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Individual Rules and Practices in Civil Cases: Use of Artificial Intelligence Tools

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York — Judge John P. Cronan · New York

last revised 2025-10-23last verified 2026-09-061 versioncountry page →

Standing orderIn forceDisclosureCertificationVerification duty

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

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Judge John P. Cronan’s revised October 23, 2025 civil rules require an attorney signing an AI-assisted filing to attach a signed certification stating whether the litigant personally reviewed the filing for accuracy and, if so, describing steps taken to verify legal authorities and factual assertions generated by AI.

Applies to
lawyers, parties
Effective
See version history
Current version
As posted (undated) · 23 Oct 2025
Last verified
06 Sept 2026
Official text
www.nysd.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/practice_documents/JPC%20Cro…

What the document requires

  • All litigants are responsible for verifying output produced by an AI tool.
  • An attorney signing an AI-assisted filing must attach a signed certification.
  • The certification must address review and verification of cited legal authorities and factual assertions.

Version history

VersionDateWhat changedSource
As posted (undated)current2025-10-23First version recorded.official

Sources

Cite this record

SafeLegalAI Legal AI Regulation Tracker, "Individual Rules and Practices in Civil Cases: Use of Artificial Intelligence Tools" (U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York — Judge John P. Cronan, As posted (undated), 2025-10-23), safelegalai.com/regulation/us-federal/us-nysd-cronan-2025-ai-certification (accessed 2026-10-07). Data: CC BY 4.0.

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