AI Hallucination Cases
Damien Charlotin
Every decision where a court found that a filing leaned on AI-fabricated material. More than two thousand of them so far, and the count moves most weeks.
What we're watching
Courts are deciding what technology means for practice while we're still in school. This page tracks that, alongside what's been written about the work happening at Suffolk.
Court list last refreshed 2026-09-21 11:15 UTC
· links last checked 2026-09-21
In the courts
Opinions where the court had to decide something about the technology itself. Gathered from CourtListener every week and screened before anything lands here. Each one links to the full opinion.
AI in legal practice
2026-08-21
The court addressed the issue of fabricated citations created by generative AI in legal memoranda.
District Court of Appeal of Florida · No. 2D2024-1392
2026-08-19
The court sanctioned the use of artificial intelligence in appellate filings.
Court of Appeals of Iowa · No. 25-0799
2026-07-28
The court sanctioned an attorney for submitting fabricated citations.
Appellate Court of Illinois · No. 1-25-1462
2026-05-14
The court fined the complainant for hallucinations by ChatGPT or a similar artificial intelligence program.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · No. Motion No. 2026-01135|Case No. 2026-00170|
2026-03-25
The court addressed the defendant's use of artificial intelligence in his legal briefing.
District Court of Appeal of Florida · No. 4D2025-0843
Training data and copyright
2026-08-18
The court addressed the use of AI in training geospatial models and its implications for copyright.
United States Court of Federal Claims · No. 26-155
AI and evidence
2026-08-14
The court ruled on the admissibility of machine-generated monitoring data as evidence.
Supreme Court of North Carolina · No. 248PA24
2026-08-05
The court discussed the implications of hallucinations created by generative AI in the context of evidence.
Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio) · No. 04-25-00724-CV
2026-07-22
The court required certification on the use of generative artificial intelligence in drafting.
Court of Appeals of Iowa · No. 25-0992
Automated decisions
2026-07-23
The court engaged with the use of a risk assessment tool in the context of detention.
Appellate Court of Illinois · No. 4-25-0384
2026-06-29
The court addressed the comparison of fingerprints using an automated system.
Supreme Court of New Jersey · No. A-6-25
2026-03-27
The court discussed the evaluation of a defendant using a risk assessment tool.
California Court of Appeal · No. H053298
2026-03-04
The court addressed the regulation of automatic, algorithmic determinations of worker eligibility.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · No. 25-228
2026-01-28
The court considered the use of a pretrial risk assessment tool in the adjudication process.
Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals · No. CAAP-24-0000458
2025-12-17
The court affirmed the use of statistical instruments as risk assessment tools in the decision-making process.
Court of Appeals of Iowa · No. 24-0883
Privacy and biometrics
2026-09-17
The court addressed the admissibility of evidence obtained through facial recognition software.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · No. 24-960
2026-08-28
The court evaluated whether written consent was obtained under the Biometric Information Privacy Act.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · No. 24-2982
2026-08-13
The court examined issues related to biometric profiling and behavioral surveillance.
District Court, District of Columbia · No. Civil Action No. 2025-2401
2026-07-20
The court found that Gunnar violated the Biometric Information Privacy Act.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · No. 25-1890
2026-07-08
The court addressed concerns over invasion of privacy related to facial recognition.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania · No. 2702 EDA 2024
2026-06-24
The court ruled that Miles is entitled to relief after the use of Facial Recognition Technology in the investigation.
Supreme Court of New Jersey · No. A-41-24
2026-05-20
The court considered the implications of the Biometric Information Privacy Act.
Appellate Court of Illinois · No. 1-24-2339
2025-09-09
The court addressed the restrictions on minors' access to algorithmic feeds under the Act.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · No. 25-146
Where else to look
Two databases, each built around one question.
AI in Legal Education: Law School Policy Archive
Andrew Perlman
Public AI policies from 180 law schools, sorted by the question each one answers. Curated by our own dean, who takes corrections at a suffolk.edu address.
Written about us
Coverage of legal innovation at Suffolk, and the pieces we've written ourselves.
Law schools preparing lawyers for the AI era
LITSA's build competition is the lead photograph, captioned to the organization by name.
What happens when law students build thingsOurs
Sam Darkwa and Ben Westervelt on the first build competition. Seven teams, two tracks, one evening.
Amazon teams up with Suffolk for AI hackathon
The LIT Center and AWS ran a generative AI hackathon at the Seaport office.
Named among the most innovative law schools in America
preLaw's annual list.
Suffolk Law partners with Hotshot for required AI course
Every first-year student now completes an AI learning track.
An AI tool that helps students practice negotiation
Students negotiate against bots modeled on experienced attorneys, in text or voice.
Suffolk Law launches the first STEM-designated LL.M. in legal innovation and technology
Twenty-four credits, and the first of its kind in the country.
AI meets the justice gap at the design challenge
Law and business students prototype against access problems in a day.
Number one in the nation for legal technology
National Jurist's ranking, the second time Suffolk took the top spot.
Rising to the challenge
The design challenge run remotely through the pandemic year.
Coverage of the LIT Lab's pandemic court-forms work
The eviction-moratorium reporting that put Suffolk's mobile smartforms in front of a national audience.
LIT Lab named a finalist for the World Justice Challenge
International recognition for the Lab's access-to-justice work.
Named best law school for legal technology
The first of the National Jurist top rankings.
Worth reading
Where this field gets discussed. Short on purpose.
LegalQuants
Jamie Tso and Raymond Sun
A network of lawyers who build their own tools. Invite only, with a public Substack.
LawSites
Bob Ambrogi
Twenty years of legal technology reporting, and where a lot of this field's news lands first.
Suffolk LIT Lab blog
The LIT Lab
What the Lab is shipping, written by the people shipping it. Document assembly, court forms, teaching notes.
Journal of High Technology Law
Suffolk students
Our own journal. Student run, open to anyone, and a write-on route that carries academic credit.
Legal Innovation & Technology Center
Suffolk Law
The Center's own page, including what the concentration and the Lab are doing this year.