A recent federal court ruling has delivered a significant wake-up call to anyone who has used an artificial intelligence (AI) platform to research legal issues, understand their rights, or prepare for a conversation with an attorney. In February 2026, United States District Judge Jed S. Rakoff of the Southern District of New York held in United States v. Heppner that documents generated using an open and non-enterprise AI platform were neither protected by the attorney-client privilege nor…
By: Baker Donelson
By: Baker Donelson
