2026-09-20T23:22:28.549Z
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Reportedly AI-Assisted Boies Schiller Brief in Bixler v. Church of Scientology Allegedly Contained Material Citation Errors and a Nonexistent Case
Boies Schiller Flexner filed a respondents' brief in Bixler v. Church of Scientology International that was reportedly prepared with AI assistance and allegedly contained material citation errors. Opposing counsel reportedly identified mischaracterized and mistitled authorities, including one nonexistent case. Partner John Kucera accepted responsibility for failing to verify the citations and sought to replace the brief; the court denied that request and later considered monetary sanctions.
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Reported occurrence date: 2025-07-30T00:00:00.000Z
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- AI Incident Database
- AI Incident Database · 2025-09-24T00:00:00.000Z
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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