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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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ChatGPT 17 Claude 2 LEAP 2 AI-based legal software 1 Copilot 1 GPT-3.5 1

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

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All Warned 5 Fined 2 Referred to the bar 1

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Referred to the bar $1K Copilot 2025-07-29
The attorney filed papers with AI-generated case summaries and misleading citations, and the court fined him $1,000 and referred him to the Attorney Grievance Committee.
Idehen v. Stoute-Phillip · Innocent Chinweze · New York trial court · NY
“The judge, Kimon C. Thermos, called the excuse an “incredible and unsupported statement.””
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  • Idehen v. Stoute-Phillip; the attorney for the landlord
  • Papers included cites to real cases that did not support the propositions stated and AI-generated summaries
  • The court imposed a $1,000 fine and referred the attorney to grievance authorities
  • New York trial court
  • Counsel first said he used Microsoft Copilot and did not read the cases cited
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