May 1, 2026
Guardrails for legal AI: What California's SB 574 would require of attorneys and arbitrators
SB 574 would set specific duties for attorneys who use generative artificial intelligence and would restrict how arbitrators may use such tools in decision-making.
D. Andrew Quigley
Partner
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
Labor & Employment
550 S Hope St Ste 2000
Los Angeles , CA 90071
Phone: (213) 532-2121
Email: aquigley@hunton.com
USC Law School
SB 574 is a California bill that would set specific duties for attorneys who use generative artificial intelligence (AI) and would restrict how arbitrators may use such tools in decision-making. It would amend provisions in the Business and Professions Code and the Code of Civil Procedure to address confidentiality, accuracy, bias and citation verification for attorneys, and to prohibit delegation of arbitral decision-making to AI while adding disclosure and responsibility re...
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