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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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REPORTED — UNVERIFIEDUpdatedJurisdictionUnited StatesCourtNew York City Housing CourtToolLegoraRuling dateAug 26, 2026What do Nvidia's earnings mean for legal tech buyers?
Nvidia's Q2 FY27 earnings show an AI buildout still expanding, which keeps legal-AI vendors funded but does not lower the buyer's verification burden. The procurement-relevant shift is that inference costs are deflating while curated legal data and verified citations gain pricing power, so contract terms should follow those cost dynamics rather than the capex headline.
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CONFIRMEDUpdatedJurisdictionGermany; United States; CanadaCourtLG München I (Munich Regional Court)ToolGoogle AI Overviews; ChatGPTRuling dateMay 28, 2026Who answers for NYT's AI-generated search summaries?
Who answers for a publisher's unedited AI search summaries? Applying the Munich 'own words' ruling, Section 230 doctrine, and NYT-commissioned accuracy data, this analysis maps why an AI-summarizing publisher becomes directly answerable for machine-written statements about third parties — the exposure in-house counsel and litigators must weigh before deploying AI summaries.
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REPORTED — UNVERIFIEDUpdatedJurisdictionUS-MontanaCourtNo court proceeding identifiedToolGrok, ChatGPT, Microsoft CopilotRuling dateAug 25, 2026Who are the Billings shooting victims? Alan Smith isn't one
Eight family-confirmed names for the Billings, Montana shooting victims — four children and four adults killed at 315 White Star Circle — each with a confirmed-versus-reported status flag and last-verified timestamp, plus the correction the query demands: Alan Smith is the family-identified alleged shooter, not a victim, and no official release of names had been made. The record also flags why the 'victims + Alan Smith' query is a live AI-hallucination pattern until law enforcement formally identifies the dead.
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REPORTED — UNVERIFIEDUpdatedJurisdictionMassachusetts, USACourtPlymouth Superior CourtToolNo AI tool implicatedRuling dateAug 24, 2026Judge Denies Lindsay Clancy Mistrial Request
Judge William Sullivan denied the defense mistrial motion in the Lindsay Clancy trial on Aug. 24, 2026, striking religion-focused rebuttal testimony, reprimanding the prosecution, and keeping the Plymouth Superior Court trial on schedule. This record details the triggering Heilbrun exchange, the curative instruction, and the procedural posture ahead of closing arguments, flagged reported pending primary-order verification.
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ACTIVE INVESTIGATIONUpdatedJurisdictionMontana, United StatesCourtMontana state courtsToolNone documentedRuling dateAug 25, 2026What's Confirmed in the Billings Family Murder-Suicide
Separates verified law-enforcement facts from family-reported details in the Aug. 23, 2026 Billings family murder-suicide investigation. The active case also carries an AI-misinformation risk assessment: no AI-generated error is documented as of Aug. 26, 2026, but the confirmed-vs-reported gap is flagged as the highest-risk window.
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CONFIRMEDUpdatedJurisdictionIllinois, United StatesCourtSangamon County Circuit CourtToolNoneRuling dateJan 29, 2026Sean Grayson–Sonya Massey Case Updates After Custody Death
Verified status record for the Sean Grayson–Sonya Massey case as of Aug. 26, 2026: second-degree murder conviction, 20-year sentence, the Illinois Supreme Court's mootness-based vacatur of the detention rulings (2025 IL 131279), and Grayson's Aug. 23 death in custody. Each procedural event carries a confirmed-or-reported flag and links to the underlying court order or official statement, so readers can distinguish the verified posture from news headlines.
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REPORTED — UNVERIFIEDUpdatedJurisdictionMassachusetts, United StatesCourtMassachusetts Superior CourtToolNoneRuling dateAug 26, 2026What is the psychosis defense in the Lindsay Clancy trial?
