E.D. Tex.: E.D. Tex. General Order 25-07, Amending Local Rule CV-11(g): Generative AI
Adopted by the judges of the Eastern District of Texas (district-wide local rule amendment) · U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
Verified April 27, 2026
- Citation
- E.D. Tex. General Order 25-07, Amending Local Rule CV-11(g): Generative AI
- Order date
- December 1, 2025
Summary
All litigants are responsible for the accuracy and quality of legal documents produced with the assistance of generative AI.
What does the order require?
- All litigants are responsible for the accuracy and quality of legal documents produced with the assistance of generative AI.
- Litigants who use generative AI remain bound by the requirements of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11.
- Litigants must review and verify any computer-generated content to ensure it complies with Rule 11 standards.
- The 2025 amendment broadens the rule from pro se litigants only to all litigants (i.e., now applies to attorneys as well).
Practice areas: federal civil, federal criminal
What the rule requires
The Eastern District of Texas issued General Order 25-07 on October 31, 2025, amending Local Civil Rule CV-11(g) effective December 1, 2025. The amendment is district-wide and binds all litigants, attorneys and pro se. The operative text reads:
All litigants remain responsible for the accuracy and quality of legal documents produced with the assistance of generative artificial intelligence technology… If a litigant chooses to employ generative artificial intelligence technology, the litigant continues to be bound by the requirements of Fed. R. Civ. P. 11 and must review and verify all… computer-generated content to ensure that it complies with all such standards.
Three things to note:
- No mandatory disclosure. Unlike the Florida circuit-level orders or Judge Baylson’s E.D. Pa. standing order, E.D. Tex. CV-11(g) does not require attorneys to disclose AI use in filings. The rule’s enforcement mechanism is Rule 11.
- No prescribed certification. No certification block is required.
- Scope expansion in 2025. Before this amendment, the local rule applied only to pro se litigants. As of December 1, 2025, it applies to all litigants, including represented parties.
Why this matters in patent/IP practice
E.D. Tex. is one of the most active patent venues in the federal system. The 2025 amendment putting attorneys on Rule 11 notice for AI-assisted work product is particularly relevant for IP litigators, where claim construction briefs, infringement contentions, and expert reports are often AI-assisted at the drafting stage. The rule does not require disclosure, but it does mean that any hallucinated citation reaching an E.D. Tex. court will face Rule 11 sanctions exposure independent of any chambers-specific rule.
Practitioner workflow
E.D. Tex. matters: no disclosure block required; no certification required. Firms should document internal verification steps for any AI-assisted brief and ensure their Rule 11 sign-off process explicitly covers AI-generated content. The verification standard is the same as for any other unverified source: read the cited authority before relying on it.
Scope
District-wide. Applies to all civil and criminal filings in the Eastern District of Texas (Beaumont, Lufkin, Marshall, Plano, Sherman, Texarkana, and Tyler divisions).
Primary source
GO 25-07 (PDF): https://txed.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/goFiles/GO%2025-07%20Amending%20Local%20Rules.pdf