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Court rules on AI in filings

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Judge Vernon S. Broderick. Individual Rules & Practices in Civil Cases, § J.

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

  • Say that generative AI was used
  • Certify that it was checked

The court’s words

“any party, whether appearing pro se or through counsel, who utilizes any generative artificial intelligence (AI) tool in the preparation of any documents filed with the Court must … disclose that AI has been used. If generative AI is utilized in the drafting of any documents filed with the Court, the party must further certify in the document that it has independently reviewed and verified the accuracy of any portion of the document drafted by generative AI, including all citations, quotations, and legal authority, and that the document complies with the filer’s Rule 11 obligations. This rule does not apply to information gathered using AI embedded in legal search engines, such as Westlaw, LexisNexis, etc.”

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

  • Say that generative AI was used

    or, where the order asks it, that it was not.

  • Certify that it was checked

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

Applies to: Any document prepared with a generative AI tool; not AI built into Westlaw or Lexis. Where it goes: In the document.

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:

DISCLOSURE AND CERTIFICATION REGARDING GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Generative AI [the AI tool, if you name it] was used in the preparation of this document. The undersigned certifies that the filer has independently reviewed and verified the accuracy of any portion of this document drafted by generative AI, including all citations, quotations, and legal authority, and that this document complies with the filer’s Rule 11 obligations.

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.