Legal AI incidents, by the numbers
As of 2026-09-04, the dataset holds 137 incidents across 15 jurisdictions, from 2023-06-22 to 2026-09-03. 44 carry a recorded regulatory or disciplinary disposition, 40 carried a monetary penalty, and the AI tool is identified in 53 records. These are verified records, not a worldwide census.
- 137
- incidents on the record
- 15
- jurisdictions
- 44
- regulatory outcomes
- 40
- sanctions/fines total
- 53
- records naming a tool
Recent pace: 69 decisions or orders in the last 90 days, against 15 in the 90 days before.
Monetary penalties: 40 records · US$328,942 USD · £24,727.20 GBP · A$17,469.23 AUD · CA$36,000 CAD · SGD 10,000 SGD · ₪36,000 ILS · €1,250 EUR.
Incidents by jurisdiction, outcome, actor and year
Incident counts and severity distribution
Sanction / removalProcedural / pendingDismissal / other
Incidents by jurisdiction
Rows link to the country/jurisdiction landing view.
| United States (state) | 40 | |
|---|---|---|
| United States (federal) | 36 | |
| United Kingdom | 17 | |
| Canada | 10 | |
| India | 8 | |
| Australia | 6 | |
| South Africa | 5 | |
| Brazil | 4 | |
| Ireland | 3 | |
| Israel | 3 | |
| European Union | 1 | |
| Gulf states | 1 | |
| New Zealand | 1 | |
| Other | 1 | |
| Singapore | 1 |
Incidents by outcome
Outcome colour follows the incident severity semantics.
| Sanctions | 31 | |
|---|---|---|
| Warning | 25 | |
| Other | 24 | |
| Regulatory referral | 19 | |
| Dismissal | 12 | |
| Costs order | 11 | |
| Fine | 9 | |
| Pending | 3 | |
| Suspension | 3 |
Incidents by actor
Who the public record identifies as having misused or relied on the AI output.
| Not recorded | 72 | |
|---|---|---|
| Lawyer | 42 | |
| Litigant in person | 18 | |
| Other | 4 | |
| Judge | 1 |
Incidents by year
Decision or order year; this is not a filing-year census.
| 2026 | 93 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | |
| 2024 | 7 | |
| 2023 | 3 |
Cite these figures
SafeLegalAI Global Legal AI Incident Tracker, statistics as of 2026-09-04, safelegalai.com/tracker/statistics. Data: CC BY 4.0. Methodology: safelegalai.com/editorial-standards.