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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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CONFIRMEDUpdatedJurisdictionUS FederalCourtUS District CourtToolgenerative AIRuling dateJan 1, 2025Neuromancer's AI Agency Problem Is Now a Sanctions Crisis
William Gibson's Neuromancer dramatized the dilemma of assigning liability when an AI manipulates human actors—the same problem courts now face in AI-sanctions cases. This article traces the sanctions escalation from Mata to Couvrette, maps five risk patterns from the novel to documented AI failures, and explains why judges are doubling down on the lawyer's non-delegable duty of verification.
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CONFIRMEDUpdatedJurisdictionBrazilCourtTribunal do Júri de São PauloToolNoneRuling dateDec 5, 2016How Brazil's Jury System Shaped the Elize Matsunaga Verdict
This analysis explains how Brazil's Tribunal do Júri — with its 7 anonymous jurors, secret-ballot voting, and simple-majority conviction threshold — produced the specific verdict and sentence in the Elize Matsunaga case, offering essential procedural intelligence for counsel advising clients with Brazilian exposure.
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REPORTED — UNVERIFIEDUpdatedJurisdictionUS-FL-Southern DistrictCourtU.S. District Court for the Southern District of FloridaToolNo AI tool implicatedRuling dateApr 13, 2026Trump Epstein Award Suit Faces Anti-SLAPP Motion
A procedural record of Trump's $10B defamation suit against The Wall Street Journal over Epstein reporting, which survived initial dismissal but now faces an anti-SLAPP motion to dismiss with prejudice and fee exposure, following the same reporting's receipt of the Katherine Graham Award for Courage and Accountability. This collision illustrates the high actual-malice bar for public-figure plaintiffs and the strategic leverage of Florida's anti-SLAPP statute.
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CONFIRMED - TRIAL CONVICTION AND SENTENCEUpdatedJurisdictionWashington (state)CourtKing County Superior CourtToolTopaz Video AIRuling dateMar 1, 2024Seattle-area active shooter legal timeline and AI evidence ruling
This record tracks the full legal-investigation timeline of the September 2021 Seattle-area shooting that produced the first U.S. criminal-court exclusion of generative-AI-enhanced video evidence under the Frye standard, including the trial conviction, life sentence, and the currently pending Washington Court of Appeals appeal.
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CONFIRMEDUpdatedJurisdictionUS FederalCourtU.S. District Court for the District of MarylandToolNo AI tool implicatedRuling dateJul 24, 2026Tom Goldstein Sentenced to 6 Years for Tax Evasion and Mortgage Fraud
Documentation of Tom Goldstein's July 24, 2026 sentencing: 72 months imprisonment, $3.1 million restitution, five years supervised release, and the conduct that led to conviction on 12 counts of tax evasion and mortgage fraud. This record provides the verifiable benchmark for criminal penalties against lawyers in tax and fraud schemes.
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CONFIRMEDUpdatedJurisdictionUnited KingdomCourtSouthwark Crown CourtToolNoneRuling dateJul 24, 2026Chris Brown Pleads Guilty to Affray Over London Nightclub Attack
A structured case record of Chris Brown's July 2026 affray guilty plea at Southwark Crown Court, covering the CCTV-driven evidence, plea negotiation dynamics, £5M bail, and sentencing exposure under the Sentencing Council guideline. The record explains why affray carries a maximum 3-year sentence and how the dropped charges reduced Brown's maximum exposure from ~16 years.
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CONFIRMEDUpdatedJurisdictionUS FederalCourtU.S. District Court for the Western District of WashingtonToolAmazon PrimeRuling dateSep 1, 2025Amazon Prime Settlement Sets Subscription Compliance Benchmark
The $2.5B Amazon Prime FTC settlement provides a concrete compliance benchmark for subscription-based businesses. This article distills the settlement's six-part audit checklist and personal-liability implications for in-house counsel assessing their own enrollment and cancellation flows.
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CONFIRMEDUpdatedJurisdictionUS FederalCourtFederal Trade CommissionToolNoneRuling dateSep 1, 2025How to Claim Amazon Prime Settlement Refund & Why It Matters
Learn how to claim your Amazon Prime settlement refund and why the FTC's $2.5B enforcement action under ROSCA and the FTC Act sets a new compliance baseline for subscription businesses after the Click-to-Cancel rule was vacated.
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REPORTED — UNVERIFIEDUpdatedJurisdictionUS FederalCourtU.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government ReformToolNoneRuling dateJul 22, 2026Five Legal Threats to ABA Accreditation After Gill's Hearing
The July 2026 House Oversight hearing chaired by Rep. Brandon Gill brought together five active legal fronts threatening the ABA's law school accreditation monopoly. This article maps each threat—from the DOJ consent decree and FTC monopoly findings to state secessions by Texas and Florida—and assesses their near-term risk for law firms that depend on ABA-accredited graduates.
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CONFIRMEDUpdatedJurisdictionjurisdiction-us-federalCourtU.S. Federal CourtToolAmazon PrimeRuling dateSep 25, 2025Check Your Amazon Prime Settlement Eligibility Online
Learn how to verify your Amazon Prime settlement eligibility online before the July 27, 2026 deadline, including the three cumulative criteria, the official claim portal, and how to spot scammers.
