AI fake cases crisis reaches Illinois Appellate Court for the first time

July 23, 2025 - The Illinois Appellate Court for the Fourth District issued a decision that marks the first time an Illinois court at this level has addressed attorney . . .

Tesla awarded sanctions where opposing party cited AI-generated cases in discovery briefing

July 15, 2025 - Plaintiff sued Tesla in federal court in the Southern District of Florida. During discovery, plaintiff filed multiple motions that cited fake case law hallucinated by . . .

Court bars expert from accessing AI source code in high profile copyright case

July 15, 2025 - Plaintiffs sued Stability AI for misusing their copyrighted artwork to train generative AI models. As part of the lawsuit, plaintiffs sought to designate a University . . .

Can generative AI turn hearsay into admissible evidence?

July 14, 2025 - In the recent case of Malia LLC v. State Farm, an insurance policyholder sued the insurance company claiming the insurance company wrongfully denied coverage. The . . .

Voice cloning case presents novel AI copyright issues

July 11, 2025 - Two professional voice actors based sued Lovo, a company that sells AI-generated voiceover software alleging, among other things, copyright infringement. Plaintiffs claimed that defendant took . . .

Court says that party cannot use AI instead of a human stenographer at depositions

July 11, 2025 - Plaintiff asked the court for permission to take 13 depositions using video recordings and AI transcription software (instead of a human stenographer), with a notary . . .

Immigration attorney hit with sanctions for using Claude to generate fake case citations

July 10, 2025 - A federal court imposed sanctions on a petitioner's attorney for submitting fabricated legal quotations generated by the AI tool Claude Sonnet 4 in an emergency . . .

Court gives X opportunity to raise Section 230 claim in deepfake case

July 9, 2025 - X  sued Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison over a state law that prohibits the dissemination of AI-generated political deepfakes, arguing the statute violates the First . . .

Relying on AI for help in discovery meet-and-confer was not good faith

July 7, 2025 - When a party in a lawsuit claims that the other side is not fully responding to discovery requests, that party can file a motion to . . .

Pro se litigant cited AI hallucinated cases but court found no harm, no foul

July 7, 2025 - A bankruptcy case took a turn during a hearing when the court asked the pro se debtor how he had found the cases he cited . . .