On February 10, 2026, the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York held that a criminal defendant could not claim attorney-client privilege over documents he produced using a commercially available artificial intelligence (“AI”) tool – even though he had input privileged information from his lawyers into the tool. This case is of likely interest to companies working to manage internal uses of AI tools, and also to operations of corporate Legal departments. The Court’s … [Read more] about Federal Court Rules using AI Tools can Waive Privilege, Even if Privileged Information is Input into Them
