassment and retaliation by Sherwin-Williams filed a prolific docket of motions, with the court noting potential AI-assisted research errors. Several Title VII claims were dismissed while others survive pending amendment, illustrating how AI use by u
An applicant before Ontario’s Human Rights Tribunal cited a case that doesn’t exist in a procedural motion, with the adjudicator concluding this represented use of AI to generate fake case law. The tribunal dismissed the procedural request and ordered the applicant to provide digital copies of all f
A pro se plaintiff in New York cited AI-generated cases to support a quiet title action; the Supreme Court of Dutchess County dismissed the action, warning that fabricated AI citations undermine judicial integrity and waste court resources.
Pro se attorney Harry Thomasson filed an opposition brief containing fictitious AI-generated case citations in a New York federal case, then blamed a computer virus for the hallucinations. Judge Wicks rejected the defence, imposed a $1,500 sanction, and declined a bar referral — setting clear parame
An Illinois federal court denied a sanctions motion against a pro se plaintiff in a legal malpractice case but warned that any further false citations may result in dismissal using the court’s inherent authority. The case illustrates how courts increasingly treat AI-generated citation errors as a fi
The Court of King’s Bench of Alberta dismissed John Boonstra’s employment appeal after discovering his submissions cited at least 13 non-existent cases generated by ChatGPT — with visible ChatGPT footers on the pages containing the fabricated authority.
An Oklahoma federal court sanctioned attorney Rachel Bussett after she filed a response brief containing non-existent and misleading case citations she attributed to a ‘trusted legal vendor’s AI tool.’ The court found that blaming the AI tool did not excuse the attorney’s failure to personally verif
The Arizona federal court resolved post-judgment asset freeze disputes in the FTC enforcement action against James Noland, affirming a $7.3 million fraud judgment; this case does not involve AI hallucinations and is noted for context only.
In a landmark AI-sanctions ruling, an Alabama federal court imposed $55,597 in attorneys’ fees, publicly reprimanded attorney Franklin Eaton, and recommended the Alabama State Bar find him incompetent to practice law — all for a pattern of fabricated citations and misstatements that pervaded his ent
A US District Court in Colorado ordered a pro se plaintiff to disclose which AI platform he used to process confidential discovery materials, and amended the protective order to bar uploading confidential information to mainstream AI tools. The ruling addresses the novel intersection of AI use, work