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Kleyman Law Group, P.C. v. James Kaloidis
·Supreme Court of the State of New York·US-STATESanctionsprovisional
On 2026-04-03, Supreme Court of the State of New York held the plaintiff’s papers sanctionable as frivolous because they were riddled with fictitious cases and authorities that did not support the propositions asserted. Counsel submitted a filing with fabricated or nonexistent authorities and mischaracterized authorities, including Matter of Winston & Strawn LLP and Matter of Witham v Witham.
- Court
- Supreme Court of the State of New York
- Date
- 2026-04-03
- Who used the AI
- Lawyer
- AI tool
- Not identified in the record
- Conduct
- The filing used fabricated or nonexistent authorities and mischaracterized authorities, including Matter of Winston & Strawn LLP and Matter of Witham v Witham, which the court found nonexistent, misquoted, or unsupported.
- Outcome
- Sanctions
- 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, “Kleyman Law Group, P.C. v. James Kaloidis”, safelegalai.com/tracker/kleyman-law-group-p-c-v-james-kaloidis (accessed 2026-09-08). Data: CC BY 4.0.