Caught, not sanctioned
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2026-05-18
Justice Kenneth Salinger denied T. Michael Morgan’s pro hac vice motion after he was sanctioned in Wyoming for filing motions citing eight nonexistent AI-hallucinated cases.
Glenn Wilder and Others v. President & Fellows of Harvard College and Others · T. Michael Morgan · Suffolk County Superior Court · MA
“Attorney Morgan disclosed that he was sanctioned by the United States District Court for the District of Wyoming for violating Fed. R. Civ. P. 11(b) because he signed motions in limine without reading them and, as a result, permitted the filing of motions citing eight non-existent cases that had been hallucinated by Morgan & Morgan's in-house Artificial Intelligence ("AI") platform.”
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- Wilder v. President & Fellows of Harvard College involving attorney T. Michael Morgan
- Disclosed a prior Wyoming sanction for submitting 8 AI-hallucinated cases generated by an in-house platform
- Motion to appear pro hac vice was denied by the court
- Massachusetts Superior Court under Justice Kenneth W. Salinger
- Decided May 18, 2026, demonstrating that past AI sanctions impact future pro hac vice applications