Incident Tracker / United States (federal)
Shelbert v. Baxter International, Inc., No. 1:26-cv-06266 (N.D. Ill.)
·US District Court, Northern District of Illinois·US-FEDWarning
In the Northern District of Illinois, Tyler Shelbert's lawyer filed a motion to strike that relied on a false reading of Instituto Nacional de Comercializacion Agricola. Judge Hunt inferred AI-assisted drafting, denied the motion, admonished counsel and warned both sides that false or hallucinated citations may lead to sanctions.
- Court
- US District Court, Northern District of Illinois
- Date
- 2026-08-26
- Who used the AI
- Lawyer
- AI tool
- Not identified in the record
- Conduct
- Plaintiff's lawyer moved to strike an answer while misusing Instituto Nacional de Comercializacion Agricola for propositions the case did not support. The court inferred AI-assisted drafting, denied the motion, admonished counsel, and warned both sides against filings containing false or hallucinated citations.
- Outcome
- Warning
- Penalty
- No monetary penalty recorded
- Regulatory outcome
- No separate regulatory disposition recorded
- Status
- Verified against listed sources
- Last checked
- 2026-09-04
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SafeLegalAI Global Legal AI Incident Tracker, “Shelbert v. Baxter International, Inc., No. 1:26-cv-06266 (N.D. Ill.)”, safelegalai.com/tracker/shelbert-v-baxter-international (accessed 2026-09-04). Data: CC BY 4.0.