US District Court, District of Wyoming
Wadsworth v. Walmart Inc.
Sanctioned · 24 February 2025
SectorLegal
CountryUnited States
Document typePretrial motions
ConsequenceSanctioned
What was fabricated
8 of 9 cases cited in the motions did not exist — generated by the firm's in-house AI tool 'MX2.law'.
What happened as a result
Three Morgan & Morgan attorneys sanctioned $5,000 total; lead counsel removed from the case.
Sources
- https://news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/morgan-morgan-lawyers-fined-for-hallucinated-ai-citations
- https://reason.com/volokh/2025/02/25/sanctions-on-lawyers-for-filing-motion-containing-ai-hallucinated-cases/
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