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Standing Order Re: Artificial Intelligence in Cases Assigned to Judge Baylson

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Judge Michael M. Baylson · Pennsylvania

last revised 2023-06-06last verified 2026-09-161 versioncountry page →

Standing orderIn forceDisclosureCertificationVerification duty

map categories:Disclosure of AI use in filingsDuty to verify AI output

A standing order issued 6 June 2023 by Judge Michael Baylson of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Any attorney or self-represented party who used generative AI in preparing a filing must disclose that use in a clear statement and certify that every citation to law or the record has been verified as accurate. It applies to all his cases.

Applies to
lawyers, litigants
Effective
06 Jun 2023
Current version
Original · 06 Jun 2023
Last verified
16 Sept 2026
Official text
www.paed.uscourts.gov/sites/paed/files/documents/procedures/Standing%2…

What the document requires

  • Filers must disclose in a clear and plain statement that AI was used to prepare any part of a filing.
  • Filers must certify that each citation to law or the record has been verified as accurate.
  • Applies to attorneys and pro se litigants alike.

Version history

VersionDateWhat changedSource
Originalcurrent2023-06-06First version recorded.official

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Sources

Cite this record

SafeLegalAI Legal AI Regulation Tracker, "Standing Order Re: Artificial Intelligence in Cases Assigned to Judge Baylson" (United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Judge Michael M. Baylson, Original, 2023-06-06), safelegalai.com/regulation/us-federal/us-ed-pa-baylson-ai-standing-order (accessed 2026-10-07). Data: CC BY 4.0.

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