AI Chats Aren’t Privileged: What California Lawyers Need to Do Now

Usama Kahf, CIPP/US and Partner at Fisher & Phillips LLP, breaks down the urgent privacy and ethics concerns raised by attorneys using generative AI tools like ChatGPT. This program explores why AI chats fall outside the scope of attorney-client privilege and may be discoverable, putting confidential information—and your license—at risk. Kahf will walk attorneys through California’s applicable Evidence Code, Business & Professions Code, and CCPA protections, and provide a five-step action plan for safely navigating AI use in legal practice.