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The flagship, near-daily updated database of documented AI hallucination and sanction incidents in legal proceedings worldwide. Each entry is a structured record, not a news article: jurisdiction, court, judge (if named), the AI tool implicated, penalty amount, ruling date, a confirmed-vs-reported status flag, and a link to the primary court order. Serves the 'check risk' and 'track regulation' tasks: a lawyer, risk manager, or journalist scanning for new sanctions, a specific jurisdiction, or a specific tool. Excludes narrative commentary, procedural how-to guidance (belongs in Workflows), and rule text summaries (belongs in Regulation). This group is the site's differentiation engine: freshness and per-record sourcing are the moat, so every record must carry a last-verified timestamp distinct from the ruling date.
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A court order or docket entry has been independently verified.
Reported — unverified
Still pending independent verification against a primary source.
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REPORTED — UNVERIFIEDUpdatedJurisdictionJapanCourtNo court proceeding identifiedToolNo AI tool namedRuling dateJul 30, 2026Can Charges Still Be Filed in the Fukuoka Assembly Scandal?
The Fukuoka Prefectural Assembly cash-for-post scandal raises three plausible criminal theories — bribery, extortion, and political-funds disclosure violations — each with a distinct penalty range and a limitation-period problem created by the 2018-2020 payment dates. This assessment maps those theories to the reported payments and explains what the absence of charges as of July 30, 2026 does and does not mean.
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REPORTED — UNVERIFIEDUpdatedJurisdictionUS federalCourtNo court (no litigation filed)ToolNo AI tool namedRuling dateAug 3, 2026What the Aschenbrenner unwind means for AI-stock margin risk
The Aschenbrenner forced unwind crystallized the Bank of England's July 2026 warning that record hedge fund equity prime-brokerage balances are concentrated in AI-linked names — at the same moment the SEC/CFTC Form PF proposal, if finalized, would remove the current-report trigger for margin defaults. This analysis separates confirmed facts from reported claims and maps the prospective margin-call dispute and disclosure obligations for funds and prime brokers, with no litigation or enforcement filed as of August 3, 2026.
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REPORTED — UNVERIFIEDUpdatedJurisdictionUS federalCourtSEC filings (no court proceeding)ToolCoreWeaveRuling dateMay 7, 2026CoreWeave debt issues signal refinancing treadmill for AI cloud buyers
This risk record examines CoreWeave's debt stack, cash-flow gap, and covenant history to help legal professionals assess counterparty risk in the AI infrastructure supply chain. Based on primary-source SEC filings and earnings releases through Q1 2026, it details how total debt has tripled over 15 months and why the structure is unsustainable.
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REPORTED — UNVERIFIEDUpdatedJurisdictionJapan (Hiroshima)CourtHiroshima District CourtToolNo AI tool implicatedRuling dateJul 30, 2026No public charges in Yano-Maekawa home-search warrant case
A verified status check on the July 30, 2026 home searches of Carp infielders Masaya Yano and Seita Maekawa. As of August 3, 2026, no charge, indictment, or warrant text is public; the judge-authorized searches remain investigative steps tied to a reported etomidate suspicion under Japan's PMD Act, with confirmed facts separated from attributed reporting.
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CONFIRMED RECALL; ALLEGATIONS REPORTEDUpdatedJurisdictionSouth AfricaCourtMadlanga CommissionToolNoneRuling dateJul 30, 2026Madlanga Commission recalls Andrea Johnson over fresh claims
The Madlanga Commission's 30 July 2026 recall of Adv Andrea Johnson is confirmed as a formal, in-progress Rule 3 proceeding, not a rumor. This record separates her confirmed concessions from the fresh witness-interference allegations that remain unadjudicated, with her written response to the notice still pending as of 3 August 2026.
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REPORTED — UNVERIFIEDUpdatedJurisdictionSouth AfricaCourtCriminal Justice Commission (Madlanga Commission)ToolNo AI tool implicatedRuling dateJul 30, 2026Dru Ramsamy's Madlanga testimony centers the call recording
Dru Ramsamy's part-heard Madlanga Commission testimony (Days 151–152) placed a contested call recording at the center of the record, but no finding has been made and former IDAC head Andrea Johnson has not yet answered from the stand. The risk signal for counsel is the authentication battleground around recorded-call evidence — not an AI hallucination or sanction event.
