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Virgil v. Experian Information Solutions, et al.
·United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana·US-FEDRegulatory referralprovisional
Southern District of Indiana on 2026-02-12 in Virgil v. Experian Information Solutions, et al. found counsel's brief contained 15 citation defects, including Myers v. Passport Health, 2013 WL 5819270, Schuh v. American Express Bank and Merriman v. Equifax Info. Servs, involving nonexistent authorities, fabricated or misattributed quotations. The court referred counsel to disciplinary authorities for the defective citations.
- Court
- United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana
- Date
- 2026-02-12
- Who used the AI
- Lawyer
- AI tool
- Not identified in the record
- Conduct
- Plaintiff’s counsel filed five briefs containing citations to non-existent cases; defendants identified six apparently fabricated cases in the response brief, two more in other filings, and two additional fabricated cases in a later notice.
- Outcome
- Regulatory referral
- Penalty
- US$10,000
- 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, “Virgil v. Experian Information Solutions, et al.”, safelegalai.com/tracker/virgil-v-experian-information-solutions-et-al (accessed 2026-10-07). Data: CC BY 4.0.