How courts and legislatures are treating Artificial Intelligence — case tracker, analysis, and India angle.
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 Arizona federal court struck a pro se plaintiff’s amended complaint motion after discovering two AI-hallucinated citations and warned the plaintiff that future submissions containing hallucinated cases would result in Rule 11 sanctions. The court explicitly stated that AI hallucinations allow it
A Wisconsin federal court found AI-hallucinated citations in a pro se complaint — including citations that led to entirely unrelated cases — and warned plaintiffs that hallucinations are ‘fundamentally incompatible with our justice system’ while ordering compliance with Rule 11.
Endure Industries, a small business appealing a Defence Health Agency contract cancellation before the ASBCA, cited a nonexistent court decision in its brief. After a show cause order, the company admitted AI use — the first documented AI hallucination admission before the Armed Services Board of Co
A Florida pro se appellant challenging election procedures filed briefs citing numerous non-existent cases and quoting real cases for propositions they do not support. The Second District Court of Appeal affirmed dismissal, issued a formal warning that future AI-hallucinated filings will face advers
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
A Minnesota pro se litigant’s complaint was dismissed after the trial court found he ‘repeatedly cited nonexistent legal authority.’ The Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal as non-appealable, finding the without-prejudice dismissal did not affect his substantial rights.