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Legal & Compliance · 4 min read

Federal Courts Split on AI in Litigation: Privilege, Work Product, and Data Rules Diverge

Federal circuits are issuing conflicting rulings on AI tools and attorney-client privilege, creating a compliance patchwork for law firms. Some now require zero data retention to preserve privilege.

Jun 13

Legal & Compliance · 4 min read

AI Is Breaking Contract Law. Courts Are Just Beginning to Figure Out the Rules.

Alston & Bird's April 2026 AI Quarterly finds courts issuing consequential AI rulings without a coherent framework, including a privilege-destroying ruling for law firms using commercial AI tools.

Apr 30

Legal & Compliance · 4 min read

Federal Judge Rules Woman's ChatGPT Chats Are Protected 'Work Product' — A First for AI and Legal Discovery

A federal magistrate judge in Michigan ruled that a litigant's ChatGPT conversations cannot be compelled by opposing counsel — the first ruling to extend work product protection to AI chat logs.

Apr 27

Legal & Compliance · 4 min read

Law Firms Warn: Sharing Attorney Communications With AI Chatbots May Waive Privilege

Major U.S. law firms are warning clients that sharing legal communications with AI chatbots could waive attorney-client privilege, following a ruling in which ChatGPT conversations were deemed potentially discoverable by opposing counsel.

Apr 26

Legal & Compliance · 3 min read

Courts Are Catching AI-Hallucinated Legal Citations at a Rate of Four to Five Cases Per Day

Courts are now detecting four to five AI-hallucinated legal citations in filings per day, with sanctions exceeding $100,000—and law firms are adding clauses warning clients about attorney-client privilege risks.

Apr 25

Legal & Compliance · 4 min read

AI Hallucinations Are Getting Lawyers Sanctioned. Courts Can't Agree on What to Do About It.

Attorneys submitting AI-generated briefs with hallucinated case citations are facing mounting sanctions — while courts split on bans vs. deterrence, and law firms warn clients that chatbot use may destroy attorney-client privilege.

Apr 24

Legal & Compliance · 4 min read

Courts and Law Firms Warn: Using AI Chatbots With Attorney Communications May Waive Legal Privilege

Major law firms are now writing AI privilege warnings into client contracts as courts sanction attorneys for AI-hallucinated citations — two converging risks the legal profession is only beginning to reckon with.

Apr 23

Legal & Compliance · 4 min read

Federal Judge Rules AI Chatbot Conversations Are Admissible as Court Evidence

A Manhattan federal judge ordered a defendant to hand over 31 Claude-generated documents, ruling no attorney-client privilege exists between users and commercial AI platforms — and creating a circuit split with an opposite Michigan ruling the same day.

Apr 22

Legal & Compliance · 4 min read

Courts Warn: Sharing Legal Advice With AI Chatbots May Waive Attorney-Client Privilege

U.S. courts are sending urgent warnings to anyone using AI chatbots for legal work: feeding attorney communications into tools like ChatGPT may inadvertently destroy one of law's most fundamental protections.

Apr 21

Legal & Compliance · 3 min read

Federal Court Rules AI Chatbot Conversations Are Not Attorney-Client Privileged

A Manhattan federal judge ordered a former CEO to hand over 31 AI chatbot documents to prosecutors in a fraud case — ruling that AI conversations carry no attorney-client privilege.

Apr 18