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Erica Whitesock v. Bird Global, Inc., and The City of Austin
·District Court of Travis County, Texas, 250th Judicial District·US-STATESanctionsprovisional
On 2026-06-08, in Erica Whitesock v. Bird Global, Inc., and The City of Austin, the Travis County district court granted the City of Austin's jurisdictional plea, dismissed those claims with prejudice, and awarded $10,000 in attorney fees. Counsel filed a response using quotations that did not appear in the cited source, nonexistent or hallucinated authorities, authorities used for propositions.
- Court
- District Court of Travis County, Texas, 250th Judicial District
- Date
- 2026-06-08
- Who used the AI
- Lawyer
- AI tool
- GAI
- Conduct
- Counsel filed a response using quotations that did not appear in the cited source, nonexistent or hallucinated authorities, authorities used for propositions they did not support, and a nonexistent rule or legal standard.
- Outcome
- Sanctions
- Penalty
- US$10,000
- Regulatory outcome
- No separate regulatory disposition recorded
- Status
- Provisional — written by the court-decisions pipeline, awaiting the editor
- Last checked
- 2026-09-07
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SafeLegalAI Global Legal AI Incident Tracker, “Erica Whitesock v. Bird Global, Inc., and The City of Austin”, safelegalai.com/tracker/erica-whitesock-v-bird-global-inc-and-the-city-of-austin (accessed 2026-09-08). Data: CC BY 4.0.