Courts on AI / monthly digest
What courts said about AI in December 2025
2 court-authored documents filed this month that substantively discuss generative AI. Court rules adopted by opinion or order 2.
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Hugging Face- In re Amendments to the Arkansas Rules of Professional Conduct
· Supreme Court of Arkansas · Court rules adopted by opinion or order
The Arkansas Supreme Court adopts professional-conduct amendments addressing lawyers’ use of artificial intelligence and other nonhuman assistance. The amendments say AI use is not barred but does not excuse rule violations, and Rule 5.3 supervision includes generative-AI platforms.
- In re Adoption of Arkansas Supreme Court Administrative Order No. 25. Artificial Intelligence
· Supreme Court of Arkansas · Court rules adopted by opinion or order
The Arkansas Supreme Court adopts Administrative Order No. 25 after a comment period with no substantive comments. The new order requires court participants to consider confidentiality and data-retention risks before entering court or client data into generative-AI systems.