Apr 9, 2026Confirmed
Law firm reportedly filed bankruptcy motion with AI-generated errors, later admitted some were hallucinations
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Sullivan & Cromwell reportedly filed an emergency motion in the Chapter 15 bankruptcy case of Prince Global Holdings containing many citation and legal errors. The firm later acknowledged some were AI hallucinations and that its AI-use and citation-review policies were not followed. Opposing counsel identified the problems.
What this means for youAI tools can produce confident but false citations, even at large professional firms. If you rely on a lawyer or any professional using AI, ask whether a person checks every source before it is filed.
Sources
- AI Incident Databasehttps://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1558
Data from the AI Incident Database (incidentdatabase.ai), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). McGregor, S. (2021) Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents: The AI Incident Database. IAAI-21.
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