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 . . .

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 . . .

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 . . .

Court lets authors expand copyright case to target Databricks’ new AI models

June 26, 2025 - Five copyright holders sued Databricks and Mosaic ML, claiming their copyrighted works were used to train artificial intelligence systems without permission. Plaintiffs originally alleged that . . .

K-Pop companies seek U.S. court’s help to unmask anonymous YouTubers

November 29, 2024 - Three South Korean entertainment companies turned to a U.S. court to assist in identifying anonymous YouTube users accused of posting defamatory content. The companies sought . . .

Supreme Court weighs in on Texas and Florida social media laws

July 10, 2024 - In a significant case involving the intersection of technology and constitutional law, NetChoice LLC sued Florida and Texas, challenging their social media content-moderation laws. Both . . .

Footnote in opinion warns counsel not to cite AI-generated fake cases again

April 22, 2024 - A federal judge in Wisconsin suspected that one of the parties appearing before the court had used generative AI to write a brief, which resulted . . .

New Jersey judiciary taking steps to better understand Generative AI in the practice of law

March 25, 2024 - We are seeing the state of New Jersey take strides to make “safe and effective use of Generative AI” in the practice of law. The . . .

ChatGPT was “utterly and unusually unpersuasive” in case involving recovery of attorney’s fees

February 23, 2024 - In a recent federal case in New York under the Individuals with Disabilities Act, plaintiff prevailed on her claims and sought an award of attorney's . . .

DMCA subpoena to “mere conduit” ISP was improper

February 12, 2024 - Because ISP acted as a conduit for the transmission of material that allegedly infringed copyright, it fell under the DMCA safe harbor in 17 U.S.C. . . .