Incident Tracker / United States (federal)
Medal v. Amazon.com Services, LLC
·United States District Court for the Western District of Washington·US-FEDPendingprovisional
Western District of Washington on 2026-03-04 in Medal v. Amazon.com Services, LLC found counsel's opening brief included erroneous citations generated by AI-based search engines, combining captions, unrelated citations, and unsupported principles. The court ordered counsel to show cause why sanctions, striking, or referral should not issue for the defective authorities.
- Court
- United States District Court for the Western District of Washington
- Date
- 2026-03-04
- Who used the AI
- Lawyer
- AI tool
- Not identified in the record
- Conduct
- Plaintiffs' opposition to Amazon's motion to stay used 'juxtaposed' language with an accompanying false citation.
- 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, “Medal v. Amazon.com Services, LLC”, safelegalai.com/tracker/medal-v-amazon-com-services-llc (accessed 2026-10-07). Data: CC BY 4.0.