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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.
Confirmed
A court order or docket entry has been independently verified.
Reported — unverified
Still pending independent verification against a primary source.
UpdatedJurisdictionMiami-Dade County, FloridaToolTopaz Video AIRuling dateJul 19, 2026Miami Police Lieutenant DUI Arrest: Defense Counsel Workflow
When a police officer is charged with DUI, defense counsel must navigate both criminal penalties and professional certification revocation. This workflow for the Miami PD lieutenant case covers challenging AI-enhanced bodycam footage, preserving officer credibility, and protecting state law enforcement credentials.
UpdatedJurisdictionUnited States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia CircuitToolTSA CT scanner with AI/ML computer vision (DHS-132)Ruling dateJul 15, 2011TSA's New CT Scanners: Unresolved Legal Questions for Criminal Defense
Criminal defense attorneys can challenge evidence discovered by TSA's AI-powered CT scanners under the Fourth Amendment and evidentiary rules, even though no court has yet ruled on this specific technology. This article analyzes the legal foundation and potential suppression strategies.
UpdatedJurisdictionWest VirginiaRuling dateJul 22, 2025West Virginia FEMA Disaster Denials: Legal Process and Appeal Options
Explains the legal process under the Stafford Act for challenging denied or delayed FEMA disaster declarations in West Virginia, including the 30-day governor appeal window, the 60-day individual appeal deadline, and the limited scope of judicial review.
UpdatedJurisdictionUnited StatesRuling dateJul 23, 2026Your Legal Options After a Mega Millions Imposter Scam
This article describes the federal crimes involved in Mega Millions imposter scams, lists the agencies to report them to, and outlines the legal remedies available, including TCPA lawsuits, so victims know what steps to take immediately.
UpdatedJurisdictionThird CircuitRuling dateJul 23, 2026TSA Privatization Leaves Passenger Tort Liability in Limbo
TSA privatization under the Screening Partnership Program would replace the current fragmented FTCA liability regime for passenger injuries with an untested patchwork of state tort law, government-contractor defenses, and undisclosed contract indemnity terms, leaving passenger remedies less clear rather than more.
UpdatedJurisdictionInternationalToolautonomous droneRuling dateJul 23, 2026Why AI Drones Struggle to Comply with the Geneva Conventions
An analysis of whether AI-driven drones can meet the Geneva Conventions' requirements for distinction, proportionality, and precaution, and why the structural limitations of current AI systems create a compliance ceiling that legal reviews must confront before operational deployment.
UpdatedJurisdictionIndianaRuling dateJun 23, 2026Sophie Cunningham Stalking: Felony Charges Filed in Indiana
This Risk Digest entry documents the felony stalking charges filed against Kevin Singh in the Sophie Cunningham case, analyzing how Indiana's Level 6 felony statutes apply to persistent athlete harassment and what the nine-month escalation gap reveals about protective framework gaps.
UpdatedJurisdictionUnited StatesRuling dateApr 29, 2026How UN Accountability Hearings Shape AI Governance in Law Firms
This article distills the oversight architecture proposed in the 2026 UN accountability reform hearings — budget conditionality, independent audit functions, mandate review, and consequence mechanisms — and maps each reform tool to a specific AI governance practice with court-sanction precedent. Law firms can use this verified framework to structure AI tool verification policies, replacing generic best-practice lists with a model tested on institutional accountability failures.
UpdatedJurisdictionU.S. Supreme CourtRuling dateJun 30, 2026Sophie Cunningham on the Title IX ruling's school impact
Sophie Cunningham's recent comments on transgender athletes in women's sports underscore the practical import of the Supreme Court's June 2026 ruling. This article explains what the ruling actually requires of schools and athletic conferences, what it leaves unresolved, and the compliance and litigation risks that institutions now face in a divided state-law landscape.
UpdatedJurisdictionUnited States Supreme CourtRuling dateJun 30, 2026How Accurate Is Sophie Cunningham's Title IX Stance?
