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

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Incidents in 2026

$2,500

In fines, where reported

1 of 1 report an amount

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Last 18 months of published incidents, by the date of the court's order.

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ChatGPT 58 Claude 3 Copilot 2 Gemini 2 Lexis+ AI 2 Westlaw Precision 2 Archie 1 ChatOn 1 CoCounsel 1 Ghostwriter Legal 1 Google Scholar 1 Grok 1 Lexis 1 Lexis Nexis 1 Westlaw CoCounsel 1 Westlaw’s CoCounsel 1 in-house AI database 1

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Fined $2K Lexis Nexis

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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