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Verified developments in AI, privilege, and legal data protection, and what they mean for how firms use AI on client documents.
- United States
United States v. Heppner: what the first AI-privilege ruling actually held
In February 2026 a federal court in New York became the first to rule on whether a person's chats with a public AI tool are privileged. The answer, on the facts, was no.
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Your AI chats are discoverable now
A quieter ruling from early 2026 may matter as much to daily practice as the privilege cases: a federal court affirmed an order compelling production of a twenty-million ChatGPT-log sample.
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UK tribunals drew a line at the upload
In UK v Secretary of State for the Home Department, the Upper Tribunal held that uploading confidential documents into an open AI tool can waive privilege. The risk attaches at the moment of upload.
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What the Philippine Supreme Court's AI framework means for your firm
In February 2026 the Philippine Supreme Court wrote something closer to a manual than a warning. Its AI governance framework reaches members of the Bar, and it lists redaction among endorsed AI uses.
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