Incident Tracker / United States (federal)
In re: Social Media Adolescent Addiction Litigation
·United States District Court for the Northern District of California·US-FEDPendingprovisional
Northern District of California on 2026-02-17 in In re: Social Media Adolescent Addiction Litigation found the expert's submission contained two citation defects involving mischaracterized authority. The court declined to exclude the expert but left the incorrect AI-generated citations for cross-examination.
- Court
- United States District Court for the Northern District of California
- Date
- 2026-02-17
- Who used the AI
- Expert
- AI tool
- Not identified in the record
- Conduct
- The expert's submission contained two citation defects involving mischaracterized authority.
- 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, “In re: Social Media Adolescent Addiction Litigation”, safelegalai.com/tracker/in-re-social-media-adolescent-addiction-litigation (accessed 2026-09-08). Data: CC BY 4.0.