Referred to the bar
$250
ChatGPT-4
2025-11-20
Plaintiff’s counsel filed a settlement-approval motion with AI-generated fake citations, and the court struck it, fined counsel, and referred him for discipline.
Buchanan v. Vuori, Inc. · James Dal Bon · U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California · CA
“the rise in non-existent cases and quotations hallucinated by artificial intelligence tools”
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- Buchanan v. Vuori, Inc.; plaintiff’s counsel was sanctioned
- A settlement-approval motion contained 8 false quotations and one nonexistent case from AI
- Court ordered a $250 payment, struck the motions, and referred counsel to the Standing Committee
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, San Francisco, California
- Nov. 20, 2025; counsel used about six different AI tools and the court found Rule 11 and candor violations