Overview
- A researcher’s database logged at least 490 court filings with AI hallucinations in the past six months, mostly in U.S. cases filed by self-represented litigants, with some judges imposing fines.
- A federal judge in Colorado found a MyPillow attorney submitted a brief containing nearly 30 defective citations in litigation involving the company and founder Michael Lindell.
- England’s High Court reprimanded a pupil barrister and a solicitor and declared that freely available generative AI is not capable of reliable legal research, stating unverified output is no excuse.
- The Singapore Academy of Law released an updated prompt‑engineering guide and pointed lawyers to specialist platforms built on verified databases, while some firms strengthened policies that treat breaches as sackable offenses.
- Studies cited in the coverage report hallucination rates of roughly 58% to 88% on legal queries, reinforcing calls for training, supervision and rigorous verification.