Incident Tracker / United States (federal)
In re Wise
·United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Louisiana·US-FEDFineprovisional
On 2026-04-09, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Louisiana struck counsel’s objection and supplemental response, imposed a $2,750 sanction, ordered AI-focused CLE, and barred further filings until compliance. Counsel submitted a filing with nonexistent or misstated legal provisions, fabricated or nonexistent authorities and mischaracterized authorities, including In re Garcia and In re Buttermilk Towne LLC.
- Court
- United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Louisiana
- Date
- 2026-04-09
- Who used the AI
- Lawyer
- AI tool
- Not identified in the record
- Conduct
- Wilson admitted using generative AI to create an objection and supplemental response; the objection cited In re Garcia for an unsupported proposition, the supplemental response cited nonexistent In re Buttermilk Towne LLC and nonexistent La. R.S. § 9:5774, and both pleadings were false and misleading.
- Outcome
- Fine
- Penalty
- US$2,750
- Regulatory outcome
- No separate regulatory disposition recorded
- Status
- Provisional — written by the court-decisions pipeline, awaiting the editor
- Last checked
- 2026-09-08
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SafeLegalAI Global Legal AI Incident Tracker, “In re Wise”, safelegalai.com/tracker/in-re-troylond-malon-wise (accessed 2026-10-07). Data: CC BY 4.0.