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CONFIRMEDUpdatedJurisdictionTurkeyCourtT.C. Ordu İdare Mahkemesi (Ordu Administrative Court)ToolNo AI tool implicatedRuling dateMay 22, 2026Perşembe Yaylası Drilling Court Decision Was Only a Stay
A verified status check on the Perşembe Yaylası drilling litigation: the 22 May 2026 ruling was an interim stay, lifted on appeal by the Samsun regional court on 9 June, and no merits decision had issued as of 3 August 2026. Anyone relying on the May headlines that the court 'stopped the drilling' is working from a materially incomplete record.
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REPORTED — UNVERIFIEDUpdatedJurisdictionus-federalCourtMultiple U.S. courtsToolNone namedRuling dateJul 30, 2026Recovery Routes After the Situational Awareness Fund Crash
Investors and counsel tracking the Situational Awareness fund collapse get a recovery map through five legal channels: securities class actions, creditor suits, FINRA arbitration, ERISA fiduciary claims, and SEC/DOJ enforcement — each anchored to live filings. It distinguishes documented cases from prospective fund-level claims, since no lawsuit names the fund or its principals as of August 3, 2026.
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COURT-CONFIRMEDUpdatedJurisdictionUS-NYCourtNew York Supreme Court, New York CountyToolNo AI tool implicatedRuling dateMay 28, 2026The 9/11 families petition is not a Mamdani lawsuit
The Mamdani ceremony fight is a Change.org petition, not a lawsuit. The actual pending legal dispute is the Article 78/FOIL cluster over New York City's 9/11 records, now before Justices Clynes, Tisch, and Lebovits, with an arbitrary-and-capricious finding, compelled testimony, and open motions ahead of the September 11, 2026 anniversary.
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REPORTED — UNVERIFIEDUpdatedJurisdictionUS federalCourtU.S. District Court for the District of ColumbiaToolNo AI toolRuling dateJul 1, 2026The Lockerbie Bombing Confession the Netflix Series Omits
The Netflix series ends at the 2001 Camp Zeist verdict, but the live US Lockerbie prosecution turns on a fight it never reaches: whether Masud's 2012 confession to a Libyan investigator was voluntary. This record flags the duress allegations and the reported 'lost' recording as contested, details Judge Friedrich's partial Telex ruling, and carries the August 25, 2026 jury-selection date (last verified Aug 3, 2026).
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OPEN MISSING-PERSON INVESTIGATIONUpdatedJurisdictionGrenadaCourtNo court proceedingToolNo AI tool namedRuling dateJul 28, 2026What Have Grenada Police Confirmed About Elizabeth Waddell?
A verified baseline separating police-confirmed facts from family statements and witness reports in the Elizabeth Waddell investigation in Grenada, current as of Aug 3, 2026. The case remains an open missing-person inquiry with no announced police conclusion; the widely shared "no foul play" position is a family statement, not a finding.
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REPORTED — UNVERIFIEDUpdatedJurisdictionEastern District of North CarolinaCourtUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of North CarolinaToolGoogle AI, ChatGPT/OpenAIRuling dateJul 29, 2026Gravano DOJ Filing Reveals AI Search Failure in Comey Case
Records from United States v. Comey show DOJ investigators ran AI searches and interviewed Salvatore Gravano without conclusively establishing that "86" means "kill," yet indicted anyway. This entry flags the case as a high-visibility pending risk with an AI-evidence component, clearly distinguishing defense allegations from confirmed facts.
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REPORTED — UNVERIFIEDUpdatedJurisdictionJapanCourtTokyo District CourtToolTikTok AI-generated narrationRuling dateJul 27, 2026Tracking Japan's pending AI voice-rights obligations
Japan's Justice Ministry panel backed compensation and online-takedown remedies for unauthorized AI voice use in its July 27, 2026 draft report — but the final report, any statute, and the first court ruling all remain pending. Counsel get a source-anchored status record of what voice-rights exposure is settled today, what Tsuda v. TikTok may decide, and which enforcement gaps persist.
