Reuters: OpenAI has asked a federal judge to throw out a lawsuit claiming ChatGPT crossed the line from software into un…
Rohan Paul Twitter · Rohan Paul (@rohanpaul_ai) · 2026-05-19
OpenAI seeks federal court dismissal of a lawsuit alleging ChatGPT engaged in unlicensed legal practice, stemming from a Nippon Life employee who used ChatGPT to generate a flood of court filings after settling a disability-benefits case.
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Topics: ai-legal-issuesunauthorized-practice-of-lawchatgptai-regulation
Claims
- OpenAI has petitioned a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit accusing ChatGPT of engaging in unlicensed legal practice.
- A Nippon Life employee used ChatGPT to produce a large volume of court filings after a disability-benefits dispute was settled.
- The lawsuit raises the question of whether AI-generated legal documents constitute unauthorized practice of law.
Key quotes
OpenAI has asked a federal judge to throw out a lawsuit claiming ChatGPT crossed the line from software into unlicensed legal practice.
Nippon Life says a former employee used ChatGPT to produce a flood of court filings after settling a disability-benefits dispute.