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Notice of Proposed Amendments to Local Rules

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan · Michigan

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The Eastern District of Michigan notice dated December 8, 2023, proposed a Local Rule 5.1 amendment requiring filers to disclose use of generative AI to compose or draft any paper presented for filing. It would require an attestation that citations were human-verified with traditional sources and that the paper was checked for accuracy.

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Current version
Original · 08 Dec 2023
Last verified
06 Sept 2026
Official text
www.mied.uscourts.gov/PDFFIles/notice_proposed_LocalRules_amendments_1…

What the document requires

  • The notice published proposed amendments to Local Rule 5.1 for comment after approval for publication by district judges.
  • The proposed rule defines artificial intelligence and generative artificial intelligence.
  • If generative AI is used to compose or draft a paper presented for filing, the filer must disclose the use.
  • The filer must attest that citations of authority were verified by a human using print volumes or traditional legal databases.
  • The filer must also attest that the language in the paper was checked for accuracy.

Version history

VersionDateWhat changedSource
Originalcurrent2023-12-08First version recorded.official

Sources

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SafeLegalAI Legal AI Regulation Tracker, "Notice of Proposed Amendments to Local Rules" (United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Original, 2023-12-08), safelegalai.com/regulation/us-federal/us-mied-court-2023-proposed-ai-disclosure-rule (accessed 2026-09-16). Data: CC BY 4.0.

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