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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 — UNVERIFIEDUpdatedJurisdictionUS FederalCourtUS Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental AffairsToolNoneRuling dateJul 29, 2026Fauci Hearing Exposes Pardon-Fifth Amendment Tension
Analyzes the unresolved constitutional question of whether a preemptive presidential pardon eliminates the Fifth Amendment privilege, using the July 2026 Fauci Senate hearing as a case study. Identifies specific litigation risks for witnesses who accept a pardon before congressional testimony, including contempt of Congress, state-law exposure, and perjury trap constraints.
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CONFIRMEDUpdatedJurisdictionEUCourtUPC Central Division, MilanToolNo AI tool implicatedRuling dateMay 4, 2026Remdesivir patent revocation at UPC shifts obviousness standard
The Unified Patent Court revoked Gilead's remdesivir patent in May 2026, introducing a 'no fear of failure' standard for the skilled person that tightens obviousness analysis for second-medical-use patents. This ruling raises the litigation risk for pharmaceutical patents claiming known compounds against newly identified indications where prior art suggests the class.
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COURT-CONFIRMEDUpdatedJurisdictionNew JerseyCourtNew Jersey Supreme CourtToolnoneRuling dateJan 1, 2024After Ocean Casino Pipe Burst, What Property Coverage Applies?
Analyzes whether the July 27, 2026 Ocean Casino Resort fire-suppression pipe burst — which caused a lobby ceiling collapse, water damage, and a 24-hour gaming-floor shutdown — triggers first-party property and business interruption coverage under standard commercial insurance forms, and distinguishes this physical-damage scenario from the COVID-19 coverage denial in AC Ocean Walk v. American Guarantee.
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CONFIRMEDUpdatedJurisdictionCaliforniaCourtCalifornia Supreme CourtToolNoneRuling dateJan 1, 2023Can PG&E Be Sued for PSPS Power Shutoff Damages?
The California Supreme Court's 2023 Gantner ruling bars most tort claims for PG&E Public Safety Power Shutoff damages, but several legal pathways—including pre-shutoff negligence and inverse condemnation for wildfire—remain available. This article maps the limits of PG&E's liability shield and the remedies still open to customers and claimants.
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REPORTED — UNVERIFIEDUpdatedJurisdictionOhioCourtCuyahoga County Court of Common PleasToolNoneRuling dateJul 7, 2026Ohio Anti-SLAPP Law Tested in Max Miller Defamation Case
Miller v. Moreno provides an early test of Ohio's new Uniform Public Expression Protection Act. The court upheld a discovery stay and is set to hear a dismissal motion that could mandate fee-shifting for the public-figure plaintiff.
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REPORTED — UNVERIFIEDUpdatedJurisdictionUS FederalCourtU.S. House Judiciary CommitteeToolNoneRuling dateDec 17, 2025Why the Jim Jordan–Jack Smith Referral Is Legally Weak
Analyzes the House Judiciary Committee's criminal referral against former special counsel Jack Smith under 18 U.S.C. §1001, showing how the literal-truth doctrine from Bronston v. United States likely bars prosecution and why former federal prosecutors describe the legal theory as untenable.
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REPORTED — UNVERIFIEDUpdatedJurisdictionUS FederalCourtSupreme Court of the United StatesToolNoneRuling dateJul 23, 2026What Kagan's 2026 Defense Tells Us About the Roberts Court
This analysis examines Justice Elena Kagan's July 2026 defense of the Roberts Court's independence, weighing her three cited cases against shadow-docket data and the 'two courts' framework to help practitioners predict when the Court will check executive overreach.
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REPORTED — UNVERIFIEDUpdatedJurisdictionUS-FederalCourtSupreme Court of the United StatesToolNoneRuling dateJul 24, 2026Gorsuch’s Firing Line Rebuttal of the White Christian Founding Myth
Justice Neil Gorsuch used originalist reasoning on PBS’s Firing Line to reject the claim that America was founded as a white Christian nation, citing the First Amendment and founding-era pluralism. This analysis examines how his public statements signal a fracture within the Supreme Court’s originalist bloc and what that means for litigants preparing Establishment Clause and religious-liberty briefing.
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REPORTED — UNVERIFIEDUpdatedJurisdictionUS-FederalCourtU.S. Department of JusticeToolNoneRuling dateFeb 1, 2024Why the Biden Ghostwriter's Tape Deletion Wasn't Obstruction
This record examines why Special Counsel Robert Hur declined to prosecute Biden ghostwriter Mark Zwonitzer for deleting audio recordings during the classified-documents investigation, and what that decision reveals about the narrow line between permissible deletion and obstruction under federal law.
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REPORTED — UNVERIFIEDUpdatedJurisdictionVirginiaCourtSupreme Court of VirginiaToolGeneralRuling dateJul 30, 2026How Virginia's Contributory Negligence Rule Affects Car Accident Claims
This article provides a structured framework for evaluating car accident claims under Virginia's pure contributory negligence rule, outlining three common-law exceptions and a causation-analysis path that can salvage otherwise meritorious claims.
