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

Incidents tracked

Incidents in 2026

$2,500

In fines, where reported

1 of 2 report an amount

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

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Charting 1 of 2 incidents — the rest are undated or fall outside this window.

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

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Fined $2K CoCounsel

Arkansas lawyer sanctioned by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

bestlawfirms.com ↗

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An Arkansas lawyer was sanctioned by the Fifth Circuit.
The lawyer filed an AI-generated brief containing 21 fictional case citations and other errors.
The sanction type was monetary fine, but the page gives no amount.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit; federal appellate court.
No incident date is given; the page quotes the court on law-and-technology concerns.

Caught, not sanctioned CoCounsel 2026-04-03

U.S. v. Farris · U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

ediscoveryllc.com ↗

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U.S. v. Farris involved a brief prepared using Westlaw’s CoCounsel.
The court found errors in the brief prepared with the AI tool.
No sanction is described on the page for this incident.
Sixth Circuit, federal court.
Per curiam order dated 2026-04-03; the page says the tool appears to have been used after August 2025.

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