Iovino v. Michael Stapleton Associates, Ltd.
W.D. Virginia · Oct 10, 2024
- Jurisdiction
- federal
- Court
- W.D. Virginia
- Record ID
- iovino-v-michael-stapleton-associates-ltd-2024-10-10
- Observed outcome
- No sanction, but hearing transcript sent to bar authorities
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
Why this matter warrants attention
Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff cited a case the court and MSA could not locate; the court stated it appears not to exist. Outcome: No sanction, but hearing transcript sent to bar authorities. Show cause order is here. Counsel responded to Show Cause order in this document. Show cause hearing transcript is here.
The record concerns whether authorities presented to the decision-maker existed and could be verified. The tracked outcome is No sanction, but hearing transcript sent to bar authorities; the linked source controls the precise reasoning.
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Failure modes and consequences
- Fake Citations
- Fabricated Quotes
- Misrepresented Authority
- Trial
- Bar Referral
- None Adjudicated
- AI attribution
- Reported
- Recorded tool
- Claude, Westlaw, LexisNexis
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
- Procedural posture
- No sanction, but hearing transcript sent to bar authorities
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What this record does—and does not—establish
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Controls suggested by the public record
- Verify the existence, citation, court, and precedential status of every authority before filing.
- Compare every quoted passage and pincite directly with the underlying opinion or filing.
- Confirm that each authority supports the stated proposition and has not been mischaracterized.
- Escalate unresolved verification failures before filing and preserve the responsible reviewer's signoff record.