Topic
Fabricated citations, invented cases, and the sanctions that follow — tracked worldwide.
Briefs·Weekly briefingIssue
Issue 2: the SDT's first AI-citation case, 476 US court rows on record, California SB 574 with the Governor, Germany, Poland and Ireland AI Act laws.
News·News brief
The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal struck Abhishek Kumar off the register after AI-generated false citations appeared in his defence to SRA proceedings.
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Passed 31 Aug and enrolled 4 Sep 2026, SB 574 would bar delegating law practice to AI, require citation checks and court disclosure, and bind arbitrators.
Research·Report
As of 8 Sep 2026, 566 US court documents on generative AI and related AI questions show 507 fabricated-citation rulings.
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150 tracker rows, 45 with a stated figure: USD 371,542 across 34 US orders, median USD 5,000; 48 regulator referrals, 5 verified dispositions.
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12 consumer legal-AI services on one schema, 41 self-represented rows in the incident tracker, two docket studies of AI pro se filings, and the regulators.
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India searches 'legal ai' 8,100 times a month against 9,900 in the US; its courts have acted on eight matters built on fake authority; its rulebook is in draft.
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The D.C. Court of Appeals struck a Deutsche Bank appellee brief after counsel used Google's generative AI search tool without verifying four nonexistent cases.
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The Supreme Court of India set aside a Rs 425.28 crore customs penalty after finding fake or misused AI-generated authorities in the order.
Research·Analysis
A C.D. Cal. Special Master sanctioned Ellis George and K&L Gates $31,100 after an AI-drafted brief cited fake cases and was re-filed without disclosure.
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The Virginia Court of Appeals ordered counsel to take AI or appellate-practice CLE after an appellee brief attributed 25 phantom quotations to Virginia cases.
Briefs·Explainer
Across 130 country records, 50 have a binding, guidance, proposed or case-law answer on verification of AI output.
Research·Analysis
Sullivan & Cromwell disclosed AI-hallucinated citations in a Chapter 15 emergency motion in April 2026. The letter, the 28-citation count, and the docket since.
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1 July to 3 September 2026: 54 tracker incidents in 11 jurisdictions, USD 132,888 in stated US penalties, 20 rows with a regulator referral or disposition.
Briefs·Weekly briefingIssue
Issue 1: 50 incidents added, the SRA's misuse-of-AI warning notice, Ireland's Practice Direction HC 142, deferred EU high-risk duties, 128 tools on record.
Research·Analysis
England's Divisional Court referred two lawyers to their regulators over AI-fabricated citations and warned its restraint on contempt is not a precedent.
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Oregon's ~$110,000 AI-sanctions case: terminating sanctions for fifteen fake cases and eight fabricated quotations, and why the headline figure is an aggregate.
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A solicitor filed four AI-invented authorities; the court's referral led the regulator to bar him as a principal and impose two years' supervision.
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The first reported UK case of AI-invented case law: a litigant cited nine ChatGPT-fabricated decisions to the Tax Tribunal, which found them fake.
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Every published measurement of legal-AI error on one schema, set against the vendor claims: 17% to 33% for research tools, 43% to 88% for general models.
Research·Analysis
An Ontario lawyer filed a ChatGPT-fabricated factum, then lied about writing it — and drew a criminal-contempt referral to the Attorney General.
Briefs·Explainer
Plain-English definitions courts use when sanctioning AI-fabricated citations: hallucination, Hamid jurisdiction, wasted costs, Rule 11, and more.
Research·Analysis
In Cork v Smith, a junior solicitor's AI tool fabricated the text of a rule that does not exist. Pinsent Masons self-referred to the SRA.
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India's Supreme Court set aside two tribunal orders built on fake AI-generated precedents and ordered the Bar Council to frame AI rules for lawyers.
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From Mata v Avianca to a $110,000 Oregon sanction: what the verified record of AI-fabricated citations shows about courts, regulators, and the firms involved.
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Two New York attorneys, six ChatGPT-invented cases, and a $5,000 sanction: the June 2023 ruling that created the legal AI hallucination era.
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A sample issue showing the weekly format: incidents worldwide, regulator watch, one analysis take, and the tracker stat of the week.