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CASE-STATUS-CONFIRMEDUpdatedJurisdictionFranceCourtParis Court of AppealToolNo AI tool implicatedRuling dateMay 21, 2026Are airlines liable for A320 stall-warning failures?
An A320 that loses reliable air data can trigger stall warnings pilots cannot trust, and the unresolved root cause decides whether exposure falls on the airline's operational duties or the manufacturer's alerting design. The framework here helps counsel classify stall-warning failures as airline-exposure or manufacturer-design liability, with the AF447 conviction as live context and every BA919 causal claim flagged confirmed or preliminary.
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CONFIRMEDUpdatedJurisdictionDelhi, IndiaCourtDelhi High CourtToolNo AI tool namedRuling dateJan 30, 2024Delhi HC Upholds Acquittal of School Van Driver in POCSO Case
The search phrase "school van driver sexual harassment case delhi" has one docket verifiable to a primary judgment: State v. Kuldeep (2024:DHC:536-DB), where the Delhi High Court upheld the van driver's acquittal on January 30, 2024. The confirmed record covers the bench, disposition, and the POCSO Section 29 burden ruling, and flags what to re-verify before citing the case or relying on an AI summary.
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CONFIRMEDUpdatedJurisdictionIndiaCourtRouse Avenue Court, DelhiToolAI chronology generatorRuling dateAug 3, 2026Verifying the Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh acquittal timeline
AI-generated case timelines routinely split on verifiable dates, and in the Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh matter two separate proceedings are often merged into one story. This workflow shows how to check an AI chronology against primary records, resolve each disputed fact, and flag the remainder as reported rather than confirmed.
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REPORTED — UNVERIFIEDUpdatedJurisdictionJapanCourtFukuoka Prefectural AssemblyToolUnspecified AI audio generatorRuling dateJul 14, 2026Why the Fukuoka bribery scandal is an AI-evidence case
With no charges, indictment, or court ruling as of August 3, 2026, the Fukuoka bribery scandal is an investigative matter whose principal legal development is the reported collapse of an AI-generated-audio defense. This record separates alleged from adjudicated, maps the Penal Code Articles 197–198 exposure that would govern any charges, and explains why 'AI blamed for real evidence' is a distinct risk pattern for counsel.
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REPORTED — UNVERIFIEDUpdatedJurisdictionGermanyCourtMunich Regional CourtToolGoogle AI OverviewsRuling dateJun 1, 2026Athens suitcase death shows AI summary correction gaps
On 2 August 2026 the BBC corrected its framing of the Athens suitcase case; this record explains why AI-generated case summaries that captured the earlier snapshot will not propagate that correction. Under the Munich Regional Court's preliminary 'own statements' ruling on Google AI Overviews, that staleness becomes an ingestion and liability risk, so primary-source verification must be the standard for AI-summarized legal content while the underlying case record is still moving.
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REPORTED — UNVERIFIEDUpdatedJurisdictionIndia (Delhi)CourtRouse Avenue Court, DelhiToolUnspecified AI research toolRuling dateAug 3, 2026How to verify the Brij Bhushan Singh acquittal case
The Aug 3, 2026 acquittal of Brij Bhushan Singh is reported but not yet confirmed in primary records, and AI research tools cannot know it. Confirming the ruling against live court records is now a professional-duty step under 2026 INSC 668, and this guide identifies the exact checks that establish its verified status.
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REPORTED — UNVERIFIEDUpdatedJurisdictionIndia (Delhi)CourtRouse Avenue Courts, DelhiToolNo AI tool implicatedRuling dateAug 3, 2026Which Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh case ended in acquittal?
The Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh matter produced two distinct outcomes that share one 'acquittal' label: a May 26, 2025 POCSO closure report acceptance, which is not a trial verdict, and an August 3, 2026 trial acquittal. This workflow shows how to verify each docket from primary sources, and what remains unconfirmed while the reasoned order is unpublished and the appeal window is open.
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