Incident Tracker / United States (federal)
Transcontinental Realty Investors, Inc. v. Moos
·United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas·US-FEDWarningprovisional
The Northern District of Texas denies disqualification motions in a commercial dispute. The opinion notes briefing problems, including one nonexistent Northern District citation likely caused by imprudent generative-AI reliance, and admonishes pro hac vice counsel about responsible AI use and Rule 11 obligations.
- Court
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
- Date
- 2026-07-28
- Who used the AI
- Lawyer
- AI tool
- Not identified in the record
- Conduct
- Pro hac vice counsel signed briefing citing a nonexistent N.D. Texas Aetna decision; only an unrelated D.N.J. case by that name existed.
- Outcome
- Warning
- 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, “Transcontinental Realty Investors, Inc. v. Moos”, safelegalai.com/tracker/transcontinental-realty-investors-inc-v-moos (accessed 2026-09-08). Data: CC BY 4.0.