Cohen v. State of Israel et al.
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Jerusalem District Court · Nov 12, 2025
What happened in this matter?
Misrepresented: Exhibits & Submissions | Misrepresented exhibits Outcome: Claim dismissed at the threshold; the plaintiff ordered to pay ILS 16,000 costs to the defendants (ILS 8,000 each to the State and to defendant 2) and his counsel ILS 4,000 in personal costs to the State treasury for relying on invented authorities (paras 26-28, 61).
- Why the court cared
- Misrepresented: Exhibits & Submissions | Misrepresented exhibits || Fabricated: Case Law | Counsel based the claims on 11 judgments of which only 2 exist in the legal databases (9 invented); asked by the court, counsel replied that an AI tool was used to write the claims and called it a good-faith error.
- Why it matters now
- Courts will impose adverse costs the moment a single AI fabrication slips through; enforce a signed verification checklist before filing.
Why this matter is tracked
Misrepresented: Exhibits & Submissions | Misrepresented exhibits Outcome: Claim dismissed at the threshold; the plaintiff ordered to pay ILS 16,000 costs to the defendants (ILS 8,000 each to the State and to defendant 2) and his counsel ILS 4,000 in personal costs to the State treasury for relying on invented authorities (paras 26-28, 61).
Courts will impose adverse costs the moment a single AI fabrication slips through; enforce a signed verification checklist before filing.
Record details
What the record establishes about AI use
The current record does not establish a specific AI tool. Do not infer AI use beyond the source.
Claim dismissed at the threshold; the plaintiff ordered to pay ILS 16,000 costs to the defendants (ILS 8,000 each to the State and to defendant 2) and his counsel ILS 4,000 in personal costs to the State treasury for relying on invented authorities (paras 26-28, 61)
Correction behavior is not separately verified in the current record.
Tracked discrepancy record
2 citation, quotation, or authority issues are recorded in the source dataset.
- Misrepresented: Exhibits & Submissions | Misrepresented exhibits
- Fabricated: Case Law | Counsel based the claims on 11 judgments of which only 2 exist in the legal databases (9 invented); asked by the court, counsel replied that an AI tool was used to write the claims and called it a good-faith error.
Questions this record answers
- What happened in Cohen v. State of Israel et al.?
- Misrepresented: Exhibits & Submissions | Misrepresented exhibits Outcome: Claim dismissed at the threshold; the plaintiff ordered to pay ILS 16,000 costs to the defendants (ILS 8,000 each to the State and to defendant 2) and his counsel ILS 4,000 in personal costs to the State treasury for relying on invented authorities (paras 26-28, 61).
- Why does Cohen v. State of Israel et al. matter for legal AI risk?
- Courts will impose adverse costs the moment a single AI fabrication slips through; enforce a signed verification checklist before filing.
- What does the public record establish about Cohen v. State of Israel et al.?
- 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.
- Which source supports this Cohen v. State of Israel et al. summary?
- The recorded source is Damien Charlotin case archive. It is classified as publisher document archive; review the linked material and subsequent docket history before relying on this summary.
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