An explainer of the psychosis defense in the Lindsay Clancy trial, built from the primary legal sources: Massachusetts' lack-of-criminal-responsibility standard under Commonwealth v. McHoul, the model jury instruction, and the Commonwealth's burden to prove responsibility beyond a reasonable doubt. It maps the three verdict pathways — guilty, not criminally responsible, or hung jury — and what each would mean, without predicting the jury's decision.
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REPORTED — UNVERIFIEDUpdatedJurisdictionOhio, United StatesCourtColumbiana County Municipal CourtToolNo AI tool implicatedRuling dateAug 24, 2026Jed York's no-contest plea ends his disorderly conduct case
A citable disposition record for the Jed York Ohio misdemeanor case: the no-contest pleas, the amended charge, $1,150 in fines, a $160 forfeiture, the denied record-sealing motion, and the open NFL review. Each fact carries a confirmed-vs-reported flag, last verified August 26, 2026.
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CONFIRMEDUpdatedJurisdictionUnited States (N.D. Alabama)CourtU.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, Tuscaloosa DivisionToolNo AI tool implicatedRuling dateAug 20, 2026Kai Spears wins $9.25M Alabama defamation verdict
A federal jury in Tuscaloosa found The New York Times defamed former Alabama basketball walk-on Kai Spears and awarded $9.25 million for a 2023 article naming him as the passenger in Brandon Miller's car on a single anonymous source's account. The record tracks the verified trial timeline, the unresolved post-verdict steps — Alabama's damages cap and an anticipated 11th Circuit appeal — and what the case signals about the cost of identity assertions built on one source.
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REPORTED — UNVERIFIEDUpdatedJurisdictionU.S. federal (N.D. Cal.)CourtU.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, San FranciscoToolUnspecified generative AI video toolRuling dateNov 4, 2026Who's Actually Sued in the Sofia Vergara AI Deepfake Case
Tranchin v. EBY, Inc. — the case behind the "Sofia Vergara AI deepfake lawsuit" headlines — puts Vergara's co-founded underwear brand, not Vergara, in the defendant seat over an allegedly AI-altered creator video, making it the first high-profile commercial test of California Civil Code § 1708.86 against a celebrity-backed brand. The record separates confirmed docket events from unproven allegations and tracks the motion-to-dismiss deadlines as of Aug 26, 2026.
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REPORTED (PRE-VERDICT)UpdatedJurisdictionMassachusetts, United StatesCourtPlymouth Superior CourtToolClaude 4.5 Sonnet, Gemini 2.5 ProRuling dateAug 24, 2026Can Anyone Predict the Lindsay Clancy Verdict?
Vendor verdict-prediction accuracy claims sit far from the peer-reviewed benchmarks that actually measure predictive reliability, and neither can produce a trustworthy point forecast for a single jury trial. This companion analysis applies those findings to the Lindsay Clancy case and maps the four verdict paths Massachusetts' McHoul criminal-responsibility standard makes plausible.
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REPORTED — UNVERIFIEDUpdatedJurisdictionJackson County, Mississippi, USACourtJackson County Circuit CourtToolGenerative AI (image/video tools)Ruling dateJul 23, 2026Why Is the Nolan Wells Case Evidence Sealed?
The sealed evidence and state autopsy in the Nolan Wells investigation follow from Mississippi grand jury secrecy law — not a cover-up. The record opens when the grand jury decides whether to indict or no-bill, and until then the key task is separating confirmed facts from the AI-generated videos and images distorting the case.
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REPORTED — UNVERIFIEDUpdatedJurisdictionMassachusetts, United StatesCourtPlymouth Superior CourtToolNoneRuling dateAug 24, 2026How the insanity defense works in Lindsay Clancy's trial
Massachusetts' 'lack of criminal responsibility' rule is the actual doctrine behind the so-called insanity defense in Lindsay Clancy's trial: once raised, it shifts the burden to the prosecution, and a successful verdict means court-ordered psychiatric commitment, not release. The McHoul two-prong test, the jury's three verdict options, and what each path would mean for Clancy are traced to the governing instructions and case record.
