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Greenberg v. First Bank, Inc.
·Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County·US-STATEPendingprovisional
Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County on 2026-02-17 in Greenberg v. First Bank, Inc. found counsel cited a nonexistent AI-generated case about certificate-of-deposit surrender and misapplied People v. Wharton and AARTS Productions. The court ordered counsel to show cause why sanctions, striking, or referral should not issue for the defective authorities.
- Court
- Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County
- Date
- 2026-02-17
- Who used the AI
- Lawyer
- AI tool
- Not identified in the record
- Conduct
- Counsel cited a nonexistent AI-generated case about certificate-of-deposit surrender and misapplied People v. Wharton and AARTS Productions.
- Outcome
- Pending
- Penalty
- No monetary penalty recorded
- 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, “Greenberg v. First Bank, Inc.”, safelegalai.com/tracker/greenberg-v-first-bank-inc (accessed 2026-09-08). Data: CC BY 4.0.