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

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Lindsay filed memoranda of law with fabricated citations and was sanctioned $2,500 after the court found she used AI-generated hallucinations.
Jimenez-Fogarty v. Fogarty · Tricia S. Lindsay · U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, Magistrate Judge Gabriel W. Gorenstein · NY
“"[C]ourts in this [C]ircuit have repeatedly found that presenting AI-generated hallucinations as valid caselaw constitutes subjective bad faith."”
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  • Jimenez-Fogarty v. Fogarty; Tricia S. Lindsay was sanctioned.
  • She filed two memoranda of law citing numerous nonexistent cases.
  • The court imposed a $2,500 fine and required notice to her client and other judges.
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York; Magistrate Judge Gabriel W. Gorenstein.
  • The opinion said Lindsay used an AI program and referenced Lexis Nexis AI-driven features.
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