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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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Blamed by name

ChatGPT 58 Claude 3 Copilot 2 Gemini 2 Lexis+ AI 2 Westlaw Precision 2 Archie 1 ChatOn 1 CoCounsel 1 Ghostwriter Legal 1 Google Scholar 1 Grok 1 Lexis 1 Lexis Nexis 1 Westlaw CoCounsel 1 Westlaw’s CoCounsel 1 in-house AI database 1

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

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Fined $1K ChatOn
The plaintiff’s reply brief used ChatOn to create false case citations, and the court ordered the attorney to pay a $1,000 penalty.
Benjamin v. Costco Wholesale Corp. · U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York · NY
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  • Benjamin v. Costco Wholesale Corp.; the plaintiff’s attorney was penalized
  • The reply brief included numerous case citations created by ChatOn that were false
  • The court ordered a $1,000 penalty
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
  • Magistrate Judge Lee G. Dunst found mitigating factors, including remorse and voluntary CLE participation
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