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Warned Claude 2026-05-15
A motion to quash included Claude-generated phantom quotations, and the lawyers apologized to the court; the page does not report a sanction order.
AFGE v. Trump · Binnall Law Group PLLC; Jason Greaves; Jesse Binnall; Lindsay McKasson · US District Court for the Northern District of California · CA
““While I reviewed the cited cases generally to confirm their applicability, as well as many other cases that I reviewed, I did not double check the quotations and obviously did not read the cited cases carefully,” Greaves wrote.”
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  • AFGE v. Trump involved Binnall Law Group PLLC lawyers.
  • Jason Greaves used Claude Console to draft a motion to quash a subpoena.
  • The motion included “phantom” quotations, prompting apologies to the court.
  • Court: US District Court for the Northern District of California, California.
  • Date: 2026-05-15; the page describes the misuse but reports no sanction order.
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