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Minnesota Attorney Reportedly Used AI-Generated Fabricated Citations in Hennepin County Civil Case and Agreed to 30-Day Suspension
Minnesota attorney Faisal S. Ahmed reportedly filed a 2025 legal memorandum containing AI-generated legal authorities that included invented cases and an inaccurate quotation from an actual decision. The errors reportedly burdened opposing counsel and the Hennepin County District Court, which later fined Ahmed $5,000. He subsequently agreed to a 30-day suspension of his law license and $900 in costs.
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Reported occurrence date: 2025-08-21T00:00:00.000Z
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- AI Incident Database
- AI Incident Database · 2026-08-21T00:00:00.000Z
AI Incident Database, Responsible AI Collaborative; McGregor (2021), Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents. Incident-specific contributor credits are available at each citation link. Metadata adapted; article text excluded.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
First collected: 2026-09-19T22:50:59.123Z. This is not the publication date.
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