U.S. Court of International Trade: Order on Artificial Intelligence (Cases Assigned to Ju…
Senior Judge Jane A. Restani · U.S. Court of International Trade
Verified September 30, 2026
- Citation
- Order on Artificial Intelligence (Cases Assigned to Judge Restani)
- Order date
- March 20, 2024
Summary
Applies to any submission containing text drafted with the assistance of a generative AI program on the basis of natural language prompts (e.g., ChatGPT, Google Bard).
What does the order require?
- Applies to any submission containing text drafted with the assistance of a generative AI program on the basis of natural language prompts (e.g., ChatGPT, Google Bard).
- Filer must submit a disclosure notice identifying the program used and the specific portions of text drafted with AI assistance.
- Filer must certify that AI use has not resulted in disclosure of confidential or business proprietary information to any unauthorized party.
- After the disclosure notice is filed, any party may move for relief permitted by statute or USCIT rules.
Practice areas: federal civil
What the order requires
Senior Judge Restani’s Order on Artificial Intelligence, first entered March 20, 2024 and reissued with the same operative text on July 24, 2025, applies to any submission in cases assigned to her chambers that contains text drafted with the assistance of a generative AI program on the basis of natural language prompts. The order is built around two operative requirements: (1) a disclosure notice identifying the program and specific portions drafted, and (2) a certification that AI use has not disclosed confidential or business-proprietary information to any unauthorized party.
The order is anchored in confidentiality rather than hallucination: its recital states that generative AI programs “challenge the Court’s ability to protect confidential and business proprietary information from access by unauthorized parties”. This distinguishes it from most district-court chambers AI rules (which focus on citation accuracy under Rule 11). USCIT trade matters routinely involve confidential business information that cannot leave the court’s protective-order regime; the AI rule extends that protection to AI tools.
USCIT chambers cluster
Three USCIT judges have used this template: Vaden (2023-06-08; lapsed on his resignation from the court on 2025-07-07), Restani (2024-03-20, reissued 2025-07-24), and Kelly (2024-03-21, reissued 2025-07-24). All three are confidentiality-anchored; Vaden’s order ties the concern to USCIT Rules 5(g) and 73.2(c)(2). The court’s general guidance at Use of Artificial Intelligence in Practice Before the Court directs back to individual chambers procedures. See also Vaden’s order and Kelly’s order.
Quotable lines
“A disclosure notice that identifies the program used and the specific portion of text that have been so drafted.”
“That the use of such program has not resulted in the disclosure of any confidential or business proprietary information to any unauthorized party.”
Primary source
How this order changed
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