E.D.N.Y.: Individual Practices ¶ 2.C.3: Artificial Intelligence ("AI") Provision (Cases B…

What the provision requires

Magistrate Judge Arlene R. Lindsay’s Individual Practices, in the version marked “4/2026,” include an AI provision at paragraph 2.C.3, among the general motion practices:

“Consistent with Rule 11(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and the certifications required thereunder, any attorney for a party, or any pro se party, who has used AI in the preparation of any documents filed with the Court must disclose that AI has been used and must further certify in the document that the person has checked the accuracy of any portion of the document drafted by generative AI, including all citations and legal authority.”

Two duties follow when AI has been used: disclose the use, and certify in the document that any generative-AI-drafted portion, “including all citations and legal authority,” was checked for accuracy. The disclosure trigger is any use of AI; the certification covers the portions drafted by generative AI. The provision prescribes no form of words and names no separate sanction beyond its tie to Rule 11(b).

History

The provision is new. It does not appear in the versions of the Individual Practices captured in July 2024, October 2024, or the version marked “4/25” (captured June 3, 2025). It is present in the version marked “4/2026.”

Primary source

Individual Practices of Magistrate Judge Arlene R. Lindsay: https://www.nyed.uscourts.gov/pub/rules/ARL-MLR.pdf