Missouri Lawyers and AI: Confidentiality, Candor, and Informal Opinion 2024-11
What the Missouri ethics guidance and ABA Formal Opinion 512 expect before client information goes into an AI tool.
Who it is for: Missouri law firms and attorneys
Typing a client's facts into a public AI tool puts Rule 4-1.6 confidentiality on the line, and filing unchecked AI output puts Rule 4-3.3 candor on the line. This free briefing explains Missouri Informal Opinion 2024-11, ABA Formal Opinion 512, the Missouri appeal that was dismissed over fake citations, and how an on-premise system keeps client files inside your office.
Sections
- What Missouri has said about lawyers and AI (8 min)
- Confidentiality: the client file and the AI company (9 min)
- Candor: the Missouri appeal lost to fake citations (7 min)
- The on-premise route: keep client files inside your office (8 min)
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