Gharavi v. Google LLC
N.D. California · Jan 12, 2026
- Jurisdiction
- federal
- Court
- N.D. California
- Record ID
- gharavi-v-google-llc-2026-01-12
- Observed outcome
- Motion for sanctions denied.
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
Why this matter warrants attention
The court denied the motion for sanctions, ruling that counsel's reliance on Bloomberg Law for a fabricated case citation was inadvertent and did not constitute bad faith or recklessness. The court determined the error was a harmless mistake that did not warrant sanctions.
Fabricated: Case Law | Counsel included a non-existent Wisconsin case in a sworn declaration; court found counsel relied on Bloomberg Law and the error was inadvertent and not in bad faith.
Reliance on Bloomberg Law defeats bad-faith findings, but only if the error is isolated and acknowledged.
Failure modes and consequences
- Fake Citations
- Contract
- Trial
- None Adjudicated
- AI attribution
- Admitted
- Recorded tool
- Bloomberg Law
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
- Procedural posture
- The court addressed multiple discovery-related motions, including a motion to compel, a motion to strike, and a motion for sanctions, ultimately denying the motion for sanctions and the motion to strike, while granting the motion to strike filed by the respondent.
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What this record does—and does not—establish
Counsel declared reliance on Bloomberg Law for the incorrect citation.
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
- Do not treat a paid legal-research product as a substitute for source verification.
- Verify each cited authority, quotation, and proposition against the underlying source before filing.