Real case · checked 19 October 2026
The "world's first robot lawyer" had to pay the FTC $193,000.
The FTC acted against DoNotPay in 2024, in a sweep called Operation AI Comply. The final order bars claims that its service works like a human lawyer without evidence.
The short version
DoNotPay sold an AI service it called "the world's first robot lawyer." In 2024 the FTC acted against it in a sweep called Operation AI Comply.
The final order requires $193,000, and bars claims that it works like a human lawyer without reliable evidence.
If you market AI, every claim about what it does needs proof you can show.
Sources
Checked on 19 October 2026.
"The final order requires DoNotPay to pay $193,000 in monetary relief"
FTC press release: final order against DoNotPay. Published 11 February 2025. "prohibits DoNotPay from advertising that its service performs like a real lawyer"
FTC press release: final order against DoNotPay. Same release. "the world's first robot lawyer"
FTC press release: Operation AI Comply. Published 25 September 2024.
The Commission voted 5-0 on 16 January 2025 to approve the final order. The order allows such claims only with competent and reliable evidence, and requires notice to people who subscribed between 2021 and 2023.
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