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REPORTED — UNVERIFIEDUpdatedJurisdictionU.S. District Court, Southern District of New YorkCourtU.S. District Court for the Southern District of New YorkToolRekorRuling dateJun 17, 2026What the Suffolk Verdict Means for Westchester ICE Liability
After the $112M Suffolk County verdict, Westchester County faces two distinct liability tracks from ICE cooperation: a detainer track shielded by the Immigrant Protection Act, and an unaddressed ALPR data-sharing track that the June 2026 class action may turn into a second catastrophic exposure. This article examines both risk paths and what county risk managers must audit now.
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REPORTED — UNVERIFIEDUpdatedJurisdictionUS FederalCourtU.S. District Court for the District of MinnesotaToolMobile FortifyRuling dateJan 1, 2026Mother-Daughter Arrest at SFO Exposes ICE Facial Recognition Risks
The March 2026 arrest of a mother and daughter at SFO highlights the due-process risks of ICE's Mobile Fortify facial recognition app, which has a documented track record of misidentification and is treated by ICE as definitive evidence over physical documents. This article explains the tool's accuracy failures and how practitioners can challenge evidence derived from it in immigration proceedings.
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REPORTED — UNVERIFIEDUpdatedJurisdictionBelgiumCourtBrussels Court of First InstanceToolNoneRuling dateJul 25, 2026What the NATO intern's spying charges mean for Belgian criminal law
This article breaks down the two-count charging structure Belgian prosecutors used against the NATO intern, explains why the criminal-organization charge was necessary under the old Penal Code, and identifies the distinct pleading burdens and penalty exposures that legal practitioners need to assess when counseling clients with NATO or allied-government personnel.
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REPORTED — UNVERIFIEDUpdatedJurisdictionUS FederalCourtUnited States District CourtToolAI chatbotRuling dateApr 28, 2026What Fauci’s Deletion Emails Mean for AI Records Risk
The Morens indictment and the Fauci “delete this email” directives create a legally grounded risk framework that extends to AI-generated communications. This article explains why the same records-destruction theory under 18 USC § 1519 applies to chatbot logs and AI drafts, and what steps litigators and in-house counsel should take now.
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CONFIRMEDUpdatedJurisdictionUS federalCourtU.S. Department of TransportationToolNoneRuling dateDec 1, 2025What American Airlines' 2026 Penalties Mean for Delay Compensation
Recent DOT consent orders and FAA penalties against American Airlines reveal a pattern of increasing enforcement aggressiveness on delay-related violations. Legal advisors tracking airline compliance need to understand the specific penalty amounts, the Frontier consent order's mitigation playbook, and the continuing ambiguity of renumbered-flight refund enforcement.
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REPORTED — UNVERIFIEDUpdatedJurisdictionFrance, RussiaCourtParis criminal court (France)ToolTelegramRuling dateJul 29, 2026Two Legal Theories Behind Pavel Durov's Terrorism Charges
A structured comparison of the two criminal cases against Telegram CEO Pavel Durov — France's untested LOPMI complicity statute and Russia's terrorism-facilitation charge — and the distinct legal theories each jurisdiction uses to hold a platform CEO personally responsible for user content.
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REPORTED — UNVERIFIEDUpdatedJurisdictionUS-IdahoCourtIdaho State District CourtToolNo AI toolRuling dateJul 28, 2026What Drove Bryan Kohberger to Withdraw His Guilty Plea
Bryan Kohberger's attempt to withdraw his guilty plea exposes the fragility of high-stakes plea bargains when pre-plea expectations clash with prison realities. This case study examines the procedural barriers and strategic risks that criminal defense attorneys must consider in capital-eligible cases.
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REPORTED — UNVERIFIEDUpdatedJurisdictionus-federalCourtU.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New YorkToolNoneRuling dateJul 28, 2026Can a Franks Hearing Expose Government Misconduct in the Comey Case?
An analysis of the Comey defense's Franks hearing motion and the documented government omissions—including an FBI database search that was withheld from magistrates and a Gravano interview undermining the mob-slang theory—that could make this an unusually concrete challenge to warrant reliability, creating a third path to dismissal beyond First Amendment and selective-prosecution arguments.
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REPORTED — UNVERIFIEDUpdatedJurisdictionUS-FederalCourtNCAA Division IToolNIL GoRuling dateAug 1, 2025What 2025 NCAA Rules Mean for Agent Gifts and Flights
The 2025 NCAA rule changes created a two-track framework where an agent-provided flight or gift may be either a permissible NIL expense or a permanently disqualifying extra benefit depending on documentation and purpose. This article clarifies the statutory line between Bylaw 22.3.1 and the unchanged Bylaw 12.3.1.2, and the compliance risks institutions face without proper recording.
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REPORTED — UNVERIFIEDUpdatedJurisdictionPennsylvaniaCourtPennsylvania Commonwealth CourtToolCharacter.AIRuling dateMay 1, 2026Pennsylvania sues Character.AI for fake therapist license
This Risk Digest record documents the Pennsylvania lawsuit against Character Technologies, applying unauthorized practice of medicine statutes to an AI chatbot that hallucinated fake medical credentials. The case signals that state professional licensing laws—not just AI-specific rules—can reach AI-generated representations of expertise, with direct implications for legal AI tools that simulate licensed advice.
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