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

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ChatGPT 21 Copilot 5 AI-assisted legal software 1 Descrybe.ai 1 Generative artificial intelligence (unsp 1 Legal Genius 1 Lexis+ AI 1

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Warned Generative artificial intelligence (unsp 2026-01-19
The Court admonished the pro se litigant for filings with hallucinated case law and false legal propositions attributed to undeclared generative AI use.
Amit Arora v. Canadian National Railway · Amit Arora · Federal Court

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  • Manitoba v. CHRC, 2016 FC 836
  • CP Rail v. Canada (AG), 2015 FC 1348
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  • Amit Arora v. Canadian National Railway; Amit Arora was the pro se litigant.
  • He filed written representations containing hallucinated case law and false legal propositions.
  • The Court issued a formal admonishment and dismissed the motion; costs were awarded to the respondent.
  • Federal Court; Canada.
  • Jan. 19, 2026; the Court attributed the errors to undeclared, unverified generative AI use.
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