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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 6 CoCounsel 1 Gemini 1 Google AI 1

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

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All Fined 3 Referred to the bar 2 Warned 1 Outcome unclear 1 Reprimanded 1

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Outcome unclear CoCounsel
A party relied on hallucinated research generated by the specialist legal AI tool CoCounsel.
U.S. v. Farris · U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
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  • U.S. v. Farris involved hallucinations from a specialized legal AI tool.
  • The court addressed hallucinated citations originating from CoCounsel.
  • Sanction type and amount are not specified in the text.
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
  • Highlighted that even specialized legal tools like CoCounsel can hallucinate.
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