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Court rules on AI in filings

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

Local Civil Rule 7.2(f).

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

  • Say that generative AI was used

The court’s words

“(1) A brief prepared using generative artificial intelligence must disclose this fact on the first page under the heading “Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence.” If the presiding judge so directs, the party filing the brief must disclose the specific parts prepared using generative artificial intelligence. … (3) A party who files a brief that does not contain the disclosure required by subsection (f)(1) of this rule certifies that no part of the brief was prepared using generative artificial intelligence.”

Not checked against the court’s own copy. The court's site did not serve this document to us on 26 Sep 2026; the words are as published in the Local Civil Rules effective 1 Sep 2026 and quoted identically by several readers of it. 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.

Applies to: Every brief, before every judge of the district. Where it goes: On the first page, under the heading “Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence”.

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:

Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence

This brief was prepared using generative artificial intelligence [the AI tool, if you name it].

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.