Mind Your Inputs & Outputs in Litigation or Risk Waiver of Privilege–A Cautionary Tale on Use of Generative AI Tools

Judge Rakoff ruled that AI-generated information is not protected by attorney-client privilege if created independently by a ...
National Law Review

SDNY Addresses Privilege and Work Product Implications of Using Unsecured Public AI Tools

Heppner that documents generated through a consumer version of Anthropic’s Claude AI were not protected by the ...
Law

Waiver of Attorney-Client Privilege in DOJ Investigations

In 2006, a landmark decision by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York resulted in a dramatic change in the Department of Justice's policies and practice in the prosecution of ...
JD Supra

In a First, Court Finds Using AI Tools Ends Attorney-Client Privilege

On Feb. 10, 2026, Judge Jed S. Rakoff of the Southern District of New York delivered a ruling from the bench in United States v. Heppner ...

Defendant's Own AI Legal Research Isn't Protected by Attorney-Client Privilege

From U.S. v. Heppner, handed down today by Judge Jed Rakoff (S.D.N.Y.): ...
JD Supra

Internal Investigations: How Financial Institutions Can Preserve Privilege

Financial institutions’ investigations of internal complaints frequently begin as routine compliance or examination-related ...
News Tribune

Attorneys disagree on scope of attorney-client privilege

Many lawyers across Missouri take exception to how the Sunshine Law's first exception of attorney-client privilege is interpreted. Some say the exception in the state statute granting the public the ...