JD Supra

AI Privilege and Waiver: What Courts Are Actually Saying (And What They’re Not)

When Judge Jed Rakoff ruled in United States v. Heppner (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 17, 2026) that documents a criminal defendant created ...
JD Supra

The Privilege You Didn’t Know You Waived: What Every Business in Litigation Needs to Know

A New York federal court just issued the first ruling to tackle head-on whether conversations with a public AI chatbot can be protected ...
Law

Waiver of Attorney-Client Privilege Is a One-Way Street

The attorney-client privilege continues to be a frequently litigated issue in Pennsylvania. In 2011, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court decided Gillard v. AIG Insurance, 15 A.3d 44 (Pa. 2011), which ...
Law

Attorney-Client Privilege in Work E-Mails

Can employees retain attorney-client privilege for e-mails sent to their lawyers using employer-provided e-mail and computers? Attorney Anthony E. Davis seeks to reconcile apparently inconsistent ...
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 ...
Reason

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.): At a pretrial conference in this matter held on February 10, 2026, the Court … granted from the bench the Government's motion ...