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REPORTED — UNVERIFIEDUpdatedJurisdictionus-federal, us-stateCourtNo court identifiedToolNo AI tool implicatedRuling dateAug 24, 2026Superpotent Thyroid Tablets Recalled? Symptoms and Rights
Vitruvias recalled one lot of Thyroid Tablets USP 30 mg (Lot 504950) over potential superpotency. This record helps patients confirm whether their bottle is affected, recognize hyperthyroidism symptoms that warrant attention or emergency care, and understand what legal rights the recall notice actually creates.
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REPORTED — UNVERIFIEDUpdatedJurisdictionUS federalCourtU.S. District Court for the District of ColumbiaToolNoneRuling dateApr 28, 2026Is the FCC Actually Revoking ABC's Licenses?
ABC's broadcast licenses are not being revoked — the network is suing the FCC over a rare early-renewal order it calls First Amendment retaliation. The near-term outcome turns on procedure, not the merits: whether a federal court can hear the single retaliation claim before the FCC's administrative process concludes.
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CONFIRMEDUpdatedJurisdictionUS-FederalCourtU.S. District Court for the District of ColumbiaToolTelegramRuling dateAug 26, 2026USPS mail carrier check theft penalties beyond five years
Breaks down the federal charges USPS mail carriers face for selling stolen checks through Telegram, from 5-year mail-theft caps to bank fraud's 30-year maximum and the mandatory 2-year aggravated identity theft term, and shows how recent sentences treat the stacked counts as the real exposure.
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COURT-CONFIRMEDUpdatedJurisdictionUS FederalCourtU.S. District Court for the Southern District of New YorkToolNo AI tool namedRuling dateDec 9, 2025Why Ghislaine Maxwell's grand jury records were unsealed
Court-verified breakdown of the December 9, 2025 Maxwell grand jury unsealing order: the statute that overrode Rule 6(e), the conditions attached to release, and why the ruling is a narrow exception, not an erosion of grand jury secrecy. Includes confirmed-vs-reported flags and a direct link to the primary order.
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CONFIRMEDUpdatedJurisdictionU.S. federal (S.D.N.Y.)CourtU.S. District Court for the Southern District of New YorkToolNo AI tool namedRuling dateAug 24, 2026How DMCA § 512(h) subpoenas unmask GTA 6 leakers
DMCA § 512(h) lets rightsholders unmask anonymous posters without filing a lawsuit, but overbroad demands still face First Amendment review on a Rule 45 motion to quash. GTA 6 maker Take-Two's three-server subpoena sweep is the live case in point.
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REPORTED — UNVERIFIEDUpdatedJurisdictionUS - CaliforniaCourtCalifornia Supreme CourtToolUnnamed AI toolRuling dateAug 24, 2026AI-fabricated citation confirmed in Bianco ballot case
Confirms the AI-citation incident in the California Supreme Court ballot-seizure case (Cervantes v. Bianco, S295866): opposing counsel showed the challenged quotation appears nowhere in the cited opinion, and the responding attorney admitted at the Aug. 24, 2026 oral argument that AI was used and the citations were not verified before filing. As of Aug. 26, 2026, the record is a confirmed citation-fabrication incident with no reported sanction — a pre-sanction candor-and-competence risk record under Model Rules 1.1/3.3 and ABA Formal Opinion 512.
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CONFIRMEDUpdatedJurisdictionIndiana, United StatesCourtJennings Circuit CourtToolNoneRuling dateAug 24, 2026Landon Doty's 54-year sentence, verified against the docket
A 54-year sentence was real in the Landon Doty school-bus rape case, but the viral figure hides the split: 50.5 years executed and 3.5 years suspended. This record runs the five-field verification routine against the Jennings Circuit Court docket and flags every disputed detail as confirmed or reported.
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