De Ford, Bader, and Key v. James Koutoulas and LGBCoin, LTD
De Ford, Bader, and Key v. James Koutoulas and LGBCoin, LTD is one matter in the Veritas record of US court proceedings involving AI-generated citations that could not be verified against the reporters named. The summary below is drawn from the underlying court document, linked at the foot of this page.
- Court
- M.D. Fla. (Orlando)
- Date
- December 2, 2025
- Party
- Lawyer
- AI tool
- Not identified in the order
- Outcome
- No sanction; summary judgment denied
- Penalty
- No monetary penalty in this order.
What the record shows
In denying the defendants' amended motion for summary judgment, the court found that several cases the defendants cited, including purported securities-litigation decisions, were hallucinated from artificial intelligence and could not be located through the court's independent research. The defendants did not address the hallucination allegations when given the opportunity in their reply.
This entry reflects the court document as filed. The citations at issue could not be located in the reporters named at the time of the order. The reading here is descriptive of the public record and is not legal advice.
Source documents
The test this filing did not run
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