How courts and legislatures are treating Artificial Intelligence — case tracker, analysis, and India angle.
Alabama federal judge publicly reprimanded attorney Edward May for submitting two fabricated quotations generated by ChatGPT and OpenCase AI. May admitted using AI in a multi-step drafting process, arriving late to his own show-cause hearing, and filing a typographically sloppy response — all of whi
The Federal Court of Canada dismissed a self-represented applicant’s motion appealing the rejection of additional affidavit evidence in a human rights judicial review. The court found the applicant failed to show reviewable error, and the record reflected issues with the applicant’s AI-influenced su
The Hawaii Supreme Court denied a pro se mother’s petition for writ of mandamus in a child support case but cautioned her that her submissions contained multiple inaccurate case citations and unsupported assertions — including a citation to a nonexistent case used to argue the Family Court lacked ju
A Michigan Court of Appeals zoning opinion was flagged by Westlaw for containing citation references that are incorrect or do not exist — with the AI hallucinations originating in the court’s own published opinion, not a party’s brief. A rare and alarming escalation of the AI hallucination problem.
A California federal court ordered attorney Kevin Little to show cause why he should not be sanctioned after his opposition brief displayed three hallmarks of AI hallucination: non-existent cases, fabricated quotes from real cases, and unsupported legal representations.
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
A self-represented appellant in a California divorce case submitted briefs to the Court of Appeal riddled with fictitious case citations — cases that do not exist, cases disapproved by the Supreme Court, and cases cited for propositions they do not support. The court named each fabricated citation o
Attorney Jae S. Lee cited a non-existent case generated by ChatGPT in her appellate brief. The Second Circuit referred her to its Grievance Panel — the first U.S. Court of Appeals to impose formal disciplinary consequences for AI-generated fake citations.
A USA court addressed the use of AI tool in legal proceedings in City Of Dickinson v. Helgeson, examining whether AI-generated content in court submissions met professional standards. The decision adds to the growing body of case law holding lawyers accountable for unverified AI-generated citations and arguments.
A USA court addressed the use of AI tool in legal proceedings in Joshua Warren Labonte v. Bokf, examining whether AI-generated content in court submissions met professional standards. The decision adds to the growing body of case law holding lawyers accountable for unverified AI-generated citations and arguments.