{
  "id": 16674574,
  "title": "LA Film School Whistleblower Lawsuit Thrown Out After Plaintiffs Use ChatGPT on Filing",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/la-film-school-whistleblower-lawsuit-thrown-out-after-plaintiffs-use",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-26T22:47:47.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TheWrap",
    "slug": "thewrap",
    "url": "https://www.thewrap.com/industry-news/public-policy-legal/la-film-school-whistleblower-lawsuit-tossed-chatgpt/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A lawsuit filed against the Los Angeles Film School (LAFS) alleging student loan fraud has been dismissed with prejudice. The plaintiff's attorney, Mark Kleiman, has been fined $5,000 for using ChatGPT to draft the brief, which contained nonexistent and irrelevant cases. Former executives of the school, Ben Chaib and Dave Phillips, had accused LAFS of inflating its placement figures to maintain qualification for federal student aid. They alleged that LAFS owner James \"Bill\" Heavener and CEO Diana Dercyz-Kessler instructed officials to focus on the appearance of compliance with the 70% employment benchmark. According to Judge Stanley Blumenfeld, the alleged conduct occurred beyond the six-year statute of limitations. The filing was deemed deficient because Kleiman had not thoroughly reviewed it and did not verify the relevance of the cited cases.",
  "summary": "The lawsuit was dismissed with prejudice on grounds that the claims that the school inflated its job placement figures happened outside the statue of limitations The post LA Film School Whistleblower Lawsuit Thrown Out After Plaintiffs Use ChatGPT on Filing appeared first on TheWrap .",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Variety",
        "title": "L.A. Film School Escapes Whistleblower Lawsuit as Judge Punishes Lawyer for AI Use",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/l-a-film-school-escapes-whistleblower-lawsuit-as-judge-punishes",
        "published": "2026-10-26T20:14:12.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}