California moves toward enforceable AI-specific professional rules
California’s proposed amendments would write AI duties into rules on competence, communication, confidentiality, candor and supervision, including a requirement that lawyers independently review, verify and exercise professional judgment over AI output.
BY TRANSATLANTIC DESK · MAY 13, 2026 · 1 MIN READ
California’s proposed amendments would write AI duties into rules on competence, communication, confidentiality, candor and supervision, including a requirement that lawyers independently review, verify and exercise professional judgment over AI output. The significance for firms is that AI governance is moving from policy memo to disciplinary architecture: verification, client communication triggers and supervisory systems need to be documented before agentic tools become routine.