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Incident 17337 Report
Ten Plaintiffs in Estonia Reportedly Fined After AI-Assisted Court Filing Cited Nonexistent Researchers in Logging-Permit Dispute
2026-06-25
Ten plaintiffs challenging a logging permit in Estonia reportedly received fines after submitting an AI-assisted document citing researchers who did not exist and studies the court could not locate. Tallinn Administrative Court held them responsible for checking the references. The plaintiffs denied intending to mislead the court; the fines became final after appeals.
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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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3M-Retained Expert Reportedly Submitted Largely ChatGPT-Generated Analysis Seeking to Exonerate 3M as Expert Evidence in Explosion Lawsuit
2026-06-11
3M-retained expert Josh Autenrieth reportedly submitted an expert report substantially generated with ChatGPT after prompting it to show 3M was "0% at fault" for a 2020 Houston industrial explosion that killed three people and destroyed roughly 200 homes. Plaintiffs were thereby presented with purported expert evidence substantially drafted toward a requested conclusion by an AI system, prompting extensive discovery and trial scrutiny.
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D.C. Court of Appeals Struck Deutsche Bank National Trust Company Brief After Attorney Used Google Generative AI Search Tool and Filed Four Nonexistent Case Citations
2025-08-12
In Douglas v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Co., attorney Loishirl W. Hall acknowledged using Google's generative AI search tool to locate case authority and failing to verify citations before an appellate brief was filed. The D.C. Court of Appeals found four cited cases did not exist, said the filing misdirected the court and burdened judicial resources, struck Deutsche Bank's brief, and referred the matter for disciplinary review.
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Incident 15731 Report
National Company Law Tribunal Reportedly Relied on AI-Hallucinated Precedents in Pooja Ramesh Singh v. Jammu and Kashmir Bank Ltd
2024-08-28
In Pooja Ramesh Singh v. Jammu and Kashmir Bank Ltd., India's National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) reportedly admitted insolvency proceedings against Essel Infraprojects after relying on six purported precedents later found to be fabricated or materially inaccurate. The appellate tribunal upheld the ruling, but the Supreme Court later invalidated both decisions and sent the insolvency petition back to the NCLT for a new ruling.
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Lawyers
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- Incident 17283 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
- Incident 16822 Reports
D.C. Court of Appeals Struck Deutsche Bank National Trust Company Brief After Attorney Used Google Generative AI Search Tool and Filed Four Nonexistent Case Citations
Large language model developers
Incidents involved as Developer
- Incident 17337 Reports
Ten Plaintiffs in Estonia Reportedly Fined After AI-Assisted Court Filing Cited Nonexistent Researchers in Logging-Permit Dispute
- Incident 17283 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
Judicial integrity
Incidents Harmed By
- Incident 17337 Reports
Ten Plaintiffs in Estonia Reportedly Fined After AI-Assisted Court Filing Cited Nonexistent Researchers in Logging-Permit Dispute
- Incident 17283 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
Epistemic integrity
Incidents Harmed By
- Incident 17337 Reports
Ten Plaintiffs in Estonia Reportedly Fined After AI-Assisted Court Filing Cited Nonexistent Researchers in Logging-Permit Dispute
- Incident 16452 Reports
3M-Retained Expert Reportedly Submitted Largely ChatGPT-Generated Analysis Seeking to Exonerate 3M as Expert Evidence in Explosion Lawsuit
Large language models
Incidents implicated systems
- Incident 17337 Reports
Ten Plaintiffs in Estonia Reportedly Fined After AI-Assisted Court Filing Cited Nonexistent Researchers in Logging-Permit Dispute
- Incident 17283 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
AI-assisted legal research systems
Incidents implicated systems
- Incident 16822 Reports
D.C. Court of Appeals Struck Deutsche Bank National Trust Company Brief After Attorney Used Google Generative AI Search Tool and Filed Four Nonexistent Case Citations
- Incident 16031 Report
Crown Prosecution Service Reportedly Filed Purportedly AI-Generated False Citations in Two Extradition Appeals
AI-assisted legal drafting systems
Incidents implicated systems
- Incident 17283 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
- Incident 16452 Reports
3M-Retained Expert Reportedly Submitted Largely ChatGPT-Generated Analysis Seeking to Exonerate 3M as Expert Evidence in Explosion Lawsuit
Parties to legal proceedings
Incidents Harmed By
- Incident 16822 Reports
D.C. Court of Appeals Struck Deutsche Bank National Trust Company Brief After Attorney Used Google Generative AI Search Tool and Filed Four Nonexistent Case Citations
- Incident 17272 Reports
Nebraska Supreme Court Reportedly Struck Self-Represented Divorce Litigant's Appellate Brief Containing Purportedly AI-Generated Fictitious Citations