We test Sophie Cunningham's Title IX claims against the statute, the Supreme Court's West Virginia v. B.P.J. ruling, and authoritative legal commentary. Readers learn which parts of her stance hold up and where it omits critical legal nuance.
UpdatedJurisdictionUnited StatesRuling dateJun 29, 2026How the Quiet Skies Act Finally Closes the In-Flight Phone Ban Gap
No federal statute currently bans in-flight cell phone voice calls on U.S. flights because the DOT never finalized the rule Congress ordered in 2018. This article explains how the 2026 Quiet Skies Act (H.R. 9530) imposes a 180-day deadline to close that gap and what changes if it passes.
UpdatedJurisdictionFifth CircuitRuling dateJun 9, 2025How United Airlines' Trip Trading Algorithm Created Age Bias Liability
When United Airlines deployed a proprietary algorithm to enforce its trip trading policy, the tool flagged 28 flight attendants and led to the termination of three senior women—all over 55. This article examines why the Fifth Circuit ruled that algorithmic enforcement does not shield employers from age discrimination claims and what that means for AI-driven HR decisions.
UpdatedABA Model Rule 1.1 and AI: The Duty of Technology Competence for Attorneys
A glossary-style definition of ABA Model Rule 1.1 Comment 8 and its application to AI, covering the rule text, its 2012 origin, the 2024 ABA Formal Opinion 512 interpretation, state adoption status, practical compliance frameworks, and escalating sanctions for unverified AI use.
UpdatedWhat Is an LLM? A Legal Professional's Guide to Large Language Models
A clear, technically accurate definition of large language models for attorneys, paralegals, and law students. Explains how LLMs work (transformer architecture, token prediction, parameters), how they differ from legal databases, their concrete legal use cases, and the professional responsibility obligations they trigger under the ABA Model Rules.
UpdatedEU AI Act Risk Categories: A Glossary Reference for Legal Professionals
A plain-language, article-cited glossary defining the four EU AI Act risk categories — unacceptable, high, limited, and minimal — with practical examples for legal practice, a classification decision tree, and the updated Digital Omnibus timeline.
UpdatedAI and the Legal Profession: Key Concepts, Use Cases, and Professional Responsibility Considerations
A glossary-driven primer for legal professionals that maps technical AI concepts to legal practice contexts, ethics duties, and current adoption realities — bridging terminology with professional responsibility obligations under Model Rule 1.1.
UpdatedWhat Does an 'AI Lawyer' Actually Do? — A Practice-Area Breakdown of AI Law Jobs
This article disambiguates the vague 'AI lawyer' label into four distinct career paths — regulatory compliance, transactional & IP, litigation & risk, and legal tech product roles — with specific salary data, skill requirements, and entry strategies for attorneys, law students, and in-house counsel evaluating this growing field.
UpdatedWhat Does AI for Lawyers Actually Mean in 2026?
This glossary entry defines "AI for lawyers" as a set of distinct technology capabilities—legal research, document drafting and contract analysis, e-discovery, practice management, and predictive analytics—and examines current adoption data, professional responsibility obligations, and market context to help legal professionals understand what the term encompasses and how to approach it compliantly.
UpdatedAI Hallucination in Legal Practice: Definition, Sanctions, and Attorney Obligations
A formal glossary entry defining AI hallucination in the legal context — fabricated case citations, distorted holdings, and false procedural information — and explaining the governing legal frameworks (Rule 11, ABA Model Rules, inherent authority), the documented sanctions spectrum, and attorney verification obligations.
UpdatedUnauthorized Practice of Law (UPL) in the AI Era: A Legal Definition
A source-cited glossary entry defining the unauthorized practice of law (UPL) for legal professionals, explaining how AI tools challenge traditional UPL frameworks, the regulatory gap created by AI's lack of legal personhood, and the practical implications for attorneys under Model Rule 5.3.