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

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

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ChatGPT 19 Copilot 5 AI-assisted legal software 2 ChatGPT-4o 1 Claude 1 CoCounsel 1 Lexis+ AI 1 Strongsuit 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 1–2 of 2 incidents involving AI-assisted legal software. Clear filters

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
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  • 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.””
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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
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