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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.

Apr 2025 Sep 2026

Blamed by name

ChatGPT 53 Claude 4 Lexis+ AI 4 Westlaw Precision 4 CoCounsel 3 Copilot 2 AI-assisted legal software 1 Archie 1 ChatOn 1 ClearBrief 1 CoCounsel, Westlaw Precision, Google Gem 1 Descrybe.ai 1 First Drafts 1 Gemini 1 Ghostwriter Legal 1 Google AI 1 Google Scholar 1 Grok 1 Irys 1 vLex Fastcase 1

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

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Fined $3K ClearBrief 2026-09-09
A federal judge sanctioned two lawyers for submitting filings with a dozen AI-generated errors, ordering CLE courses and fines of $2,000 and $1,000 ($3,000 total).
Beus Gilbert PLLC v. Brigham Young University et al. · Mr. Pehrson, Mr. Clark · U.S. District Court for the District of Utah · UT
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  • Two lawyers representing Brigham Young University were sanctioned.
  • They used tools including ClearBrief, Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini, submitting filings riddled with a dozen AI-generated errors.
  • The court fined one lawyer $2,000 and the other $1,000, and ordered both to complete two AI ethics CLE courses.
  • The ruling was issued by Judge Ted Stewart in the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah.
  • On Sept. 9, 2026, the judge noted the attorneys violated Rule 11 by failing to conduct a reasonable inquiry into their assertions.
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