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CASE-STATUS-CONFIRMEDUpdatedJurisdictionUS-FederalCourtSEC Enforcement ActionToolClaude Fable 5Ruling dateJul 26, 2026Which AI model for stock trading regulation compliance?
This evaluation provides a regulatory-grounded framework for selecting AI models in SEC/FINRA-compliant stock trading. No single model is universally best; the defensible choice is a paired architecture with a premium reasoning model and a value model, wrapped in a governance layer that produces examinable attribution chains.
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REPORTED — UNVERIFIEDUpdatedJurisdictionUS-FederalCourtSouthern District of New YorkToolGoogle GeminiRuling dateJan 1, 2026Which Google Gemini Plan Is Safe for Legal Work?
This article maps each Google Gemini subscription tier — from Free to Enterprise — to its legal exposure risks, covering data retention, privilege waiver under Heppner, HIPAA eligibility, and citation accuracy. Readers can identify which plan meets ABA Model Rule 1.6 confidentiality duties and which consumer-tier plans carry uninsurable privilege risks.
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REPORTED — UNVERIFIEDUpdatedJurisdictionUS-FederalCourtNoneToolChatGPTRuling dateMay 14, 2026OpenAI's Breach Record Undercuts Law Firm Safe Harbor Claims
This incident-based analysis examines whether a law firm relying solely on OpenAI's self-assessments of data security can satisfy the reasonable-efforts standard under ABA Model Rule 1.6(c), given the documented TanStack and Redis-py breaches. It distinguishes consumer-grade exposure from enterprise-tier risks, drawing on ABA Formal Opinion 512 and the UK Hamid decision.
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REPORTED — UNVERIFIEDUpdatedJurisdictionWisconsin, United StatesCourtDane County Circuit CourtToolNoneRuling dateJul 22, 2026No criminal charges yet in Corey Ruiz police shooting
As of July 26, 2026, no criminal charges have been filed against any officer in the Corey Ruiz shooting. This Risk Digest record presents the DCI investigation timeline, Wisconsin deadly-force statutes, and historical charging patterns so practitioners can assess the procedural path and expected timeline.
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REPORTED — UNVERIFIEDUpdatedJurisdictionjurisdiction-euCourtGeneralToolChatGPTRuling dateJul 25, 2026Why a ChatGPT Family Reunion Is a Privacy Warning for Lawyers
The viral story of ChatGPT reuniting a man with his half-sister by reproducing a personal blog post from training data illustrates the same memorization mechanism that exposes client confidences and raises privilege-waiver risks for legal professionals using the tool.
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REPORTED — UNVERIFIEDUpdatedJurisdictionSouth Carolina, United StatesCourtNoneToolNoneRuling dateJul 25, 2026Darline Graham ballot eligibility hinges on party review, not court
The Darline Graham ballot eligibility challenge has not yet become a lawsuit but remains a party-level dispute over a novel SC GOP voting record rule. This analysis outlines the procedural paths that could ultimately decide her place on the August 11 special primary ballot, including party review, state court action, or a constitutional challenge under the Qualifications Clause.
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CONFIRMEDUpdatedJurisdictionUSCourtUS District Court (Oregon)ToolGemini 3.5 ProRuling dateMay 1, 2026Gemini 3.5 Pro Delay Widens the Verification Gap for Legal AI
This article examines how the indefinite delay of Gemini 3.5 Pro widens the verification gap for legal professionals using Gemini-dependent tools, increasing sanction risk amid record AI hallucination penalties. It provides evidence-based guidance on adjusting verification workflows to match the heightened risk.
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REPORTED — UNVERIFIEDUpdatedJurisdictionNorwayCourtDatatilsynetToolChatGPTRuling dateMar 1, 2025AI Hallucinations and False Child Abuse Charges
Documented cases show major AI chatbots have fabricated detailed false narratives accusing real people of child abuse or murder. This article reviews the legal responses—GDPR complaints, defamation threats, and cease-and-desist actions—and explains why this emerging risk category demands counsel's attention.
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CONFIRMEDUpdatedJurisdictionWashington, United StatesCourtPierce County Superior CourtToolNoneRuling dateApr 1, 2026What daycare negligence verdicts and settlements pay
A structured benchmark of daycare negligence verdicts and settlements across injury tiers, from minor-injury resolutions to catastrophic awards. Litigators and risk managers can compare documented case outcomes and the three dominant value drivers: injury severity, insurance policy limits, and regulatory compliance history.
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REPORTED — UNVERIFIEDUpdatedJurisdictionUS-stateCourtState licensing authorityToolNoneRuling dateJul 26, 2026Daycare Licensing Risks and Penalties at Every Stage
This article maps the compliance risks at each stage of the daycare licensing process, from pre-application through post-licensure, and details the penalties for common mistakes such as incomplete background checks, ratio violations, and missed renewals, helping operators avoid fines up to $5,000 per day and criminal liability.
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