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Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe and North America: 1,370 cases from 35 jurisdictions, each with an official source and checked against that source before publication. Filter by country, area of law and sector. Click a chart to drill down one level.

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€187,889Total of monetary amounts
€187,889Largest single case: DoNotPay, Inc.
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1 case

16 Jan 2025 DoNotPay, Inc.FTC: “robot lawyer” DoNotPay pays 193,000 USD for untested AI promises USAAI systems €187,889

According to the complaint of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC, the US consumer protection authority), DoNotPay advertised its AI chatbot as “the world’s first robot lawyer” that could replace a human lawyer, without ever having tested its performance against lawyers or having it reviewed by legal professionals. The final settlement order (5–0 vote) prohibits such claims without evidence and requires 193,000 USD and notification of subscribers from 2021 to 2023 about the limitations of the legal features.

What organisations can take from it

Back performance claims for AI products with tests that prove exactly the advertised capability – “replaces the professional” is a verifiable promise.

Relevance to training and awareness

Substantiating advertising claims about AI capabilities

Authority / court
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Area of law
AI and digital regulation · AI systems
Legal basis
Section 5 FTC Act (irreführende Geschäftspraktiken)
Action
Order
Status of proceedings
final
Sector
Telecoms, IT and software
Published
11 Feb 2025

Original amount 193,000 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 16 Jan 2025.

Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Direct link

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