Anderson v. Akam Associates, Inc.
SC New York · Oct 27, 2025
- Jurisdiction
- state
- Court
- SC New York
- Record ID
- anderson-v-akam-associates-inc-2025-10-27
- Observed outcome
- The court granted the motion to enforce the settlement and ordered a hearing to determine the appropriate sanctions against the plaintiff.
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
Why this matter warrants attention
The court granted the defendants' motion to enforce a settlement agreement and ordered a hearing to determine the appropriate sanctions against the plaintiff, an attorney, for citing a non-existent case in her opposition papers.
Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff cited 'Matter of Oppenheimer v. City of New York, 193 A.D.2d 457 [1st Dept 1993]'; the Court reviewed and confirmed no such case exists and that the intended case did not support plaintiff's proposition.
This record documents a Lawyer filing issue in SC New York, with the listed outcome: Upcoming Sanctions.
Failure modes and consequences
- Hallucinated_case_law
- Fake Citations
- Contract
- Trial
- None Adjudicated
- AI attribution
- Implied
- Recorded tool
- unspecified
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
- Procedural posture
- Trial court order granting defendants' motions to seal and to enforce a settlement agreement, while scheduling a future hearing to determine sanctions and attorneys' fees.
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What this record does—and does not—establish
The court noted the citation was likely generated by AI tools used by counsel.
Retained unchanged after audit: the existing summary is source-specific, non-placeholder, and supported by the recorded source link. Read the underlying source before relying on it for legal advice or a filing.
Latest evidence review: Primary Document Verified (high confidence).
Controls suggested by the public record
- Verify each cited authority, quotation, and proposition against the underlying source before filing.
- Escalate and correct a suspect filing promptly, with a documented response.