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Court rules on AI in filings

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Judge Eumi K. Lee. Standing Order for Civil Cases, § H.

In force when read In force when read on 26 September 2026.

  • Certify that it was checked
  • Who signs: Lead trial counsel.

The court’s words

“Any submission containing AI-generated content must include a certification that lead trial counsel has personally verified the content’s accuracy. Failure to include this certification or comply with this verification requirement will be grounds for sanctions. Counsel is responsible for maintaining records of all prompts or inquiries submitted to any generative AI tools in the event those records become relevant at any point.”

Quoted from the court’s own document, read on 26 September 2026. Read it at the source.

What it asks of the person who signs

  • Certify that it was checked

    in the filing: that the content and the citations were verified.

  • Who signs

    Lead trial counsel.

Applies to: Any submission containing AI-generated content. Where it goes: In the submission.

The statement, if one is called for

The order asks for words of its own. With the blanks filled in from your answers, they read:

CERTIFICATION OF LEAD TRIAL COUNSEL

This submission contains AI-generated content [the AI tool, if you name it]. I, [name], lead trial counsel, certify that I have personally verified the accuracy of that content.

On the check page Loupe drafts the statement for this court from the parts you tick, for you to read and sign: what it says is your choice and your responsibility. The order in force on the day is what counts; read it at the source before relying on this page.

Check the filing first

Paste the brief or drop the file, and Loupe looks up every citation in the published record: whether the case exists, whether it is the case the filing names, whether the pin cite falls inside the opinion; statutes, regulations, court rules and links too. It doesn’t generate anything, and what it can’t settle it marks “not verified”, never clean.