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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 156 Claude 9 Copilot 8 Gemini 7 Lexis+ AI 4 LegalAI 3 Westlaw Precision 3 ChatOn 2 CoCounsel 2 LEAP 2 AI-assisted legal software 1 AI-based legal software 1 Archie 1 Centient AI 1 ChatGPT-4o 1 Descrybe.ai 1 Eve 1 GPT-3.5 1 Generative artificial intelligence (unsp 1 Ghostwriter Legal 1 Google AI Overview 1 Google Scholar 1 Grammarly 1 Grok 1 Legal Genius 1 Lexis 1 Lexis Nexis 1 Morgan & Morgan’s in-house Artificial In 1 OpenCase 1 OpenLaw 1 Perplexity AI 1 Westlaw CoCounsel 1 Westlaw’s CoCounsel 1 in-house AI database 1

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

Hall of Shame

All Caught, not sanctioned 1

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Caught, not sanctioned Grammarly
An attorney withdrew after filing an opposition brief alleged to contain non-existent caselaw, fake quotations, and incorrect legal assertions.
Smith v. Athena Construction Group, Inc.
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  • Smith v. Athena Construction Group, Inc.; an attorney representing a relator
  • Opposition brief allegedly contained non-existent caselaw, fake quotations, and incorrect legal assertions
  • The attorney withdrew; no court sanction is stated on the page
  • Federal FCA matter; court not named on the page
  • Page says the attorney used Grammarly and Lexis+
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