Ilan Harush v. Roee Alfasi
Magistrate's Court, Rehovot · Sep 28, 2025
- Jurisdiction
- international
- Court
- Magistrate's Court, Rehovot
- Record ID
- ilan-harush-v-roee-alfasi-2025-09-28
- Observed outcome
- The motion to transfer was denied, and the court ordered that each party bear its own costs due to the submission of AI-fabricated case law by the parties.
- Known monetary consequence
- ₪0
Why this matter warrants attention
The court denied the plaintiff's motion to transfer the case to ordinary procedure. Regarding the AI-generated citations, the court declined to award costs to either party, effectively offsetting the defendant's potential entitlement to costs against the plaintiff's misconduct with the fabricated AI-generated case law.
The court reasoned that the plaintiff's motion to transfer was an attempt to circumvent a prior judicial decision. Regarding costs, the court balanced the plaintiff's procedural failure against the defendant's submission of AI-generated fabricated case law, concluding that each party should bear their own costs.
Israeli courts now disallow costs entirely when fabricated AI cites are in the record; fees are the first line of defense.
Failure modes and consequences
- Fake Citations
- Contract
- Trial
- Monetary
- AI attribution
- Admitted
- Recorded tool
- Unidentified
- Known monetary consequence
- ₪0
- Procedural posture
- The court issued a decision on a motion to transfer a fast-track monetary dispute to ordinary procedure.
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What this record does—and does not—establish
The court refers to AI-generated case law without naming a specific tool.
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Controls suggested by the public record
- Verify the existence and accuracy of all cited legal authorities before submission to the court.
- Anticipate that courts may deny cost recovery to parties who submit AI-hallucinated citations, regardless of the underlying procedural merits.
- Ensure that all discovery requests are made through appropriate procedural channels rather than attempting to bypass prior rulings via motion to transfer.