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Every incident where a lawyer got caught filing AI-fabricated citations. The Hall of Shame.

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Incidents in 2026
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Incidents per month

Last 18 months of published incidents, by the date of the court's order.

Apr 2025 Sep 2026

Charting 2 of 4 incidents; the rest are undated or fall outside this window.

Blamed by name

ChatGPT 151 Claude 9 CoCounsel 8 Copilot 8 Gemini 8 Lexis+ AI 6 AI-assisted legal software 4 Westlaw Precision 4 ChatGPT-4o 2 ChatOn 2 Eve 2 Google AI 2 LEAP 2 Perplexity AI 2 AI Overviews 1 Archie 1 Centient AI 1 ChatGPT-4 1 ClearBrief 1 CoCounsel, Westlaw Precision, Google Gem 1 Descrybe.ai 1 First Drafts 1 GPT-3.5 1 Ghostwriter Legal 1 Google Scholar 1 Grammarly 1 Grok 1 Irys 1 Legal Genius 1 LegalAI 1 MX2.law 1 OpenCase 1 Strongsuit 1 vLex Fastcase 1

Counts only incidents where the filing court or the reporting named the tool.

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All Warned 2 Referred to the bar 1 Fined 1

Showing 1–4 of 4 incidents involving AI-assisted legal software. Clear filters

Referred to the bar AI-assisted legal software
Mr Dayal filed a list and summary of authorities containing entirely fabricated AI-generated case citations, and the regulator imposed practice restrictions.
Dayal · Mr Dayal · Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
qlsproctor.com.au ↗
The file →
  • Dayal; Mr Dayal, a Victorian solicitor,
  • He submitted a list and summary of authorities with entirely fabricated case citations generated by AI-based legal software.
  • The Victorian Legal Services Board imposed comprehensive practice restrictions and supervised practice requirements.
  • Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia; Victoria.
  • The page says this was the first Australian case in which referral to a regulator had been concluded.
Warned AI-assisted legal software 2026-01-19
The Court admonished the pro se litigant for filings with hallucinated case law and false legal propositions attributed to undeclared generative AI use.
Amit Arora v. Canadian National Railway · Amit Arora · Federal Court

Cases that don't exist

  • Manitoba v. CHRC, 2016 FC 836
  • CP Rail v. Canada (AG), 2015 FC 1348
aivortex.io ↗
The file →
  • Amit Arora v. Canadian National Railway; Amit Arora was the pro se litigant.
  • He filed written representations containing hallucinated case law and false legal propositions.
  • The Court issued a formal admonishment and dismissed the motion; costs were awarded to the respondent.
  • Federal Court; Canada.
  • Jan. 19, 2026; the Court attributed the errors to undeclared, unverified generative AI use.
Warned AI-assisted legal software 2025-08-19
An unnamed Victorian solicitor filed an AI-generated list of entirely non-existent citations in a family law dispute and had his practising certificate varied.
First-ever Aussie lawyer sanctioned for AI use · Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
““the incident caused significant stress but was unlikely to be repeated.””
lawyersweekly.com.au ↗
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  • Unnamed Victorian solicitor in a family law dispute
  • Submitted AI-generated legal citations that could not be verified
  • Practising certificate varied; no longer a principal lawyer
  • Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia, Victoria
  • Incident occurred in July 2024; VLSB+C confirmed variation on 19 August 2025
Fined $5K AI-assisted legal software 2025-02-24
Judge Rankin revoked Rudwin Ayala's pro hac vice admission, fined him $3,000, and fined T. Michael Morgan and Taly Goody $1,000 each for motions citing eight fake cases.
Wadsworth v. Walmart · Rudwin Ayala, T. Michael Morgan, and Taly Goody · U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming · WY
“Blind reliance on another attorney can be an improper delegation of this duty and a violation of Rule 11.”
yahoo.com ↗
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  • Wadsworth v. Walmart Inc. involved attorneys Rudwin Ayala, T. Michael Morgan, and Taly Goody.
  • Attorneys submitted motions in limine citing eight non-existent cases.
  • Fined a total of $5,000 ($3,000 for Ayala; $1,000 each for Morgan and Goody) plus pro hac vice revocation for Ayala.
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming.
  • Sanctioned on 2025-02-24 under Rule 11 because a fake opinion is not existing law.
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