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Medal v. Amazon.com Services, LLC

W.D. Washington · Mar 4, 2026

WA / federalEditorial impact: mediumfake citationscontracttrial

Direct answer

What happened in this matter?

Fabricated: Legal Norm | Plaintiffs repeatedly cited '21 U.S.C. § 343(r)(6)(D)', but that subsection does not exist; Plaintiffs' counsel admitted the citation arose from insufficiently supervised LLM use and the court called the inclusion unacceptable. Outcome: Order to Show Cause.

Why the court cared: Fabricated: Legal Norm | Plaintiffs repeatedly cited '21 U.S.C. § 343(r)(6)(D)', but that subsection does not exist; Plaintiffs' counsel admitted the citation arose from insufficiently supervised LLM use and the court called the inclusion unacceptable.
Why it matters now: Supervise every associate's LLM output; admitting insufficient supervision escalates from warning to show-cause.

Why this matter is tracked

Operational lesson

Supervise every associate's LLM output; admitting insufficient supervision escalates from warning to show-cause.

Record details

WashingtonSingle-state evidence scope

Jurisdiction contextThe state marker is derived from the structured case record.

CourtW.D. Washington

Jurisdictionfederal

Circuit9th Circuit

DateMar 4, 2026

AI toolUnidentified

Party typeLawyer

OutcomeOrder to Show Cause

Known amountNot recorded

Professional sanctionNo

Attribution boundary

What the record establishes about AI use

not established

The current record does not establish a specific AI tool. Do not infer AI use beyond the source.

Procedural posture

Order to Show Cause

Correction behavior

Correction behavior is not separately verified in the current record.

Tracked discrepancy record

1 citation, quotation, or authority issues are recorded in the source dataset.

Fabricated: Legal Norm | Plaintiffs repeatedly cited '21 U.S.C. § 343(r)(6)(D)', but that subsection does not exist; Plaintiffs' counsel admitted the citation arose from insufficiently supervised LLM use and the court called the inclusion unacceptable.

Questions this record answers

What happened in Medal v. Amazon.com Services, LLC?: Fabricated: Legal Norm | Plaintiffs repeatedly cited '21 U.S.C. § 343(r)(6)(D)', but that subsection does not exist; Plaintiffs' counsel admitted the citation arose from insufficiently supervised LLM use and the court called the inclusion unacceptable. Outcome: Order to Show Cause.
Why does Medal v. Amazon.com Services, LLC matter for legal AI risk?: Supervise every associate's LLM output; admitting insufficient supervision escalates from warning to show-cause.
What does the public record establish about Medal v. Amazon.com Services, LLC?: 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 Medal v. Amazon.com Services, LLC 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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Why this matter is tracked

Operational lesson

Supervise every associate's LLM output; admitting insufficient supervision escalates from warning to show-cause.

Tracked discrepancy record

1 citation, quotation, or authority issues are recorded in the source dataset.

Questions this record answers

What happened in Medal v. Amazon.com Services, LLC?

Why does Medal v. Amazon.com Services, LLC matter for legal AI risk?

Supervise every associate's LLM output; admitting insufficient supervision escalates from warning to show-cause.

What does the public record establish about Medal v. Amazon.com Services, LLC?

Which source supports this Medal v. Amazon.com Services, LLC 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.