{"id":291848,"date":"2026-06-01T15:18:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T15:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/291848\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T15:18:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T15:18:12","slug":"florida-supreme-court-issues-new-ai-rules-for-lawyers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/291848\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Supreme Court issues new AI rules for lawyers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abajournal.com\/\" title=\"Home\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Home<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abajournal.com\/news\/\" title=\"Read the Daily News\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Daily News<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tFlorida Supreme Court issues new AI rules\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Artificial Intelligence &amp; Robotics<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tFlorida Supreme Court issues new AI rules for lawyers<\/p>\n<p class=\"byline\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abajournal.com\/authors\/64780\/\" title=\"View this author&#039;s information\" style=\"color:{default_link_color};\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amanda Robert<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dateline\">June 1, 2026, 9:24 am CDT<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/shutterstock_2346042315.jpg\" alt=\"judge with AI gavel\" height=\"182\" width=\"420\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Florida Supreme Court has adopted new rules addressing lawyers\u2019 use of artificial intelligence in legal proceedings. (Image from Shutterstock)<\/p>\n<p>The Florida Supreme Court has adopted new rules addressing lawyers\u2019 use of artificial intelligence in legal proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, the Florida Supreme Court <a href=\"https:\/\/flcourts-media.flcourts.gov\/content\/download\/2489374\/opinion\/Opinion_SC2026-0673.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">released an update<\/a> to the state\u2019s general practice rules, which requires the signer of any document filed with Florida courts to ensure that \u201cthe legal authorities identified exist and are accurately cited.\u201d This requirement applies to filings prepared by attorneys and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abajournal.com\/news\/article\/with-support-from-ai-more-pro-se-cases-hit-court-dockets\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">pro se litigants<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In another amendment, the Florida Supreme Court authorizes courts to impose sanctions for \u201cany filing inconsistent with\u201d the representation that a signer makes under the updated rule. These sanctions could include reprimand, dismissal of proceedings and attorney fees.<\/p>\n<p>The Florida Supreme Court adopted the amendments \u201cto create a statewide, uniform replacement for varied circuit court administrative orders imposing disclosure and certification requirements about the use of artificial intelligence in filings,\u201d according to commentary included in its order.<\/p>\n<p>The amendments take effect June 15.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/business-and-practice\/florida-justices-adopt-statewide-policy-for-lawyers-ai-usage\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bloomberg Law<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law360.com\/articles\/2483079\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Law360<\/a> have additional coverage.<\/p>\n<p>See also:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abajournal.com\/news\/article\/lawyers-should-take-these-precautions-when-using-artificial-intelligence-florida-ethics-opinion-says\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lawyers should take these precautions when using artificial intelligence, Florida ethics opinion says<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.abajournal.com\/contact?referrer=https:\/\/www.abajournal.com\/news\/article\/florida-supreme-court-issues-new-ai-rules-for-lawyers\" class=\"feedback-cta\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n    Write a letter to the editor, share a story tip or update, or report an error.<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Home Daily News Florida Supreme Court issues new AI rules\u2026 Artificial Intelligence &amp; Robotics Florida Supreme Court issues&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":291849,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[54689,123299,54692,13806,28,30,29,2161,9700,712,54690,13429,36512,21549,1576],"class_list":["post-291848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-aba-journal","tag-artificial-intelligence-robotics","tag-career-practice","tag-ethics","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-government","tag-judiciary","tag-law","tag-legal-news","tag-practice-management","tag-state-government","tag-states","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=291848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291848\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/291849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=291848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=291848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=291848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}