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=== The Allegations ===

The lawsuit stems from a pro se litigant who, after a court rejected her motion to reopen a long-term disability claim in February 2025, used ChatGPT to draft a new complaint and 44 subsequent motions, memoranda, and court filings over the following year. Several of these filings cited non-existent cases generated by ChatGPT.

Nippon Life, the disability insurer that became a target of these ChatGPT-assisted filings, brought three claims against OpenAI:

* '''Tortious interference with contract''': Alleging ChatGPT was designed to induce users to breach settlement agreements
* '''Abuse of process''': Alleging OpenAI aided and abetted frivolous litigation
* '''Unlicensed practice of law''': Alleging ChatGPT provides legal advice, analysis, and document drafting without a law license

Nippon Life seeks a declaratory judgment that ChatGPT practiced law without a license, a permanent injunction against ChatGPT providing legal advice to individuals, and $10 million in punitive damages.

''See individual article: [[News Nippon Life Sues OpenAI Unlicensed Law Practice 2026]]''

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