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Rules Suggestion 25-CV-S: Proposed Rule 11(a) Generative AI Certification

Advisory Committee on Civil Rules / Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure

last revised 2025-12-16last verified 2026-09-061 versioncountry page →

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Rules Suggestion 25-CV-S asks the federal Civil Rules committee to consider amending Rule 11(a) so documents with citations and generative-AI-created content include a certification that supervised human review confirmed authorities exist, citations are accurate, and the authorities support the propositions cited.

Applies to
lawyers, parties
Effective
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Current version
Original · 16 Dec 2025
Last verified
06 Sept 2026
Official text
www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/25-cv-s_suggestion_from_…

What the document requires

  • The suggestion proposes a Rule 11(a) certification for any document containing citations filed with a court.
  • The proposed certification covers content created with the assistance of generative artificial intelligence.
  • The signer would certify that they or a supervised individual reviewed AI-created content for existing and accurately cited authorities.
  • The signer would certify that cited authorities support the propositions for which they are cited.
  • The proposed text acknowledges corrective action, including sanctions, for hallucinated content submitted to the court.

Version history

VersionDateWhat changedSource
Originalcurrent2025-12-16First version recorded.official

Sources

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SafeLegalAI Legal AI Regulation Tracker, "Rules Suggestion 25-CV-S: Proposed Rule 11(a) Generative AI Certification" (Advisory Committee on Civil Rules / Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure, Original, 2025-12-16), safelegalai.com/regulation/us-federal/us-frcp-court-2025-rule-11-ai-suggestion (accessed 2026-09-16). Data: CC BY 4.0.

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