AI Legal Tracker
Updates to Silverton Publishing's AI in Business and Law coverage — new court rulings, vendor terms changes, and regulatory developments that post-date the published chapters and articles. Check here for material updates after this article was published.
Recent updates
February 2026 — U.S. v. Heppner (SDNY)
Judge Jed Rakoff held that a defendant's conversations with a consumer AI chatbot were not protected by attorney-client privilege, and that feeding a lawyer's advice into the chatbot risked waiving privilege over the underlying advice itself.
Vendor terms tracker
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