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AI-assisted legal drafting system developers

Incidents involved as Developer

Incident 17283 Report
Law Firm Shapiro Arato Bach Reportedly Filed Fictitious Case Citation and Misattributed Quotations Using Harvey's Legal AI Platform in New York Federal Court

2026-09-22

Law firm Shapiro Arato Bach reportedly acknowledged that unchecked use of Harvey, a legal AI platform, produced a fictitious case citation and misattributed quotations in a brief filed in federal court in New York. The court required an explanation and disclosure of the AI tool. The judge declined sanctions, and the firm apologized and said it was adding safeguards.

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Shapiro Arato Bach LLP

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1728
    3 Reports

    Law Firm Shapiro Arato Bach Reportedly Filed Fictitious Case Citation and Misattributed Quotations Using Harvey's Legal AI Platform in New York Federal Court

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Lawyers

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1728
    3 Reports

    Law Firm Shapiro Arato Bach Reportedly Filed Fictitious Case Citation and Misattributed Quotations Using Harvey's Legal AI Platform in New York Federal Court

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Law firms

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1728
    3 Reports

    Law Firm Shapiro Arato Bach Reportedly Filed Fictitious Case Citation and Misattributed Quotations Using Harvey's Legal AI Platform in New York Federal Court

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Harvey

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1728
    3 Reports

    Law Firm Shapiro Arato Bach Reportedly Filed Fictitious Case Citation and Misattributed Quotations Using Harvey's Legal AI Platform in New York Federal Court

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1728
    3 Reports

    Law Firm Shapiro Arato Bach Reportedly Filed Fictitious Case Citation and Misattributed Quotations Using Harvey's Legal AI Platform in New York Federal Court

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Large language model developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1728
    3 Reports

    Law Firm Shapiro Arato Bach Reportedly Filed Fictitious Case Citation and Misattributed Quotations Using Harvey's Legal AI Platform in New York Federal Court

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United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1728
    3 Reports

    Law Firm Shapiro Arato Bach Reportedly Filed Fictitious Case Citation and Misattributed Quotations Using Harvey's Legal AI Platform in New York Federal Court

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Judicial integrity

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1728
    3 Reports

    Law Firm Shapiro Arato Bach Reportedly Filed Fictitious Case Citation and Misattributed Quotations Using Harvey's Legal AI Platform in New York Federal Court

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Courts

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1728
    3 Reports

    Law Firm Shapiro Arato Bach Reportedly Filed Fictitious Case Citation and Misattributed Quotations Using Harvey's Legal AI Platform in New York Federal Court

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Enterprise AI systems

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1728
    3 Reports

    Law Firm Shapiro Arato Bach Reportedly Filed Fictitious Case Citation and Misattributed Quotations Using Harvey's Legal AI Platform in New York Federal Court

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Entity

AI-assisted legal drafting systems

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1728
    3 Reports

    Law Firm Shapiro Arato Bach Reportedly Filed Fictitious Case Citation and Misattributed Quotations Using Harvey's Legal AI Platform in New York Federal Court

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Entity

Large language models

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1728
    3 Reports

    Law Firm Shapiro Arato Bach Reportedly Filed Fictitious Case Citation and Misattributed Quotations Using Harvey's Legal AI Platform in New York Federal Court

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