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Kleyman Law Group, P.C. v. Kaloidis
·Supreme Court of the State of New York, Kings County·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, Kings County
- Date
- 2026-04-03
- Who used the AI
- Lawyer
- AI tool
- Not identified in the record
- Conduct
- Plaintiff and Mr. Kleyman filed 19 affirmations, affidavits, memoranda, a proposed order to show cause, and a letter containing 23 fictitious cases cited 47 times and at least 83 misstatements of holdings, including filings after notice.
- 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. Kaloidis”, safelegalai.com/tracker/kleyman-law-group-p-c-v-james-kaloidis (accessed 2026-10-07). Data: CC BY 4.0.