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

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 . . .