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Feb. 10, 2026

California AI rules for lawyers and arbitrators pass senate, head to assembly

California's Senate passed SB 574, a bill establishing AI guardrails for lawyers and arbitrators that codifies confidentiality duties, nondelegable citation verification and strict limits on AI's role in decision-making, sending it to the Assembly for consideration.

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California AI rules for lawyers and arbitrators pass senate, head to assembly
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Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is now routine in law practice: Lawyers use it to draft correspondence, summarize discovery, outline deposition testimony and accelerate research. Public AI tools can expose confidential information if lawyers paste client...

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