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

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ChatGPT 42 Claude 4 Gemini 3 ChatGPT-4o 1 ChatOn 1 CoCounsel 1 Eve 1 Google AI Overview 1 Grammarly 1 Morgan & Morgan’s in-house Artificial In 1 OpenCase 1 OpenLaw 1 Perplexity AI 1 Westlaw Precision 1

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Caught, not sanctioned Morgan & Morgan’s in-house Artificial In
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.
T. Michael Morgan · T. Michael Morgan · Suffolk County Superior Court · MA
“Morgan has made no showing that he has learned from his mistakes in that case.”
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  • T. Michael Morgan of Morgan & Morgan was the attorney involved.
  • He had been sanctioned in Wyoming for motions citing eight non-existent cases hallucinated by the firm’s AI.
  • The Massachusetts court denied his pro hac vice motion; no amount is stated here.
  • Suffolk County Superior Court in Massachusetts.
  • May 2026; Justice Kenneth Salinger cited Morgan’s failure to meet ethical standards.
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