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Court rules on AI in filings

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Judge Michael M. Baylson. Standing Order re: Artificial Intelligence.

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

“MUST, in a clear and plain factual statement, disclose that AI has been used in any way in the preparation of the filing, and CERTIFY, that each and every citation to the law or the record in the paper, has been verified as accurate.”

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

This order speaks of AI in general, not only of generative AI. Loupe does not write or change your document: it reads it, matches each citation against published court records, and reports what it found. Whether that has to be disclosed under this order is for you to judge.

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 complaint, answer, motion, brief or other paper prepared with AI in any way. Where it goes: A clear and plain factual statement in the paper.

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 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Artificial intelligence [the AI tool, if you name it] has been used in the preparation of this filing. The undersigned certifies that each and every citation to the law or the record in this paper has been verified as accurate.

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.