AI Risk WireAI lawsuits
68 of 716 published cases name a lawsuit, court or sanction
Kind: all · invented legal citations 13 · not stated 12 · chatbot harm 3 · vehicle crash 3
Developer: all · not stated 13 · OpenAI 2
| Case | Kind; primary risk | Developer | Severity | Evidence | Disclosed | Sources | Court filing | Matched |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawyer under fire over AI-generated court filing LR-2026-0736 | invented legal citations; Made-up output relied on | not stated | minor | Preliminary | 2026-09-17 | 1 | none held | c |
| State Farm lawyer sanctioned $999.99 for seven AI-fabricated case citations in Los Angeles insurance filings LR-2026-0079 | invented legal citations; Made-up output relied on | not stated | minor | Preliminary | 2026-09-15 | 1 | none held | c |
| Illinois appeals court fines lawyer $15,000 over AI-generated fake citations LR-2026-0704 | invented legal citations; Made-up output relied on | not stated | minor | Preliminary | 2026-08-03 | 3 | none held | c |
| Federal appeals court refers Anthony Sabatini over AI-faked citations LR-2026-0655 | invented legal citations; Made-up output relied on | not stated | moderate | Preliminary | 2026-07-10 | 1 | none held | c |
| Judge throws out case after lawyers admit AI briefs with fake citations LR-2026-0577 | invented legal citations; Over-reliance and loss of human oversight | not stated | minor | Preliminary | 2026-06-15 | 1 | none held | c |
| Pinsent Masons reprimanded over AI hallucinations in UK court filings LR-2026-0535 | invented legal citations; Made-up output relied on | not stated | moderate | Preliminary | 2026-05-26 | 3 | none held | c |
| Canadian court annuls arbitral award over delegation to AI LR-2026-0538 | invented legal citations; Made-up output relied on | not stated | moderate | Preliminary | 2026-05-13 | 1 | none held | c |
| Attorney sanctioned for filing brief with AI-generated hallucinations LR-2026-0492 | invented legal citations; Made-up output relied on | not stated | minor | Preliminary | 2026-04-27 | 1 | none held | c |
| Federal judge proposes sanctions against Mike Lindell's lawyers over fake citations LR-2026-0478 | invented legal citations; Made-up output relied on | not stated | minor | Preliminary | 2026-04-01 | 1 | none held | c |
| Attorney fined for citing AI-generated cases LR-2026-0465 | invented legal citations; Made-up output relied on | not stated | minor | Preliminary | 2026-03-26 | 1 | none held | c |
| Judge tosses case over fake AI citations, including references to Fahrenheit 451 LR-2026-0436 | invented legal citations; Made-up output relied on | not stated | minor | Preliminary | 2026-02-06 | 2 | none held | c |
| Lawyer sanctioned over hallucinated material in OnlyFans case LR-2026-0368 | invented legal citations; Made-up output relied on | not stated | moderate | Preliminary | 2025-12-16 | 1 | none held | c |
| Bankruptcy judge reprimands ex-Gordon Rees lawyer over AI citations LR-2026-0324 | invented legal citations; Made-up output relied on | not stated | moderate | Preliminary | 2025-11-21 | 1 | none held | c |
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a: a source is a court filing; b: a tag is one of: lawsuit, court, sanction, wrongful-death, litigation; c: the title has one of: lawsuit, lawsuits, sued, sues, suing, court, courts, judge, sanctioned, fined.
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