This ruling highlights how attorney-client privilege historically relied on the "cost of effort" as a proxy for intent.
AI transforms document creation into a millisecond routine, stripping away the conscious deliberation the legal system expects.
We are entering an era where sender identity is no longer a reliable proxy for legal intent.
This ruling highlights how attorney-client privilege historically relied on the "cost of effort" as a proxy for intent. AI transforms document creation into a millisecond routine, stripping away the conscious deliberation the legal system expects. We are entering an era where sender identity is no longer a reliable proxy for legal intent.
Cc'ing a lawyer into routine emails doesn't work either does it?
Exactly. AI just scales that "manual trick" into a zero-cost, structural default.