Lynn Moubarak

KL Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP More Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer is a world-leading global law firm, where our ambition is to help you achieve your goals. Exceptional client service and the pursuit of excellence are at our core. We invest in and care about our client relationships, which is why so many are longstanding. We enjoy breaking new ground, as we have for over 170 years. As a fully integrated transatlantic and transpacific firm, we are where you need us to be.

KL Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP More Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer is a world-leading global law firm, where our ambition is to help you achieve your goals. Exceptional client service and the pursuit of excellence are at our core. We invest in and care about our client relationships, which is why so many are longstanding. We enjoy breaking new ground, as we have for over 170 years. As a fully integrated transatlantic and transpacific firm, we are where you need us to be.

In a February 17, 2026 ruling in U.S. v. Heppner, No. 25 Cr. 503 (S.D.N.Y.), the District Court for the Southern District of New York held that written exchanges between a criminal defendant and a publicly available Generative AI platform (Anthropic’s Claude tool) were not protected by either the attorney-client privilege or the work product doctrine. Senior District Judge Jed S. Rakoff observed that neither the Court nor the parties had identified any case to date addressing these issues.