US District Court, District of Oregon (Magistrate Judge Mark D. Clarke)

Couvrette v. Wisnovsky — Oregon federal sanction (~$110,000)

Sanctioned · 12 December 2025

SectorLegal

CountryUnited States

Document typeSummary-judgment briefs

ConsequenceSanctioned

What was fabricated

15 references to non-existent cases and 8 fabricated quotations; one attorney then attempted a cover-up by removing the false material and refiling.

What happened as a result

~$110,000 total — $80,000 in attorney fees and about $15,000 in fines against attorney Stephen Brigandi, plus $14,000 in fees against local counsel Tim Murphy. Case dismissed with prejudice. The largest AI-hallucination sanction handed down by an Oregon federal judge.

Sources

https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/oregon-federal-judge-hands-down-110000-penalty-for-ai-errors

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