Winona Chan sets out the fundamentals of legal privilege and how to protect it when using generative AI tools. Generative AI (GenAI) is now embedded in day-to-day business workflows, from drafting documents to analysing information and summarising meetings. For in-house legal teams, this raises a critical question: how can legal professional privilege be preserved when…
The recent United States v. Heppner case highlights that inputs and outputs from public AI tools are not automatically confidential and may not be protected by attorney-client privilege or work …
Introduction Artificial intelligence (“AI”) tools have rapidly proliferated across the modern workplace, fundamentally changing how attorneys and other professionals conduct business and communicate with each other. AI-enhanced notetaking applications are now commonplace in corporate offices and law firms alike. While these technologies may offer efficiencies, many organizations have adopted them without fully comprehending the significant…
The attorney-client privilege applies to communications between a client and his or her attorney that are intended to be, and in fact were, kept confidential for the purpose of obtaining or providing legal advice.” The attorney work product doctrine shelters the mental processes of the attorney, providing a privileged area within which he can analyze and…
