Incident Tracker / United States (federal)
Full Standard Properties v. SJ 6070, No. 5:25-cv-09451 (N.D. Cal.)
In the US District Court for the Northern District of California, Judge Freeman discharged an order to show cause against plaintiff's counsel who had cited nonexistent cases, after counsel reimbursed USD 14,500 in fees the fabricated citations had caused the opposing party. The court's overall fee award in the matter was USD 85,980.70.
- Court
- US District Court for the Northern District of California
- Date
- 2026-08-20
- Who used the AI
- Lawyer
- AI tool
- Not identified in the record
- Conduct
- Plaintiff's counsel cited nonexistent cases in filings. Before the show-cause hearing counsel had reimbursed USD 14,500 in attorney's fees that the fabricated citations caused the opposing party to incur; the order to show cause was then discharged. The court's total fee award in the matter was USD 85,980.70.
- Outcome
- Costs order
- Penalty
- US$14,500
- Regulatory outcome
- No separate regulatory disposition recorded
- Status
- Verified against listed sources
- Last checked
- 2026-09-03
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SafeLegalAI Global Legal AI Incident Tracker, “Full Standard Properties v. SJ 6070, No. 5:25-cv-09451 (N.D. Cal.)”, safelegalai.com/tracker/full-standard-properties-v-sj-6070 (accessed 2026-09-04). Data: CC BY 4.0.