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.
Sharon R. Klein
Phone: (949) 812-6010
Email: sharon.klein@blankrome.com
Sharon R. Klein is a California-based member of Blank Rome's Privacy, Security & Data Protection team. She can be reached at sharon.klein@blankrome.com.
Alex Nisenbaum
Email: alex.nisenbaum@blankrome.com
Alex C. Nisenbaum is a California-based member of Blank Rome's Privacy, Security & Data Protection team.
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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